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Lesson Info
In this lesson:
- Look First Use the image to start talking about the topic.
- Words You Need Useful words and meanings before reading.
- Read and Listen Read the text and follow the audio.
- Understand It Check understanding with questions about the text.
- Steps Put the steps in the correct order.
- Chunks Place Complete location sentences with help from an image.
- Chunks Repeat Repeat useful language patterns from the lesson.
- Use It Use the new language to speak or write.
- Answers Answer key for the printed tasks.
How Does a Vending Machine Work?
Start Here
Look First
- What can you see inside the machine?
- What is he doing?
- Where does the drink or snack come out?
Before You Read
Words You Need
Learn
Read and Listen
Play the audio while you read, or listen after you read.
A vending machine is a machine that sells things. Many vending machines sell drinks or snacks. People can buy something from the machine without talking to a worker. You can often find vending machines in schools, stations, hospitals, offices, and on busy streets.
A vending machine usually has a screen, buttons, and a place to pay. Some machines take cash. Some machines take cards or phone payments. If you use cash, the machine may give you change. If you use a card, you use the card reader.
First, you look at the drinks or snacks. Then you pay. After that, you press a button or touch the screen to choose what you want. The machine moves the drink or snack. It falls or slides down to the bottom. Then you open the small door and take it out.
Sometimes a vending machine does not work well. A drink can get stuck, or the machine may not take your money. But most vending machines are fast and easy. They are useful when people want something small, but there is no shop nearby.
Quick Check
Understand It
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A vending machine can sell drinks or snacks.
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People can buy from a vending machine without talking to a worker.
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Some vending machines take cards.
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What can people press or touch to choose something?
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Where does the drink or snack usually go?
Order
Steps
Put the vending machine steps in order (1-4).
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Take it from the small door at the bottom.
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Press a button or touch the screen.
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Look at the drinks or snacks.
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Pay with cash or a card.
Build
Chunks
Place
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The screen is .
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The buttons are .
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The drinks are .
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The small door is .
Repeat
Now Try
Use It
Talk or write about vending machines.
Answers
Understand It:
- True
- True
- True
- a button or the screen
- to the bottom
Steps:
- Look at the drinks or snacks.
- Pay with cash or a card.
- Press a button or touch the screen.
- Take it from the small door at the bottom.
Chunks: Place:
- The screen is at the top.
- The buttons are next to the screen.
- The drinks are inside the machine.
- The small door is near the bottom.
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