Exercises pag.28 – 29

 

Exercise 1

1. antibiotics (1928)

2. communications satellite (1945)

3. mobile phone (1973)

 

Exercise 2

I could live without jet engine, nuclear power, credit card, radar.

I couldn't live without washing machine, refrigerator, television, mobile phone.

 

Exercise 3

1. The first video on YouTube: 2005

2. The first email: 1971

3. The first Ipod: 2001

4. The first desktop computer with a keyboard and a mouse: 1984

5. The first website: 1991

6. The first search engine: 1990

7. The first social networking: 1995

8. The firs tweet: 2006

 

Exercise 4

1. Lots of people still watch the first Youtube video called Me at the zoo. T

2. Ray Tomlinson used the @ symbol to separate the username from the name of the Internet server in an email address. T

3. You can only download music from the iTunes store. F

4. Using a mouse to click on an icon and open a document was a very new idea in 1984. T

5. You could visit a website before August 1991. F

6. Thanks to Archie, you could go online to find information. T

7. Classmates is the most popular social networking site in the world. F

8. A tweet is a text message to everybody who follows you on Twitter. T

 

Exercise 5

1. broadband

2. desktop computer

3. Internet server

4. keyboard

5. laptop

6. password

7. search engine

8. social networking

9. text message

10. username

11. website

 

Exercise 6

1. How many text messages do you send in a day? I usually send twenty text messages in a day.

2. Do you always use the same username and password online? Yes, I do.

3. Have you got a desktop computer or a laptop? I have a desktop computer.

4. Which is the most popular search engine in your country? The most popular serch engine in my country is Google.

5. How often do you update your profile on a social networking site? I never update my profile on a social networking.

6. Have you got a reliable Internet server and fast broadband speeds? Yes, I have.

 

Exercise 7

1. click on an icon

2. download music

3. follow somebody on Twitter

4. go online

5. open a document

6. visit a website

 

Exercise 8

1. The first thing I do when I go online is look at the news.

2. The last document I opened was about new books.

3. The icon I click on most often is iTunes.

4. The person I'd like to follow on Twitter is nobody.

5. The website I visit the most is one about music.

6. The last music I download is Belle from the musical “Notre Dame de Paris”.

 

Exercise 9

1. switch on the computer

3. click on the Skype icon

4. scroll down the page

5. scroll up the page

6. hang up

 

Exercise 10

1. click on = open a computer document or program using the mouse

2. hang up = end a phone call

3. log on = start using s computer system

4. scroll up = move information up a computer screen

5. scroll down = move information down a computer screen

6. switch on = make a computer start working

 

Exercise 11

How to attach a photo to an email

- switch on the computer

- click on the Mail icon

- click on the “New message” icon

- write in the specific bar the addressee

- then write in the specific bar the object of the email

- click on the icon with the image of a clip

- scroll up or down the page to find the image you want to put

- click on the file to select it

- click on the button “Choose the file”

- finally click the icon with a paper airplane to send the email.

 

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Exercise 5

I would continue reading the story number 1 because it was very intriguing and I want to know who was outside the door. The story number 2 was intersting too but I think that, if I would start reading it I will have fear.