FILE 6 DOSSIER is about TECHNOLOGY AND TOURISM

Write the questions and find the answers to extract the key

points…

QUESTIONS for key points

• What will tourists soon be able to use?• What will users of BeyondGuide soon be able to

listen to?• Where is the service available at the moment?• How does it work?• Is it free now?• What is particular about the information tourists

can hear?• On what kind of platforms can people receive

the information?

1. What will tourists soon be able to use?

They will be able to use their mobile phones to get a running commentary on the sights they visit.

2. What will users of BeyondGuide soon be able to listen to?

• They will be able to listen to short narratives about attractions around the capital.

Where is the service available at the moment?

• The service is already available in Washington DC and New York City, and the company is in the process of setting up audio guides in London, Rome etc.

How does it work?

• It uses Voice software to allow callers to select audio content with voice prompts or the keypad on their phone or handheld computer.

Is it free now?

• It was free when it started but now users pay be the call, or for unlimited use over a set period – for instance, $10 for 48 hours.

What is particular about the information tourists can hear?

• Tourists can listen to re-enacted historical scenes or original archive material. For example, JFK’s funeral, actuality from the World Trade Center attacks.

On what kind of platforms can people receive the information?

• On a standard cell phone, a Wap phone, or a handheld computer. So now you can leave your heavy guidebook at home and use a lighter tech gadget instead to get interesting information about the place you will visit.

We can turn these questions into BULLET points to help

structure our summary

A new gadget to get information about tourist sights

Available – where?Software it uses to workDoes it cost anythingKind of information a tourist can receiveFlexible platforms

And now we can write our summary

• Users of a service called BeyondGuide will soon be able to listen to short narratives about attractions around the city.

• The service is currently available in Washington DC and New York City, and will soon be available in other major cities around the world.

• The service uses special voice software to allow callers to select audio content with voice prompts for instance.

• They can hear archive material, actuality, unusual stories.

• They can receive the information from any platform.

Vocabulary work from the file – Compound nouns

• Travel guide

• Construction worker

• Phone call

Are examples of compound nouns – they are often used in readings.

Look at page 53 and make the compounds then check.

Answer to exercise1. Travel guide2. Phone call3. Shareholder4. Construction worker5. Tourist hotspots6. Travel magazine7. Tourism board8. Cellphone9. Keypad10. An instant message market11. A mobile phone camera12. Global handset sales13. Music files14. Earth-orbiting satellites15. Voice-recognition technology