Welcome to our class !
- What is it?
+ It is a radio.
- How often do
you use it?
- What is it?
+ It is a cell phone.
- Do you often use it?
- Is it a camcorder?
+ Yes, it is.
- How often do
you use it?
- What is it?
+ It is a television.
- Do you often use it?
- What is it?
+ It is a fax machine.
- How often do
you use it?

- Is it a television or a computer?
+ It is a computer.
- How often do
you use it?
Unit 5. Technology and you
Lesson 3: Listening
I. Before you listen
New words
secretary /`sekrətri/ (n):
memory /`meməri/ (n):
refuse /ri`fju:z / (v):
excuse /iks`kju:z/ (n):
headache /`hedeik/ (n):
shy /ʃai/ (adj):
worried /`wʌrid/ (adj):
VDU (visual display unit) (n): = computer screen
thư ký
trí nhớ
từ chối
cớ, lý do, lời biện hộ
chứng đau đầu
nhút nhát, e thẹn, mắc cỡ
màn hình máy tính
lo lắng, bồn chồn
II. While you listen
Task 1: Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
The man was worried when his son bought a computer
The man became worried when his secretary asked him to buy a computer.
3. The man decided to take some computing lessons.

4. His son didn’t understand about the computer.

5. The man understood the lessons very well.

6. The man continued to learn how to use a computer after a few lessons.
T F
?
?
?
?
?
?
wasn`t worried
His son became his teacher
He really didn`t understand at all
After a few lessons he began to feel tired. He made an excuse, saying that he had a headache
2. Task 2: Listen to the old man’s story again and write in the missing words
He was very helpful. He (1)...................................me to sit down in front of the computer screen. I did not know what it was called. When I asked him what it was, he said that it was a VDU. I (2)............................ didn’t know what VDU was, but I was too shy to ask him any more. From that moment my memory (3).................................to learn because he told me a lot of things that I really didn’t understand at all. After a few lessons I began to feel tired. I made an (4).................................., saying that I had a headache. I suggested we should leave the lesson for another day.
Since then I haven’t said (5)…………………. about the computer to my son and my secretary.
invited
still
refused
excuse
anything
III. After you listen
Retell the story base on the content below.
The story is about an old (1)… who doesn’t know how to use the computer. He really became (2)………. when his secretary asked him for a computer in the office. So he (3)………. to take some lessons in computing with his son’s help. He asked his son what the (4)…….. was, and he didn’t know what it was although the latter explained it to (5)…. After a few lessons, he began to feel (6)…….. because he couldn’t understand the many things his son told him at all. He made an (7)….. by saying that he was having a (8)………… and suggested leaving the (9) ……… until another day. Since then he hasn’t talked about a (10) …… any more.
man
worried
decided
screen
him
tired
excuse
headache
lesson
computer
Homework
Learn by heart the new words
Prepare for the next period.
Homework
Thank you for your attention