CHAPTER 10
Out with the Old, In with the New?
Class Survey
/
Did you use a calculator in school
when you were young?
Yes
No
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Did you spend much time in school
practicing your handwriting when you
were a child?
Yes
No
/
Which statement is most true for
you?
I prefer to write by hand.
I prefer to write on a computer.
PRE-READING
Match the Definitions with the Words.
prescription
Co-workers
d
Wordprocessing
versus
as compared with, as opposed to
as compared with, as opposed to
versus
Prescription
Co-workers
Wordprocessing
versus
the use of a computer and certain software to write
the use of a computer and certain
software to write
word-processing
Prescription
Co-workers
Wordprocessing
Versus
the Chinese character for “life”
the Chinese character for “life”
Processing
Co-workers
Wordprocessing
Versus
people who work together
people who work together
co-workers
Prescription
Co-workers
Wordprocessing
Versus
a doctor’s written order for a particular medicine for
a sick person
a doctor’s written order for a
particular medicine for a sick person
prescription
FAST READING
QUICK COMPREHENSION CHECK
/
Some people worry about losing the
old ways, and some do not.
True
False
/
All the people described in the
reading feel the same way about
technology.
True
False
/
Some people think the use of
calculators hurts children’s math
skills.
True
False
/
According to the reading, handwriting
does not matter anymore.
True
False
/
Some writers in China are forgetting
how to write Chinese characters with
a pen.
True
False
/
A study was done in Canada on the
math skills of college students.
True
False
VOCABULARY
complex (adj)
having many parts related to
each other in ways that may be
difficult to understand
You must understand ……….. tasks
of the police.
annoyed (adj)
upset and a little angry
He gave me an …………. look and left without
speaking.
subtract (v)
to take a number or amount away
from another number or amount
You can use a calculator to ………… .
multiply (v)
to add a number to itself a
particular number of times
If you ………….. 7 by 15, you get 105.
make fun of (v)
to be unkind to someone and
laugh at or cause others to
laugh at the person
You’re always ……………………. me!
blame (v)
to make someone or something
responsible for something
You can’t ……….. the government
for all your troubles.
improve (v)
to get better, or to make
something better
Her grades have …………….. greatly
this semester.
matter (v)
to be important
"What did you say?"
"Oh, it doesn’t ……………. ."
fill out (v)
to give written information,
esp. by completing a form
I got the membership form
and ………….. it ………… .
loss (n)
the action or state of
not having or keeping
something
any more
The company’s …………. over the last few
years have been too much.
deserve (v)
to have earned something or
be given something because of
your actions or qualities
These charities ……………. your support.
valuable (adj)
important, useful, or
beneficial
They perform …………….. services
for poor, rural women.
rob (v)
to take money or property
from a person or place
illegally
Two men ……………. the store
last night.
conflict (n)
an active disagreement, as
between opposing opinions or
needs
……………. between parents and children
become more frequent when the
children become teenagers.
vary (v)
to change in some way, or
to cause similar things to
differ
The value of stocks will ………… from
month to month.
CAREFUL READING
Comparing and Contrasting (pg 125)
1. The Canadian Study
The first group
Both groups
*grew up in Canada
*used……………….
………………………
………………………
The second group
*grew up in…………
*................................
.................................
*………………………
……………………….
Example Answers:
1.
The first group: (used) calculators in
school growing up
The second group: *(grew up in)
China
*didn’t often use calculators
*can do math problems quickly
2. Li You and Ye Zi
Li You
* thinks…………..
……………………
……………………
……………………
Both
Ye Zi
*thinks………………
………………………
………………………
………………………
2. Li You: (thinks) the modern way of
writing on computers is all that is
needed
Both: (can) type; write Chinese
characters
Ye Zi: (thinks) people forgetting how
to write Chinese characters is a
cultaral loss
Understanding Inference (Pg 126)
Sometimes the answers to questions
about a reading aren’t directly written
in the reading. You can’t scan it to find
the answers. You must put ideas from
the reading together with what you
already know. You must make
inferences.
These are inference questions. The
answers aren’t given in the reading.
1. What does Jack’s teacher believe
about calculators?
Jack’s teacher believes that using a
calculator can make students lose
simple math skills so the can’t do math
in their heads or on paper.
2. What does Kate Gladstone want
schools to do?
Kate Gladstone wants schools to spend
more time on teaching handwriting
skills.
3. What would Ye Zi probably want his
children to learn in school?
Ye zi would probably want his children
to learn to write Chinese both by hand
and on a computer.