1. To increase fluency in discussing the impacts of technology.
2. To integrate recent grammar work into a piece of writing.
3. Read, listen and talk about technological advances.
Project
2 options:
2 options:
1. Write
a semiformal piece about personal experiences with technology.
2. Write a letter of interest to a prospective employer (last weeks's project)
Grammar focus:
Future forms (especially passive)
past continuous passive
past continuous passive
Vocabulary:
Speaking skills:
Comparing and evaluating different technological inventions.
Listening skills:
Improving the skill of listening for specific pieces of information.
Reading skills:
Improving the skill of reading for specific pieces of information.
Vocabulary from Unit 2
1. Define a "gadget".
2. Can you unscramble the bold words?
Our health is something we take for gtedran, until we are noiagsedd with an unexpected illness.
Some people rely on defibrillator-like eevidcs to keep their hearts going.
Robots are increasingly being used in iicntrate surgery to reduce the risk of human error.
Robots can perform certain tasks with greater psionreci than the human hand.
3. What are these technologies?
ultrasound
probes
implants
bionics
malware
freeware
How many applications can you think of for a probe?
4. Ahead and behind
What do we mean when we say one country is light years ahead of (or behind) another?
Do you feel your country is behind or ahead technologically?
In what other ways can countries be ahead and behind?
Cultural
Political
Attitudes
Lifestyle
5. Which join up?
At some point
when all is said
we are only
not readily
available
human
in the future
and done
6. Write a sentence in the present simple with the following words:
wasteful
goods
organs
revolutionise
marketplace
vital
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