Unit

2 Technology
Vocabulary 1
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IT activities
1 Look at the pictures. Can you name the equipment?
2 Which of these things can you do with the equipment
in pictures 1–5?
scan a photo • send an email • store data • post a comment •
connect to the Internet • charge a mobile phone •
print a document • download/upload a video clip •
go online • plug in a memory stick • read an e-book
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hours does Dan watch TV every week?

4 Choose the correct words.
1. I need to store / charge my mobile phone because 6 Work in pairs. Ask and answer
the battery is almost dead. questions about IT activities.
2. Our teacher stores / scans data on a memory
stick. Do you read
3. You can download / charge any software from our e-books?
website. Yes, I do.
4. This blog is really funny. I’m going to post /
download a comment. How many hours do you
5. You can use my mobile to send / make an email. spend reading an e-book? About two hours.
6. I use the Internet to do my homework. I go online / What about you?
store data to search for information.

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1st November NEWS 24

Patrick and Leo are both and three books on Java – the
from New York. Patrick is a language of computers. Leo used
computer programmer. He computers at school but he didn’t know much about
started designing websites them. At first, he couldn’t send Patrick emails because
when he was just 12 years he didn’t have an email address. However, he found
old. Leo doesn’t have a programming interesting and learnt very quickly.
job. He was working for an
When they started the lessons, Patrick wrote a blog
insurance company when
about the project. Many people posted positive
he lost his job. As a result,
comments, but there were also negative comments.
he also lost his apartment and became homeless.
They said that Leo needed food and a home, not
Patrick was walking to work when he first saw Leo. computer lessons. But computer programming is a
After that, he walked past him every day for five very useful skill. You need it to build apps, websites or

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months. Then one day he decided to help him. He video games, for example.

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Patrick taught Leo every day

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1. Who offered help?
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that accompany the text.

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2. What does $100 refer to?
Answer the questions.
8 1.16 © your answers to
Read and listen. Check
1.
2.
Where did Leo work before he became homeless?
How often did Patrick agree to teach Leo?
exercise 7.
3. Why did some people make negative comments?
4. What can you use computer code for?
9 Read the text again. Correct the wrong 5. How did Leo first use his new skill?
information.
1. Leo lost his job because he became homeless.
2. Patrick decided to help Leo the first day he
PRONUNCIATION
Word stress
saw him.
3. Patrick offered Leo money, a laptop and computer A. How many syllables do these words have?
lessons. 1. digital 5. charge
4. Patrick bought Leo a new computer. 2. download 6. document
5. Leo found programming boring and he learnt 3. Internet 7. comment
slowly. 4. scan
B. Listen and mark the stress on the
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words in exercise A.
1. digital

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 Grammar 1
Past simple and continuous: 3 What was happening when Beth arrived
when and while home? Complete the sentences with the past
continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
past simple and continuous: when and while When Beth arrived home, ...
My mum was cooking when I arrived home. 1. her brother Mike ... (not write) an email,
We were walking along High Street when I saw a lovely he ... (watch) TV.
smartphone. 2. her parents ... (look) at a holiday website,
Was Sam phoning his friend when his mum called him? they ... (not prepare) the meal.
Yesterday Sam was texting his friends while his parents 3. her sister Lisa ... (not listen) to music on her
were having lunch. smartphone, she ... (chat) online.
What was Sam doing while his parents were watching TV? 4. her friend Jed ... (wait) for her, he ... (not use)
My parents were sleeping while I was watching film after
the computer.
film.
5. the cats Sammy and Fifi ... (sleep), they ...
(not eating).
1 Look at the sentences in the table and choose 4 Write questions about Beth and Mary.
the correct words to complete the rules.
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Mike / write an email / when Beth arrived?
a. We use the past continuous for long / short
Was Mike writing an email when Beth
actions in the past.

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arrived?

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2. Lisa / chat online / when Beth arrived?
3. Lisa / listen to music / when Beth arrived?

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4. Mary’s mum / cook / while Mary / have a shower?

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past continuous.
5. What / Mary’s dad / do / while Mary / have a shower?

2 What was happening when Mary

m and 5 questions
was having
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write the sentences.
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a shower yesterday? Look at the pictures
in exercise 4.

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6 Complete the text with the words in brackets
in the past simple or continuous.

INTERNET HELPS FIGHT CRIME!

