NGUYEN DU JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
School year: 2009 - 2010
WELCOME WARMLY TEACHERS TO OBSERVE CLASS 8B
Can you guess the title of the lesson today?
Computers
Saturday, April 3 2011
Unit 15 COMPUTERS
Week 31 Period 90:
GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ
Unit 15 COMPUTERS
GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ
I. GETTING STARTED
Computers can help us
- save time
- keep information
- entertain( play games)
- learn interestingly and quickly
…
S1: What can computers help us?
S2: Computers can help us save time
printer (n)
plug (n)
socket (n)
connect (v)
manual (n)
Example: The printer my father bought yesterday
at Minh Hoang informatics will be under a 12- month guarantee.
- guarantee (n)
II. LISTEN AND READ
Vocabulary
Unit 15 COMPUTERS
GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ
II. LISTEN AND READ
Checking
1. printer
4. connect
2. plug
5. manual
Unit 15 COMPUTERS
GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ
3. socket
6. guarantee
II. LISTEN AND READ
True or False prediction
The printer isn’t working
Nam has already turned the printer on.
Nam knows how to connect a printer but he has not connected it properly
4. Mr Nhat thinks the manual is very helpful
5. Mr Nhat bought the printer in Ho Chi Minh city.
Unit 15 COMPUTERS
GETTING STARTED + 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.
II. LISTEN AND READ
True or False prediction
The printer isn’t working
Nam has already turned the printer on.
Nam knows how to connect a printer but he has not connected it properly
4. Mr Nhat thinks the manual is very helpful
5. Mr Nhat bought the printer in Ho Chi Minh city.
T
T
F
F
T
Unit 15 COMPUTERS
GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ
II. LISTEN AND READ
True or False prediction
Fact: a thing that is know to be true, especially when
it can be proved.
Opinion: your feelings or thoughts about someone or
something, rather than a fact.
The printer isn’t working
Nam has already turned the computer on.
Nam knows how to connect a printer but he has not connected it properly

4. Mr Nhat thinks the manual is very helpful

5. Mr Nhat bought the computer in Ho Chi Minh city.
T
T
F
F
T
The printer isn’t working
Nam has already turned the computer on.
Nam knows how to connect a printer but he has not connected it properly
=> and he has connected it properly
4. Mr Nhat thinks the manual is very helpful
=> the manual isn’t very helpful
5. Mr Nhat bought the computer in Ho Chi Minh city.
Unit 15 COMPUTERS
GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ
II. LISTEN AND READ
Pratice the dialogue with a partner.
Fact or opinion? Check (√) the boxes.
Unit 15 COMPUTERS
GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ
Grammar: The Present perfect with
“yet” and “already”.
Example:
S1: Have you turned it on yet?
S2: Yes, I have already done it.
No, I haven’t done it yet.
a. Meaning:
Yet: Chưa
Already: Rồi
b. Use:
Yet: Dùng trong câu hỏi và câu phủ định.
Already: Dùng trong câu khẳng định.
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.
Fact
Opinion
√
√
√
√
√
√
Questions
What is wrong with the printer?
It isn’t working
2. Has Nam connected it properly?
Yes, he has
3. Does Nam know how to connect a printer?
Yes, he does
4. Where did Mr Nhat buy it?
He bought it from Ho Chi Minh city
5. What does Mr Nhat think about the printer?
He thinks it isn’t very helpful
* Exercise: Choose the best answer A, B, C or D
1. The printer doesn’t work because you haven’t ….yet.
A. turn it down
C. turned it off
B. turned it up
D. turned it on
2. The printer is still …. so the company will repair it.
A. in guarantee
B. on guarantee
C. under guarantee
D. at guarantee
3. Oh, yes. I haven’t connected the printer…..
A. properly
B. carefully
D. skillfully
4. You can read these instructions in the….. to know how to repair the printer.
A. booklet
B. manual
C. leaflet
D. bookstore
C. helpfully
Homework
- Read dialogue again and learn the vocabulary
- Prepare for the next lesson “ Speak and Listen”.



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