April 2013

FUTURE TECHNOLOGY

VOCABULARY

Technology

A. Complete the definitions with the correct word.

1. Google: To look for a piece of information using a well-known

search engine.

2. Blogger: A person who writes kind of diary on the Internet.

3. Tweet: To send a message on Twitter.

4. Gammer: A person who plays online games.

5. Like: To give a favourable opinion of something on Facebook.

6. W_ b _ s _ d _ : An episode of an Internet-based drama.

7. Text: To send someone an SMS.

8. Cyberbully: An Internet user who uses aggressive behaviour

to intimidate other Internet users.

9. Trending: A subject which everyone is talking about on social

networking sites.

10. Unfriend: To remove someone from your list of friends on

Facebook.

11. W _ b _ _ a _ : A seminar given using the Internet.

12. Tag: To put someone’s name on a photo on Facebook.

13. Ciberoom: A virtual room where Internet users talk to each

other.

New words in English

A. Every year new words enter the English dictionary. Below are some

new words from 2012. Write the words next to their definitions.

Then check your answers at:

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/press-releases/uk-word-of-the-year-2012/

1. Omnishambles: A situation that has been comprehensively

mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and

miscalculations.

2. Games Maker: A volunteer responsible for helping the public at

an Olympic venue during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic

Games.

3. Medal: To win a medal in a sporting event or competition by

finishing first, second, or third.

4. Second Screening: the practice or activity of watching television

while simultaneously using a smartphone, tablet computer,

laptop, or other screen device, typically in order to read about

the programme being watched or post about it on a social

media site.

5. Mobot: A characteristic gesture as performed by the British

long-distance runner Mo Farah on winning the 5,000 and 10,000

metres events at the 2012 Olympics, in which both arms are

arched above the head with the hands pointing down to the top

of the head to form a distinctive ’M’ shape.

6. YOLO: ‘You only live once’, typically used as a rationale or

endorsement for impulsive or irresponsible behaviour.

medal (verb) YOLO Games Maker

Mobot omnishambles second screening

VOCABULARY

Phrasal verbs

A. Complete the sentences using the words in the box.

1. We hired a car when we arrived at the airport but it broke after

on the way to the hotel.

2. My mum always feels nervous just as the plane is taking down

and landing.

3. I set out at six o’clock so that I would arrive at the hostel before

the other travellers.

4. Phone me from the airport after you’ve checked back.

5. I hate sleeping in a tent because I can’t put up with the

mosquitoes and other insects.

6. The taxi had to turn back when it reached the mountain road

because a tree had fallen and was blocking the way.

7. Would you mind looking after my cat while I’m on holiday next

week?

8. We are planning to travel for six months but if we run out of

money, we’ll be back sooner!

in up back down out after off x 2

LISTENING

A. You are going to watch and listen to a guide to an area of

London. Listen carefully and tick the London

neighbourhoods that are mentioned.

http://www.sightseer.tv/london/eastlondonoverview

1. Covent Garden ____

2. Brick Lane ____

3. Whitechapel ____

4. Oxford Street ____

5. London Docklands (this)

6. Hyde Park ____

7. Canary Wharf (this)

8. Notting Hill ____

9. Stratford (this)

B. Watch and listen again. Match the neighbourhood with what it is famous for.

1.Brick Lane C Bangladesh

community

2.Whitechapel D 2012 Olympics

Stadium

3. London

Docklands

A Bombed during WW

II

4. Canary Wharf E London City Airport

5. Stratford B Jack the Ripper

C. Complete the sentences. Write one word in each gap.

1. Brick lane is famous for curry restaurants.

2. You can go on a touristic tour to see where Jack the Ripper

carried out his attacks.

3. In the 1980s the docklands transformed into a ‘mini Manhattan’.

4. East London has its own airport which is popular with business

travellers.

5. The Excel Centre is an important conference and exhibition

centre.

6. Next door to the 2012 Olympic Site there is a huge Stratford

centre.

SPEAKING

Talk about your last holiday. Think about these questions.

1. Where did you go and why? Describe the place.

2. Who did you go with?

3. When did you go and how long did you stay?

4. What was the weather like?

5. Did you have any special food?

6. Did you visit any monuments?

7. Did you do any kind of sightseeing?

8. Did you do any sunbathing?

9. Did you take many photos?

10. Did you buy any souvenirs?

11. How did you travel? Was it a long trip?

12. Did you take a rucksack or a suitcase? What things did you

take?

13. What is your best memory of the holiday?

14. Were you glad to get home?

15. Would you recommend the place you went for a holiday?

16. Would you consider going there again?

Last holiday I went to my friend’s camping, because Edu invited me to go. It was a common camping where children can play and the fathers do their lives. I went with Edu’s fathers, Edu, Amar who is his cousin and my friend, and I. Well, I only stay one week, but when I arrived they where been there for one week along. It was in summer so It was very hot, but the camping Is in Montblanc so in the night you need to put a jacket if you don’t want to have a cold. I remember that one day we go to a restaurant because was edu’s birthday. The restaurant was in Montblanc city centre and then we go visit the streets of montblanc. I don’t like sunbathing, but we go a lot to a swimming pool. We have a couple of photos for remember the experience. I travel to montblanc by car. There were like half an hour to the camping. My best memory was the night of edu’s birthday. You know, we go outside in the night like every day near the camping and we celebrate the 16 years of edu’s live.We won’t want to come Cerdanyola, so we stay one more night free in the camping without edu’s fathers. It was very cool. I don’t only recommend, I want to go this year too with more friends from here because the experience were so good. We play football and basketball too there!