Two weeks ago, a robber (1) ... (take) David Reed’s
laptop when he (2) ... (sleep). David is a writer and
he (3) ... (write) a book at that time – it was all on the
computer. Two days later, when David (4) ... (try) to
find another computer on the Internet, he (5) ... (see)
a laptop similar to his old one. David went to the
seller’s house to buy it. When he (6) ... (look) at the
1. While Mary ... , her grandmother ... . laptop, he realized it was his old one! What (7) ...
2. While ... , her cat ... . David ... (do)? He sent a message to the police while
3. While ... , her father ... . he (8) ... (ask) the seller a lot of questions about the
4. While ... , her mum ... . computer. Finally, when the police (9) ... (arrive), they
5. While ... , her dog ... . found more computers. The man was a real thief!

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7 Write five past continuous questions about Listen to an interview about social
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the text in exercise 6. networking sites and choose the correct

answers.
8 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the 1. ... computer science students started Facebook.
questions in exercise 7. a. Two
b. Three
Language Database page 119 c. Four
2. Facebook became available to anyone over
13 years old in ...
UPGRADE a. 2004.
b. 2005.
Complete the text with the correct form of c. 2006.
the verbs in brackets. 3. Facebook is not permitted in ...
Last year, my best friend (1) ... (go) on holiday to a a. schools.
small island in the Caribbean. She (2) ... (see) all b. some countries.
the island. She was really impressed! While she c. all offices.
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(3) ... (visit) the aquarium, she (4) ... (meet) Edward,
an old school friend. As he (5) ... (not be) busy a. their smartphones.
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theatre and returned to the hotel. There they talked a. To argue with a friend online.

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Listening
A social network
9 Look at exercise 10. Can you guess any
answers?

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 Vocabulary 2 Reading 2
Jobs
5 Read the title of the article and tick (✓) the
1 Match pictures 1–6 with some of the jobs words you think you will read in it.
in blue.
operation • laptop • scanner • lens • hospital • blood •
technician • builder • journalist • politician • eyes • future • discovery
computer programmer • graphic designer • optician •
surgeon • bank clerk • chemist
6 Read the text quickly and check your answers
to exercise 5.
1 2 3
7 Read again and listen. Answer the
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questions.
1. What part of Martin’s body did doctors implant in
his eye?
4 5 6 2. Who was the first person Martin saw?
3. Do scientists think they can use the technology for

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other blind people?

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A MIRACLE – thanks to technology
2 Listen and repeat.
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writes articles.
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different. Martin was a builder. He
was working when he had

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a terrible accident which left him

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very early. 12 years.
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3. You need a lot of experience to become a good ... . Then an optician told him about

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Operating on people is not easy! a revolutionary technology with a
special optical lens that helps people see again. This was
4. My husband is at home with a ... . They are trying more expensive but of course better than traditional
to repair my new laptop. It broke down yesterday. treatments. At first, doctors couldn’t use this technology
5. You need glasses. You should see an ... . because they thought that perhaps the patient could
6. A ... is a person who is experienced in government reject the plastic lens. They investigated and discovered
that they could implant the lens in a different part of
or administration. Martin’s body – in a tooth!
LOOK! Martin decided to try. Doctors took out one of his teeth,
put the optical lens in it and implanted it into part of
Some typical endings for nouns related to jobs his eye.
are: -ian, -er, -ist Martin was blind when he met his wife, Gill. When he
optician, designer, chemist opened his eyes after the operation she was standing
by his bed – she was the first person he saw. ‘It was
incredible to see her for the first time,’ said Martin. Now
he laughs about his ‘science-fiction eye’ and
4 Add one job to each word set. WORD CHECK he is happy he isn’t blind.
1. technician – optician – • blind Doctors believe that this new technology
2. builder – graphic designer – • treatments can help more people in the future. They
3. journalist – chemist – • reject are already planning more operations.
• lens

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8 Correct the wrong information. Complete the following sentences using
1. Martin was blind when he was born. the adjectives in blue.
2. Martin was married when he became blind.
interesting • long • modern • long-lasting • important
3. Doctors knew from the very beginning that the
operation was easy. 1. A giraffe’s neck is ... than a dog’s neck.
4. The doctors put the lens in a plastic bag before 2. Some books are ... than others.
putting it into the patient’s eye. 3. Who is the ... world leader at the moment?
4. Are HP computers ... than Samsung ones?
5.
Grammar 2 Has your friend got a ... printer than you?

