Read an article about living faster and Mach the headings to the

paragraphs.

1No time for snow white

4No time to write 3 more time on the road.
5No time to wait 2 bo time for van goats.
6No time to stop.

We are living faster but are we living better.

1
People in cities around the word walk 10% more quickly than they did twenty
years ago Singapore a world business center is top of the list. For fast walkers
2
In the USA there is a book called one minute bedtime stories for children. These
are shorter versions of tradiccional stories especially. Whitten for busy parents
who need to save time.
3
People aren’t as patient as they were in the past if the lift takes more than 15
seconds to arrive, people get very impatient because they think they’re wasting
time its exactly the same when an internet page does not open immediately
4
Whitten communication on the internet is getting shorter and using more and
more abbreviations, like BFN bye for now or NP no problem twitter only allows
you to use 140 characters and now a new social networking site has a limit
of just ten words.
5
Even in our free time we do things in a hurry. Twenty years ago when people
went to art galleries they spent ten seconds looking at each picture today they
spend much less time just three seconds.
6
Ours cars faster but the traffic is worse, so we drive more slowly.
The average speed of cars in New York city is 15km/h we spent
more time than ever sitting in our cars feeling stressed because we aren’t going
to arrive on time.
b) reads the article again one paragraph, contains an invented piece of
information
which one is it:
C) look at the highlighted time expressions and guess their meaning
save time.
more than 15 seconds: más de 15 segundos
wasting time: perdiendo el tiempo
in a hurry: apurado
spent: gastado
more time: más tiempo
time: hora

D) In pairs, cover the text and look at the paragraph headings in a can you
remember the information in the text have you noticed any of these things
happening where you live
4
Whitten communication on the internet is getting shorter and using more and
more abbreviations, like BFN bye for now or NP no problem twitter only allows
you to use 140 characters and now a new social networking site has a limit of just
ten words.

E) look at a questionnaire about living faster in pairs, ask and answer the
questions
Answer with often sometimes or never and give more information.
How fast is your life?
my life is very fast since day I am helping from my house and studying every
day.
1do people tell you talk too quickly. -if it's true, if I speak too fast
2 do you get impatient when other people are talking. - If I get impatient when
other people are talking too much because they do not let me concentrate on any
activity that is carried out
3 Are you the first person to finish at mealtimes? -I am not the first person to finish
at mealtime because I am always late
4when you are walking along a street; do you feel frustrated when you are behind
people who are walking more slowly- When walking down a street if I feel
frustrated when other people do not let me pass.
5 do you get irritable if you sit for an hour without doing anything e.g., waiting for
the doctor) if I get irritated when they leave me waiting without doing anything.
6 do you walk out of shops and restaurants if there is a queue- If I go out to shops
and restaurants queuing, but if it is too long, I'll go.
 A. Answer the questions below. Write your answers in the second column of the table.

How old are you?

How tall are you?
What mobile phone do you have?
How many languages do you speak?
What time do you usually wake up?
How far is your home from class?

Camila Daymar Paula Laura Mariana

You

22 20 23 35 22 26
Age

1.56cm 1.55cm 1.70cm 175cm 177cm 1.60

Height

Huawei y9 prime Motorola Huawei y7 prime iPhone iPhone Motorola

Mobile
phone

Spanish Spanish Spanish Spanish Spanish Spanish

Number of
languages
8:00 7:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 6:00
Time you
wake up
2 hours 3 hours 4 hours 5 hours 3 hours 1 hours
Distance to
class

B. Work in groups. Write the other students' names at the top of the table. Interview each
student using the questions from Exercise A and complete the table with their answers.

C. When you have all the answers, use the results to write 2 comparative and 2 superlative
sentences about the students in your group.

Examples: I am the oldest in my group.

My mobile phone is more expensive than Jane's mobile phone.
deymar is older than Camila.

Camila is younger than Daymar

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Camila has a short height that deymar.

. Daymar uses a Huawei y7 prime cell phone and Camilla uses a Motorola.
Paula speaks a language.

Laura gets up earlier

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Camila is 22 years old and Deymar is

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Compare your sentences with the other.

er students in your group.

Mariana is the longest to get to her classes.

Paula is the fastest of the group to arrive.