SGK Tiếng Anh 8 - Unit 15: Computers
UNIT 15 COMPUTERS GETTING STARTED. Work with your partner. Make a list of how computers can help US. - Computers save time. LISTEN AND READ. Nam: Dad, the printer isn’t working. Mr. Nhat: It is new. There shouldn’t be anything wrong with it. Have you turned it on yet? Nam: Yes, I have already done it. Mr. Nhat: Have you connected it properly? Nam: Oh, Dad. I know how to connect a printer. Mr. Nhat: Has the plug come out of the socket? Nam: No, it’s OK. Mr. Nhat: I have no idea what the problem is. This manual isn’t very helpful. Nam: Can you call the store you bought it from? Mr. Nhat: I can, but I bought it in Ho Chi Minh City. I don’t know what they can do. However, it’s under guarantee so the company should do something with it. Nam: Let’s phone them now. Unit 15 : Computer Practice the dialogue with a partner. Fact or opinion? Check (S) the boxes. Fact Opinion a) The printer isn’t working. □ □ b) There shouldn’t be anything wrong with it. □ □ c) I know how to connect a printer. □ . □ d) The manual isn’t very helpful. □ □ e) I bought it in Ho Chi Minh City. □ □ f) I don’t know what they can do. □ SPEAK. Work with a partner. Look at the table and the pictures. Take turns to express and respond to opinions about the activities in the pictures. So do I. I think computers are useful. b) / disagree. I think they are unnecessary. Opinions Agreement Degree of agreement Disagreement I like ... I don’t like ... I think ... I feel... I don’t believe... So do I. I agree. You’re right. Neither do I. I agree, but... Yes, but on the other hand ... I disagree. I can’t agree with you. No, I think ... difficult entertaining amusing boring unhealthy time-consuming delicious challenging fun interesting easy dangerous Lan: I am having problems with my computer. Ba: What’s wrong? Lan: It doesn’t work. I think it’s broken. Ba: No. You didn’t plug it in! Lan: Oh! Sorry. 2. Read the dialogue. Now make similar dialogues about these items. Use the information in the table in exercise 1. Item Problem Solution printer won’t print turn it on monitor screen is too dark adjust the knob mouse doesn’t work check the plug LISTEN. Copy the flow chart into your exercise book. Then listen and complete it. Find a machine Insert c) ? coins & 7 ■ Pr®ss_ Lemon button Soda READ. A new university without a library has recently opened in the USA. All the information normally found in a library is now stored in the university’s computers. Without leaving their computers, users can send messages and receive information through telephone lines. However, this means that each student must have access to a computer, and many universities are making this a requirement for freshmen. College campuses now have computer jacks in every part of the university. Study is no longer restricted to just one location. Computer bulletin boards are used in the same way as traditional ones in schools and colleges. The difference is that over 20 million people may have access to them. If students want to discuss math at 3 am, it’s not a problem. They post messages on the bulletin board and find other people who want to talk about the same topic. Technology now means students can get a degree without being on campus. There are people who are skeptical about this new method of education, but their concerns have had little impact. 1. True or false? Check (Z) the boxes. There is a new university without a library in the USA recently. Users can send and receive messages by using computers. First-year students in many universities are required to have access to a computer. Students have to go to computer rooms to connect their computers to the computer jacks. Computer bulletin boards are the same as the traditional ones. Not all people think positively about the new method of study off campus. Answer. What makes the new university different from others? What type of information is available through the computer? What type of equipment is necessary for first-year students? ■ What is the difference between a traditional bulletin board and the one on the internet? Would you like to complete a college degree from home? Why/Why not? ■ WRITE. 1. Match the words with the numbers in the picture. paper input tray monitor screen power button . . . .' icon 2 output path □oanncinU ,—1)—, 31=3 C-3 C—’-^l Ez? □□ col Ito I 1 r--3 r' • r ■ 'I r ■ "I paper IL Wait / power button / flash. ’’ * JO*'1 Have / pages / appear / computer screen. 2. Look at the pictures and the words. Write the instructions on how to use the printer. Click / icon / the screen / wait / a few seconds. The printed paper will come out of the output path in a minute. language Focus Present perfect with yet and already Comparison of present perfect and past simple 1. Ba’s mother has just been back from the market. She wanted him to do some housework while she was at the market. Ba made notes in his diary and checked (/) the work he has done. Look at Ba’s diary and complete the dialogue using YET and ALREADY. Do homework / Tidy the room X Turn off the washing machine Call and tell Aunt Le to have lunch / Ba s mother: Ba : Ba’s mother: Ba : Ba’s mother: Ba : Ba’s mother: Ba : Have you finished your homework yet, Ba? Yes, , Mom. Good. What about your room? Is it tidied now? I’m sorry, Mom. . Bad boy, Ba. And the washing machine! Have you turned it off' yet? Don’t worry, Mom. . Have you called and told Aunt Le to have lunch with US today? Yes. , and she said she would come. Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about the flights. Has the flight to Vientiane - Has the flight from Los Angeles departed yet? arrived yet? Yes. It has already departed. - No. It hasn’t arrived yet. DEPARTURES Flight To Time Status VN 34 Vientiane 7.25 Departed ex 802 Hong Kong 7.45 AF 19 Paris 7.50 Departed TG 109 Bangkok 7.55 GS 05 Singapore 8.15 ( ■ ARRIVALS Flight To Time Status VN 888 Los Angeles 6.55 PA 45 Manila 7.10 Arrived GA 127 Jakarta 7.40 Arrived MS 284 Kuala Lumpur 7.50 Arrived AI 84 Delhi 8.30 3. Read the sentences. Check (Z) the correct co umn. finished action incomplete action a) I’ve been to Sa Pa highlands. z • b) They have lived in Ca Mau for 10 years. z c) She has finished her homework. d) He has worked with the computer since early morning. e) We have found the problems with the printer. • f) Someone has unplugged the printer. g) People have received information through the internet recently. - 4. Complete the dialogues. Use the present perfect or the past simple of the verbs in brackets. Ba: (1) you the film Jurassic Park yet? (see) Nam: Yes, I have. Ba: When you it? Nam: I it three months ago. Loan: We (2) a vacation since last year. (not have) Chi: Why not? Loan: My parents (3) very busy since then. (be) Nga: (4) you the news about Nam? (hear) Mai: No. What (5) ? (happen) Nga: He (6) an accident. He was jogging. (have) He suddenly (7) and (8) his leg. (fall, break) Sung: (9) the plane vet? * (arrive) Clerk: Yes, it Sung: When it 9 Clerk: It at the airport two hours ago.