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Saturday, November 3rd, 2007


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Warmer: Cyberlangs
Work in 2 groups to give the similar English of the following cyberlangs.
Example:
- 4U


-> for you
Answer:
Unit 5: Technology and you
B - Speaking
I. Vocabulary:

Fax machine
Air conditioner
Electronic cooker
To transmit
= to send
To hold a meeting
= to organize a meeting
Truyền, dẫn
Tổ chức cuộc họp
Task 1. Ask and answer about the new inventions in pairs:
A. Have you got ________ ?
B. Yes, I have.
A. Can/Could you tell me what _______ is used for?
B. Well, it is used to ________ .
a cell phone
the cell phone
communicate and exchange information.

Look and speak:
- Cook (rice/meat/fish/vegetables),
keep (food/ rice/ warm)
Listen (news/music)
learn ( foreign languages)
Watch (news/performances/football matches),
learn (foreign languages)
Send/ receive (letter/
pictures) quickly
- Keep air cool or warm/ when it /hot or cold

Task 2. Work in pairs. Complete the sentences below. Use the words in the box. (You’ll have to use some verbs more than once)

Information technology is very useful to our lives. It allows us to:
1. ________ very large mounts of information,
2. ________ information quickly,
3. ________ information as soon as we receive it.
With the development of information technology we can now:
4. ________ messages from one computer to another,
5. ________ long distance meetings in which the participants can see each other on the screen.
6. ________ use of central stores of information,
7. ________ TV programmes to other countries,
8. ________ TV programmes from other countries,
9. ________ houses, bridges, gardens and building.
transmit receive make process store send hold design
store
transmit
process
send
hold
make
send
receive
design
Task 3. Work in pairs to make a dialogue about the usefulness of I.T.
Do you learn information technology?
B. Yes, I do.
Who teaches you I.T?
B. ……………
A. Do you think I.T is important?
B. Yes.
Why is it important?
B. Because ………………………………………
Who can talk about the usefulness of I.T?
- (You may start): Information technology is very useful to our lives. It …………………
transmit
receive
send
process
hold
store
design
learn
watch
listen
make
Homework: Write a passage to talk about the usefulness of I.T.
Thank you!