Mobile phones, e-mails, computers, cars, televisions, radios, washing machines,write music, play chess,newspapers, TV programs, Wikipedia website, have a camera, take pictures, listen to music, play computer games, go on the Internet, Artificial Intelligence,understanding language, predictions.
Read the text again and match the beginnings and endings of these sentences to show the general understanding of the text
| Information about the world | a | were called computers. | |
| People can find information for themselves | b | came from places like newspapers, TV programs. | |
| Computer is | c | make computers do things which need imagination. | |
| Software programmers | d | to give information about themselves. | |
| The people whodid the calculations | e | the most important thing in our lives. | |
| Millions of people use the Internet | f | from places all over the world. |
Use the words and word phrases in the box to complete the sentences
| The Internet peoplea camera a conversation businessthe music crime are driving modern technologya computermobile phones information technology influence quantum computers |
1. It is hard to imagine the modern world without ……………….
2. Some people say that they have never used ……………., but they probably use computers every day – they just do not realize it.
3. The rapid development of ……………. has brought us unprecedented changes in the world.
4. ………….. is a great way for people all over the world to share their information and ideas.
5. You can put ………….. on your own website and people can pay to copy it.
6. The Internet can bring …………………… around the world closer together and make them more powerful.
7. Millions of people make ………...…………… using the Internet.
8. You can make calls and send texts with the help of …………………..
9. Nearly all phones now have …………., and you can take pictures, listen to music, play computer games.
10. Mobile phones can also help the police to fight ………………...
11. Some people are worried that phones have a bad ……… on people’s health.
12. Mobile phones also make the roads more dangerous, because people use them while they ……………………………...
13. Some computers can understand words when a person speaks, but they cannot really have ……………………..
14. Scientists are building the first …………………….
Read the text again and mark the following statements as True or False. If false, find the correct answer in the text
1. At home, at work, and at play, mobile phones, e-mails and computers have become part of daily life.
2. Some people say that they have never used a computer, but they probably use computers every day – they just do not realize it.
3. The word ‘computer’ used to mean a machine. In the nineteenth century, the people used special machines to do the calculations.
4. Software programmers have even ‘taught’ computers to do many different things which need imagination.
5. The rapid development of modern technology has brought us unprecedented changes in the world.
6. With modern technology we can relax without working when we get home.
7. Before the Internet, there was no information about the world.
8. The companies that made the newspapers, books and programs controlled the information that people could get.
9. If you are a band and want to sell music, you do not need a music company.
10. You can put the music on your own website and people don’t have to pay to copy it.
11. For many people the first place to look is the Wikipedia website.
12. Although the Internet can make problems in some ways, it can also bring people around the world closer together.
13. Today, you only can make calls with the help of mobile phones.
14. Just a few phones now have a camera, and you can take pictures, listen to music, play computer games, and go on the Internet.
15. Modern phones small and beautiful - and for many people, it’s important to have the newest and best one.
16. Mobile phones are unlikely to help the police to fight crime.
17. Every time somebody makes a call on a mobile phone, the phone company keeps information about the time and place of the call.
18. The police can sometimes get this information about calls from the phone companies if it helps them with a serious crime.
19. Mobile phones also make the roads safer.
20. Some scientists are working now on Artificial Intelligence.
A friend has just returned from his holiday. Ask him questions about it using the past simple(See Grammar Reference Section Unit 2)
Example: where/go? Where did you go?
sun/shine Did the sun shine?
1. how /get there?
2. who/go with?
3. where/stay?
4. the weather /good?
5. what/you think of the food?
6. what/do during the day?
7. go out in the evenings?
8. buy any souvenirs?
9. make any new friends?
10. how long/the journey home/take?