Comparative and superlative LOOK!

forms of adjectives
Irregular adjectives:
short adjectives long adjectives good – better than – the best
bad – worse than – the worst
A tablet is smaller This is more far – further than – the furthest

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comparative

than a laptop. expensive than

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a. We use the comparative form of adjectives to

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compare two / more than two objects, animals, Sophie Turner Millie Bobby Brown

b. We form the comparative of short adjectives by old

adding -er / more to it.
c. We form the comparative of long adjectives with
most / more.
d. We add -est to long / short adjectives to form
the superlative.
modern
e. We use the most + adjective in the superlative /
comparative form.

LOOK!
Two-syllable adjectives ending in -y:
change -y to -i and add -er than / the -est (lazier than)
Other two-syllable adjectives: good
add more ... than / the most (more famous than)
Language Database pages 119 & 120

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 Speaking
Out shopping
1 Listen to Carla and the shop assistant.
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2 Complete the dialogue. Listen again
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What does Carla want to buy? and check your answers.

Can I help you? Yes, I’m looking for a

new smartphone.
This one is on special offer. It’s (1) ... .
What features has it got?
shop
assistant It’s got an HD video (2) ..., a music
player and 4G mobile Internet.
Right. What about that one over
there? Can I (3) ... it? Carla
Sure. This is a really good one.
How (4) ... is it?
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Decide what you want to buy or use your own Think about what you and the shop assistant say:
ideas. Can I help you?
I’m looking for ...
Can I see ... ?
How much is it?
This one’s on special offer.

STEP 3
Work in pairs. Take turns to act out
the dialogue.

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 2
Writing
A thank you letter
5 Read the letter and cross out eight 7 Match 1–5 with a–e to make expressions for a
unnecessary words. thank you letter.
1. I’m writing a. Oscar
2. Thanks a lot for b. exactly what I wanted.
3. A camera is c. see you soon.
Dear Aunty Laura and Uncle Harry,
4. Hope to d. my new headphones.
5. Lots of love, e. to thank you for my
How are you? I hope you’re this well. I’m very busy at
smartphone.
school, so that’s why I didn’t do write before!

Thanks very much for the so smartwatch. It was

Writing Task
exactly what I did wanted! I use it all the time. I can
to read texts and emails, take the photos and make 1 Plan
Make notes for a thank you letter and
phone calls. I really like it.
include:
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I had a great birthday. When I arrived to home from
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you didn’t write before
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birthday cake. I wasn’t expecting of it, so it was a lovely
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surprise! Then we all went to the cinema.
m l i s received and explain why you like it

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birthday
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you soon.
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Luciana
Paragraph 1: Beginning
Paragraph 2: Say thank you

LOOK! © Paragraph 3: Ending

Phrases used in a thank you letter: 3 Check

How are you? I hope you’re well. past simple
I’m writing to thank you for ... past continuous
Thanks a lot / very much for my present.
It was exactly what I wanted!
IT activities
Hope to see you soon.
Lots of love, / All the best,

6 Read again and answer the questions.

1. Why didn’t Luciana write before?
2. What was her birthday present from her aunt
and uncle?
3. What can Luciana do with her present?
4. How did she celebrate her birthday?

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 Famous inventions and inventors

Alexander Graham Bell

tist, inventor and
Alexander Graham Bell (1842–1922) was a scien
d to Canada
engineer. He was born in Scotland, but he move
and then the USA when he was a youn g man. Bell
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produced his first invention when he was just 12
continued to invent thing s all his life.

Interest in sound Today

Bell’s mother became deaf when he was a child and
There are approximately 1.14 billion landline phone
this started his interest in sound. He worked with
subscriptions in the world and nearly 7 billion mobile
deaf students for many years and started designing
phone subscriptions – 95.5% of the world’s population!
machines to transmit sound as early as 1863.
In the UK, 93% of people have a mobile phone, and in
the USA it’s 90%.

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Read and listen. Answer the questions.
WEBQUEST
2. When did he produce his first invention?
3. Why did he become interested in sound? One of the great inventions of the 20th
4. Where did he develop the first telephone? century was the radio. Find some
5. How many people in America had telephones information about this invention and write
by 1886? it down. Who was Lee De Forest? What did
he do? Share the information with your
classmates.
2 ABOUT YOU Discuss:
1. How often do you make phone calls?
2. How many people in your country have
a mobile phone?
3. What do you and your friends use the mobile
phone for?

