1. The document provides instructions to label pictures with words from a box, answer questions about modern devices, and complete word combinations and sentences about using mobile phones.
2. It asks the reader to label pictures of devices, answer questions about the importance and usage of gadgets, and complete sentences about using mobile phones to take photos, send emails, download music and videos, and watch TV.
3. It also asks the reader to match words to make phrases about sending messages, accessing the internet, and listening to the radio, and to choose words to fill in gaps in a passage about a day in the life of a Japanese teen.
1. The document provides instructions to label pictures with words from a box, answer questions about modern devices, and complete word combinations and sentences about using mobile phones.
2. It asks the reader to label pictures of devices, answer questions about the importance and usage of gadgets, and complete sentences about using mobile phones to take photos, send emails, download music and videos, and watch TV.
3. It also asks the reader to match words to make phrases about sending messages, accessing the internet, and listening to the radio, and to choose words to fill in gaps in a passage about a day in the life of a Japanese teen.
1. The document provides instructions to label pictures with words from a box, answer questions about modern devices, and complete word combinations and sentences about using mobile phones.
2. It asks the reader to label pictures of devices, answer questions about the importance and usage of gadgets, and complete sentences about using mobile phones to take photos, send emails, download music and videos, and watch TV.
3. It also asks the reader to match words to make phrases about sending messages, accessing the internet, and listening to the radio, and to choose words to fill in gaps in a passage about a day in the life of a Japanese teen.
1. The document provides instructions to label pictures with words from a box, answer questions about modern devices, and complete word combinations and sentences about using mobile phones.
2. It asks the reader to label pictures of devices, answer questions about the importance and usage of gadgets, and complete sentences about using mobile phones to take photos, send emails, download music and videos, and watch TV.
3. It also asks the reader to match words to make phrases about sending messages, accessing the internet, and listening to the radio, and to choose words to fill in gaps in a passage about a day in the life of a Japanese teen.
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2. Answer the questions.
a) Are modern devices important? Why? Why not? b) Which of the gadgets have you used in the last week? c) Which of them do you use most often? d) What do we use each of the gadgets for? e) Which three devices do you think are the most useful and why? f) What device do you consider to be the most useless? 3. Match the words to make up word combinations. 1. make a) photos 2. send b) voice calls 3. take c) the Internet 4. record d) e-mails 5. access e) text messages 6. send and receive f) letters 7. type g) TV 8. download h) video clips 9. listen i) songs 10. watch j) to the radio 1-_____ 2-_____ 3-_____ 4-_____ 5-_____ 6-_____ 7-_____ 8-_____ 9-_____ 10-____
4. Fill in the word combinations above.
Nowadays you can make __________ __________, __________ __________ __________, __________ __________ and __________ __________ __________ with most mobile phones. However, the latest 3G (‘third generation’) phones can do much more than that. With 3G phones you can do many things that you normally do on a computer. For example, you can __________ ___ __________ and __________ ___ __________ __________. On some models you can even __________ __________ and download them onto your PC in order to print them. You can __________ __________ from the Internet and play them on your phone, and you can also __________ __ ___ __________. It’s also possible to download videos. The most recent phones actually allow you to __________ ___ so you never need to miss your favorite programs. Mobile phone manufacturers are hoping that in the future a mobile phone is the only gadget you’ll ever need! What about you? What do you use your mobile phone for? 5. Read the text and choose the word (a,b,c or d) that best fits each gap (1-8). A day in the life of a Japanese teen 6.30 am My alarm clock goes off and I get out of bed and turn 1) ________ my stereo to catch up on the news. 7.30 am Time to put on my headphones and go to school with 2) ________ blasting from my personal stereo. 7.45 am As soon as I get on the school bus, I swap CDs with my friends. Some of them are finishing their homework on their laptops. Others are talking with their friends on their 3) ________. Younger passengers are having fun with their Gameboys. 8.30 am In the classroom, which is equipped with modern PCs, I do my best to concentrate on my Maths lesson. Some kids 4) ________ games from the Internet, while pretending to work hard on Maths problems. 6.00 pm Home at last! At the dinner table, I complain about the homework my teachers gave me. Lately, I’ve been trying to convince my parents that a new and better computer would help me 5) ________my grades at school. Then I 6) ________ my homework. While doing it, my mobile is switched off. When I’ve finished, I turn on my mobile and start 7) ________ to my friends. Sometimes I go out to a café, but I’m not usually allowed to go out until the weekend. That’s when I have 8) ________fun! 1 a) off b) on c) out d) in 2 a) music b) sound c) hits d) play 3 a) CD players b) laptops c) radios d) mobiles 4 a) upload b) download c) play d) surf 5 a) to get b) to increase c) to improve d) to improvise 6 a) do b) make c) finish d) focus 7 a) calling b) sending c) typing d) chatting 8 a) the big b) the most c) the least d) more