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English Toolkit 1 - Technology
Activities
Computers - Everyday uses
These are some of the new post-PC products They
are designed for all aspects of our lives
Read online newspapers and
Which is the best route to your office? Use your GPS to find out
Use your smartphone to take photos and send them to relatives or friends in different parts of the world, to call them and to check and send e-mails
When you return home, your digital video recorder has automatically You climb into bed to read your electronic book
Do you want to relax? Download music from the
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b c
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organize your day in your netbook over the morning coffee
Until a decade ago, the PC was the only route to
cyberspace But today, from start-ups to electronic
giants, the high-tech industry —known as
Information Technology (IT) — represents a new era
in computing At present, digital appliances are not
only associated with mainframes, minicomputers or
PCs
Computing is done with a wide variety of devices
They are part of practically every aspect of our daily
lives IT includes appliances such as digital cameras,
camcorders and TVs, technologies to link home
networks to high-speed lines, laptops, netbooks,
palm-size scanners, mobile phones, DVD players,
and digital music players such as mp3s and iPods
What are these devices like? Convenient and easy-to-use as they perform various tasks at the same time You can listen to music, check your e-mails, take a picture, send a text message or call
a friend by just using your mobile phone And, since these gadgets are usually light, small and most of them wireless, they are portable and can be used in any place
Nowadays, enterprises identify consumer needs and hide the complexity of their products by adapting technology to everyday use, making daily duties and activities become simple
stored your favourite shows
Internet and listen to it in your mp3 or iPod
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English Toolkit 1 - Technology
a Some years ago the PC was one of the routes to cyberspace
b The term IT only refers to computers
c Today’s gadgets are easy to carry
a …technology used for processing information:
b …a combined video camera, recorder and player:
c …large central digital computers serving many users:
How often do you use …
… your mobile phone to send text messages?
… your mobile phone to make a phone call?
… the computer?
… the digital camera?
… your digital media player?
Write down the answers Then discuss them with the rest of the class.
a Do you like computers?
b Do you usually use the Internet? What for?
(writing e-mails, chatting, visiting websites, etc.)
c Is it a good idea for teenagers to have
access to the Internet? Why? Why not?
Now, ask these questions to your partner and write the answers
using the third person singular in the Present Simple.
He / She always uses his / her phone to send text messages.
IT