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 2
Progress check 4 What were they doing when the technician
arrived at the office? Write sentences using
IT activities
when and while.
1 Complete the words with the vowels.
1. I can’t sc __ n ph __ t __ s because my scanner
is out of order. I don’t know what’s wrong with
it.
2. My computer hasn’t got enough memory to
st __ r __ all this d __ t __.
3. Can you please wait a minute? I’m
ch __ rg __ ng my m __ b __ l __
ph __ n __.
4. I couldn’t buy any ink. Can you please Comparative and superlative forms
pr __ nt this d __ c __ m __ nt for me? of adjectives
5. Yesterday, my sister d __ wnl __ __ d __ d
a lot of video clips and we spent the evening 5 Write the missing words.
watching them. 1. Pandas are ... than cats.
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Is an electric guitar ... expensive ... a violin?
What is the ... interesting book in this library?

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5.

Writelisentences
1. My best friend’s dad is a ... . He is always talking
Who is the ... tennis player at the moment?

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on TV and explaining the problems that inflation

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1. Mother / mobile phone / old / my mobile phone

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2. Nile / long / river / world
2. Joe works in construction. He is a ... .
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3. Ben is a ... . He writes articles for The Morning
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5. My brother / car / modern / my dad
4. I think my neighbour is a ... . His daughter says
he operates on people.
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5. My cousin told me that aspirins are not very Integration
good. She knows a lot about this because she Read the text and choose the correct words.
is a ... .
Mobile phones are a relatively new invention. They are
more modern (1) than / that the radio. Before mobile
Past simple and continuous: phones, there (2) was / were two-way radios in taxis,
when and while police cars and ambulances, but users (3) can’t / couldn’t
connect to the phone network. In 1910, Lars Ericsson
3 Write questions using the past continuous. (4) installed / was installing a phone in his car.
Then answer the questions so they are true
He (5) stopped / was stopping at different places while
for you.
he (6) travelled / was travelling across the country.
1. what / you / do / at 10 pm last night? Then he (7) connected / was connecting his phone to
2. what / your parents / do / at 3 pm on Sunday? the national telephone network with long wires.
3. you and your friend / watch a film / at 9 pm
The first real mobile phone system (8) started /
yesterday? was starting in 1956 in Sweden. Today, people (9) use /
4. your friend / sleep / at 10 am this morning? used mobile phones every day. The mobile phone is one
of the (10) more great / greatest inventions!

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 Revision 1
Vocabulary

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 Revision
1

Reading Grammar
1 Read about Daisy and her plans. What city 4 Write sentences using the present continuous
does she want to visit? or the present simple.
1. Martin / not / usually / use his computer /
afternoon.
2. My brother / download video clips / room / now.
Daisy’s blog 3. The speaker / take / memory stick / out of his
briefcase / now.
Subject: Summer holidays
4. I / not / usually / print out documents.
Hooray! Yesterday I started university. 5. Alice / often / cheat / at games.
I’m very happy. Tonight my best friend 6. Children / not / play / boring games.
Izzie is having a party in her garden.
We’re celebrating the beginning of the
5 Complete the text with the correct form of the
academic year – music, drinks and
verbs in blue.
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friends! If it rains, we’ll have the party inside.
I’m so excited because this year is special. Next visit • live • wear • sit • look • hear • be (x2) •
summer, I’m going on holidays with my friends for the
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not have
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first time. The UK has some very popular beaches.
Some are peaceful, others are wild. Some are good for

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walking and doing sports. These are usually full in the
summer. l
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(1) … in the forest. She usually (2) … old trousers
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I spent my summer holidays in Blackpoolswhen I was
in the

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a strange noise. What was it? (5) … it the King’s
I loved visiting Blackpool’s famous tower. It’scsimilar to
a little girl. My father drove all the way from London.

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(6) … for him, Mary (7) … high up on a tree.
I’m sure this is going to be a great year! I know I will
pass all my exams and I will have They couldn’t see her!
my friends in Blackpool. Robin was not there. While the King’s men
(8) … in the woods waiting for Robin, he (9) …
his girlfriend in a remote village.
2 Read the text again and answer the questions.
1. Why is Daisy so happy?
2. Why is Izzie giving a garden party? 6 Complete the sentences with the comparative
3. Are all British beaches similar? Justify your answer. or superlative form of the adjectives in
4. What can you do on a British beach? brackets.
5. What is Blackpool famous for? 1. My flat is ... (big) than yours.
2. What’s ... (beautiful) place in Argentina?
3 Complete the questions about the text 3. Spain isn’t ... (small) than the UK.
in exercise 1 and answer them. 4. What’s ... (interesting) place you know?
1. Why ... full? 5. I think Italy is ... (beautiful) than France.
2. When ... Blackpool? 6. I think French food is ... (good) than
3. Who ... with? American food.

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