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Showing posts with label unit 7. Show all posts
INTERNET PIRACY

While software and music companies say they're losing millions of dollars, many people don't know when they're breaking the law.
Watch this video about internet piracy and do the multiple choice quiz.
If you need it you can also read the transcript.


All this material has been taken from http://australianetwork.com

THE INTERNET TODAY

Listen to Ian Pearson talking about the internet and the use we can make of it.

1. What is a futurologist´s job?
2. What is cyberbliss?
3. What´s positive of using the internet according to Ian Pearson? And negative?
4. How does he define 'utopia' and 'hell'?
5. Which 'battle' does he mention?

Check your answers and listen again while you read the transcript.

(All this material has been taken from the website http://www.bbc.co.uk)

What does your ring tone say about you?


The piece of modern technology which has had the biggest impact is something which most of us carry with us almost everywhere. You probably have one in your bag or your pocket. I am of course talking about mobile phones. Listen to this podcast about this topic.

Then you can do the quiz. It´s about the abbreviations we use when texting. Good luck!

CHANGING CHINA KEY


Page 56, exercise 2 c.
1. T
2. F (There are more skyscrapers in Shangai than on the entire west coast of the USA.
3. F (Liu Zhang thinks the city has changed a lot)
4. T
5. F (Fewer people in Beijing are cycling to work these days)
6. T