SKILLS 1
Reading
- What are the benefits of using computers or mobile phones for leisure activities? what are the harmful things they may bring us.?
- The benefits: search for useful information, play funny games, watch video.
- Harmful things: bad for eyes, be addicted, learn bad things easily.
- Read the text and choose the correct answer.
Gợi ý: 1 – B 2 – C
THE ‘NET GENERATION’
Quang is watering his garden and can’t wait to pick the ripe fruit. He spends most of his spare time looking after the garden. Sounds great, doesn’t it? But his garden is a virtual one!
In today’s world, teenagers rely on technology more than in the past. This can be a problem because using computers too much may have harmful effects on both their minds and bodies. They prefer watching TV and playing computer games to reading books, perhaps because they don’t have to think and imagine as much.
They don’t join clubs or have hobbies and they don’t play sports. They sit in front of the computer all the time. They don’t get out of the house, even for a walk. They are in a world that doesn’t exist. While Quang now knows the names of many
plants, and his English seems to be improving as he chats with his gaming friends from all over the world, his parents are getting worried. They want him to get out more. They are even thinking of banning him from using the computer.
3. Write the questions for the answers based on information from the text
- Is Quang’s garden real? (Khu vườn của Quang có thật không?)
- What is the problem with using technology in your free time? (Có vấn đề gì với việc sử dụng công nghệ trong thời gian rỗi của bạn không?)
- What is the negative side of using technology? (Mặt trái của của việc sử dụng công nghệ là gì?)
- What is the benefits of using the computer? (Lợi ích của việc sử dụng máy tính là gì?)
4. Quang and his parents are talking about how he should spend his free time. Decide which statements are from Quang and which are from his parents
Quang:
- I’ve made lots of friends from the game network.
- I think computer games train my mind and my memory.
- My English is much better because I surf the net.
Quang’s parents:
- Go out and play sports. It’s good for you!
- You see your real friends less and less.
- Sitting for too long in front of the computer makes your eyes tired.
5. Role-play
Gợi ý:
Quang’s parents: We think that you should stop playing computer. It’s so harmful. You should get out and play sports.
Quang: I think computer trains my mind and memory. My English is much better because I surf the net.
Quang’s parents: You see your real friends less and less.
Quang: I have made a lot of friends from the game network.
Teacher: I think that computer is also good for you, but you should not use it much. You should use it in limited time about 1-2 hours a day after you finish your homework. You should take up a new sport.