a. As quick as a flash b. Bake it yourself c. Like new every time
Task 2. Read the blogs again. Who or what does these things. Write the name of the person or the device.
1. _______________________________ switches on the oven.
2. _______________________________ locks the oven door.
3. _______________________________ cleans the dirt and grease.
4. _______________________________ puts the pan on the hob.
5. _______________________________ creates electromagnetic energy.
6. _______________________________ heats the contents of the pan.
7. _______________________________ weighs the ingredients to make bread.
8. _______________________________ indicates that the bread is ready.
9. _______________________________ doesn’t slice the bread.
VIII. Read the text and choose the correct answers.
Camera Vision
36-year-old Canadian film-maker Rob Spence doesn’t seem unusual. You wouldn’t realise it at first, but one of his eyes is false. But this is not the most unusual thing about him. Inside this false eye Spence
has a wireless video camera. This camera is not connected to his brain and has not improved his eyesight.
It records everything he sees. The camera runs on a very small battery and it has a transmitter, a device which allows Spence to send an image of what he is seeing at any moment to a computer.
Spence damaged his right eye at the age of thirteen while he was playing with his grandfather’s gun on a visit to Ireland. After the accident his vision got worse until he became completely blind in that eye. Three years ago, he had an operation to remove this eye and to insert a false one. And it is the false eye that now contains his miniature video camera.
Spence knew that building a camera that was small enough to fit inside the eye would not be easy, so he contacted Dr. Steve Mann, a cyborgs scientist at the University of Toronto. Cyborgs are machines that combine natural and artificial systems. Together Spence and Mann succeeded in building a device which Time magazine described as one of the best inventions of the year.
Even though his project is still quite new, Spence says that many people have already told him that they don’t like being filmed. He finds this strange as the same people have no problems with the hundreds of surveillance cameras that film them every day at school, in the underground and in shopping centres.
He hopes that his project will make people think more about how governments and organisations monitor these cameras and the information they record.
(Adapted from i-Discover) 1. What does Rob Spence’s camera do?
A. helps him see better B. films what he sees C. takes photos of everything
2. The camera is powered by _____________.
A. a computer B. a transmitter C. a tiny battery 3. Why did Spence go blind in one eye?
A. He had an accident with a gun.
B. An operation went wrong.
C. His grandfather accidentally shot him.
4. Why did Spence approach Dr Mann for help in building his eye camera?
A. Dr. Mann was a specialist in building tiny cameras.
B. Dr. Mann had experience in working with eye devices.
C. Dr. Mann was an expert in technology which connects humans with man-made devices.
5. What does Spence hope people will learn from his project?
A. to question how much they are monitored B. to feel comfortable when they are filmed C. how to record information
E. Speaking
• Talking about an electronic device which is important to you
I. Complete the conversation with the answers given below. Then practise it with your partner.
A. The smartboard improves learning efficiency because it can improve students’ motivation, involve them in the educational process more effectively, and improve concentration.
B. Teachers can return to previous pages when necessary.
C. Because it is controlled by a computer or a laptop. Regular touches on the surface allow us to work freely with tables and images as if we were working on a large tablet.
D. It’s an interactive whiteboard with a large touchscreen of the size of a large TV.
E. We can easily perform a variety of functions, such as writing, changing, highlighting text, and so on.
Jack: Our school is going to install a smartboard in each classroom. It’s good news, Mai!
Mai: A smartboard! What is it, Jack?
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Mai: Can we connect it to a computer?
Jack: Of course. 2 _____________________________________________________________________
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Mai: What can we do with a smartboard?
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Mai: Do you know the advantages of using a smartboard?
Jack: Several, I think. 4 _______________________________________________________________
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Mai: Can we see the slides again if we want?
Jack: Yes. 5 ________________________________________________________________________
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• Everyday English: Persuading someone to do something and responding II. Put the following expressions into the correct categories.
OK, I got what you mean. Sorry, I didn’t get your point.
Do you understand? Are you following me?
I see I don’t get it.
What do you mean? I’m not sure I got your point.
Do you understand what I mean. I understand.
I got it I understand what you mean.
Do you understand what I’m saying. I don’t quite follow you.
Any questions? Got it?
I beg your pardon, I don’t quite understand.
I’m sorry. I don’t understand what you mean.
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Showing understanding:
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III. Read the conversation and underline the expressions of checking understanding and responding.
A: So did you call Peter about confirming the delivery?
B: You mean the date of delivery?
A: Yes, and then you need to enter the delivery date into the speadsheet.
B: Here. See what I mean?
A: Oh, yeah. Thanks.
B: I forgot to do last month, and the boss went crazy.
A: What do you mean?
B: She was really angry. She was shouting at me and screaming, you know. She was horrible to me.
A: What are you saying?
B: Nothing. What I’m trying to say is you made a little mistake, but it meant the company lost money.
That’s why the boss was really angry.
F. Writing
• Writing a passage about the current and future capabilities of one’s favourite electronic device.
Write a paragraph about smartboards in classrooms, using the cues given below.
- smartboards: connected to computer, have the capability of saving our work, notes, and presentations and sharing them with others
- connect the smartboard to a computer and an LCD projector, turn on the smartboard and log in - our fingertip: select an icon and double click to open a file
- touch the formatting toolbar: access specialty tools, such as Save, Pen, Erase, and Undo/ Redo - smartboard pens: used to write and draw just like you would do with an ordinary pen; put the pen
back in the tray and pick up a different colour
- smartboards: more popular in schools - make learning interactive, teachers: prepare the curriculum for students of different learning styles
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