UNIT 1: COMPUTER USES
Task 1 We use computers in many different places. In groups, make a list of places where we can find computer documents. Try to say what the documents are, and what they are used for.
Task 2 Match these words (1 -8 ) to the correct locations ( a- d)
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games a. a factory
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machinesàđộng cơ b. a supermarket
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tickets àvé c. a travel agent
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wagesàlương d. a home
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fightàý chí
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letters
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barcode readersàmáy đọc mã vạch
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tillsàngăn kéo
READING: COMPUTERS IN EVERYDAY LIFE
Computers are parts of our everyday lives. They have an effect(kết quả) on almost(hầu như) everything you do. When you buy groceries(hàng tập hóa) at a supermarket, a computer is used with laser and barcode technology to scan the price(giá) of each(mỗi) item(khoản) and present a total. Barcoding items (clothes, food, and books) requires a computer to generate the barcode labels and maintain the inventory. Most television advertisements and many films use graphics produced by a computer. In hospitals, beside terminals connected to the hospital’s main computer allow doctors to type in orders for blood tests and to schedule operations. Banks use computers to look after their customers’money. In libraries and bookshops, computers can help you to find the book you want as quickly as possible.
Task 3 Tick ( + ) the computer uses mentioned in the above article.
---- home ----- art
---- hospitals ----- banking
---- engineering ----- libraries
---- shopping ----- film-making
---- television advertising ----- schools
Language work: Articles ( with countable and uncountable nouns)
Language work: Articles ( with countable and uncountable nouns)
Study these nouns
a supermarket technology a computer money
supermarket and computer are countable nouns.
We say a supermarket and supermarkets.
Technology and money are uncountable nouns.
They have no pluaral and you cannot use them with a or an.
Study this paragraph.
Computers have many uses. In shops a computer scans the price of each item. Then the computer calculates the total cost of all the items.
- We use a plural noun with no article, or an uncountable noun when we talk about thing.
Ex: Computers have many uses.
Information technology is popular.
- We use a / an when we mention a countable noun for the first time.
- When we mention the same noun again, we use the.
- We use the with countable and uncountable nouns to refer to specific things.
Ex: The price of each item.
The total cost of all the items.
The speed of this computer.
Task 4 Here are some common nouns in computing. Divide them into countable and uncountable nouns
1. capacity 2. data 3. device 4. disk
5. drive 6. memory 7. monitor 8. mouse
9. software 10. speed
Task 5 Fill in the gaps in this paragraph with a/ an or the where necessary.
The Walsh family have _________ computer at home. Their son uses _______computer to help with ____________homework and to play ___________computer games.
Their student daughter uses __________computer for _______ projects and for ________email. All ________ family use it to get ___________information from ________ Internet.
Task 6 Match the places in column A with the computer uses in column B.
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B
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Banks
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Control machines
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Factories
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Calculate
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Homes
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Look after, patient records and medicines
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Hospitals
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Provide entertainments and information
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Shops
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Control our money
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Task 7 Now fill in the gaps in this paragraph about computer uses.
Computers are now part of our everyday life. In shops, they ……………… . In factories, they………………………. .In …………………….. they look after patient records and medicines. When we have a bank account, a computer …………………….. . In our homes computers …………………… .
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