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    Our high-tech world Future tenses and future inthe past Synonyms and antonyms * Ten really bad predictions Survival skills Pp 2 1 What are geeks? Are they people or things? What isa techno geek? 3 (HINIB Listen to Pete talking about ‘his tech: How Do you know any? doeshe answer the questionnaire? How old do you think he i? What clues do you get about his age? 2 Workin small groups. Go through the questions together and W esi ou cal Fass tachicn peek discuss your answers, How much variation is there in your answers? ra ee ‘Do you keep your phone with you most of the time? Fire you lost without it? Hows often do you text? Do you own a tablet? What do you use it For? Which tech brands do you have? Which are ‘your Favourites? How mony apps do you have? Which do you use most often? What's your alltime Favourite computer game? why? How do you listen to music? ‘What other gadgets do you own? What are your favourites? Why? Do you have a gadget that you bought but rarely use? Which? Do you use satnav a ot? Would you ever use ‘a print map? Do you use social networking sites? Which? How often? How many emails do you receive or send in ‘© week? Do you get much junk mail? Do you think that technology isolates or connects people? How? What would you make on 0 3D printer? IF you could time trovel, when and where ‘would you go? What technological advancements do you predict for the future? LISTENING AND SPEAKING 1 You and Yours isa radio consumer programme. Today its about the early days of The Internet of Things. What is it? 2 Listen to the programme. Which things in the picture are mentioned? What are white goods? ‘What do the speakers say about navigation apps? 3 These lines are from the programme. Listen again and say what the words in italics refer to. 1 They'll be connected to the Internet when they're switched on ... 2 personally use an app that does this, an app which has been in the news a lot recently Tcan also see other drivers using the same app .. All wearing the same kind of technology I have around my neck 6 really like this peer pressure... 7.» that’ been quoted for so long it’ almost become a joke, hasn't it? 8 This may be a naive question . It enables you to document your day in images ... FINTERNET 4 Work with a partner. Read the tapescript of the Read the tapescriot of the Programme on ppl40-4. Write programme on ppl40-41. Write ‘questions about it using these questions about it using these question word. question words. What? Where? Why? How? How many? Which? What? When? Who? Why? What... for? What kind of Ask and answer your questions with your partner. GHEEB Listen and compare questions, Answer any that you have not already asked and answered. What do you think? + Do you think The ntemet of Things sa good thing? Why/ Why not? ‘+ What developments have you noticed already in your daly ves? + What do you think the most useful developments willbe inthe future? ‘+ What problems have you experienced with technology? Give examples, The word stufFis widely usedin — [_ spoken English. t means random ‘things where the name is not ‘important. Paople now have lots of stuf that's Inked tthe Internet, 1) What kindof tuff do you cary in your bas? 2. Match the lines in A and B. Tr to extend the conversation. 3 Listen check, and compare 90 Unit + ur high-tech world 1 Thanks forthe great feedback on my report. 2 What sort of stuff do you get with your new car? 3, How do you cope with all that pressure at work and four kids? 4 ‘re you ready to go? Were late 5 We were crossing a ied and suddenly there was this huge bull heading towards us. 6 What a day! in pieces — lost my car keys and had to walk home in the pouring ran and 7 Ugh! What’ that on the carpet? 8 | did it cant believe it Three As! a You know me. m made of strong stuff. Come on cheer up! Stuff happens. That’ the stuff of nightmares. Id have been terrified «1 was impressed, You really know your stuff e mot sure it looks lke a load of sticky, brown stuf, £ Oh youknow, all the usual stuff -satnay, DAB radio, leather seats. g Iljust get my stuff and we canbe off h Great stuff LANGUAGE FOCUS The future ‘Future forms 1 English does not have a future tense as such. It ‘has several forms which express different shades. ‘of meaning. Look at the underlined examples in GHB ppi0-4 12 Identify the future forms in A. Match them with definition in B. A 1 The exams start on Friday june. 2 Malthe plumber immediately 3 1m going to work hard this year. 4 be rich and famous one day 5 Im meeting Maria for coffee at ten, 6 tbe having a tennis lesson at 3 pm. 7 shave written the report by Friday. 8 The presidents to speak on TV. a Ie decided this. / I my intention. b I predict this about mysel. € tsonthe timetable. 4 Nm reacting toa situation. A forma, scheduled arrangement. Fl finish this before a given future time. g We've arranged this h slbe inthe middle of doing this, Discussing grammar 1. What’ the difference in meaning between the verbs in these sentences? 1 Sue's leaving tomorrow. Her train leaves at 13.05. 2 Pll give youa lft to the station, if you like. Its OK. John’s going to give me a lift. 3 We're going to have dinner at 8.00. We'll be having dinner at 8.00. 4 The plane will be landing at 22.30. ‘The plane will have landed by 22.30. 5. The meeting will finish at five oclock, ‘The meeting will have finished by five otlock. 6 'm (due) to get an upgrade on my phone. 1'm going to get a new phone soon, 7 think Alison will get promoted. ‘Tve heard that Alison is going to get promoted. 8 Run for cover! Itsabout to pour. It’s going to be a stormy night, Future inthe past ‘The past tense ofthe future forms is used to express ‘the future seen from a point inthe past. willwould 1s going to/was going to is rtving/was arriving is to/was to was gong to attend the meeting butt as canclld. >> Grammar Reference pIST 2 Complete the second sentence in each pai. 1 I think their marriage will end in disaster. I predicted that their marriage 2. Bob is going to move to Australia ifhe gets the job in Sydney. Bob. to Australia but he didnt get the job. 3. Annts happy because she'l be seeing Tom tonight. ‘Ann smiled to herself; she. ‘Tom in an hour, 4. The President isto make an announcement this evening. ‘The President ‘an announcement that evening, but it was cancelled. in disaster. 3 Choose the correct ending to complete the sentences. 1 Iwas sure that the MRI scan. would show that his heart was fine / will have been cancelled. 2 I didn't call you with the news because . we would meet later / we were meeting later. 3. Last time I saw Jim ... he was due to start a new job / he was leaving tomorrow. 4 There was to have been an investigation into the accident ... but it never took place / and it was the driver’ fault, 5 He believed that one day his newborn son ... would be running the business with him / was running the business with hirn. What do you say? isten to the eight situations. Complete the responses using only future forms. Hey guys! I really don't think 1 Hurry up! The play .. know my hairs a mess, but 1. Tnx really sorry. Tknow Tan Can you believe it? This time next week we... Tm aiming high, by the time Ft 40, Ion Thm 50 sorry, Was GHB Listen and compare, How do the conversations continue? Practise some. Unit M + Our high-tech world 91 READING AND SPEAKING Too much science? 1. Work in small groups. Make alist of all the household appliances in your house. Compare your list with your group. ‘Who uses them? Which do you use most/least frequently? How old are they? 2 Look at the pictures and read the introduction and the descriptions of the appliances. + Whats your opinion of them? + What does ths £10 monument to excessive disposable income’ mean? + What does it say bout the journalist’ style of writing? 3. Read the article quickly. Answer the questions. 1 What is function inflation? Give examples. 2 What is the problem it creates? 3 Isit driven mainly by consumers or manufacturers? 4 What isa focus group? 5 How have Apple products changed over the years? 6 How might one single button be used in years to come? Read the article again more thoroughly. These lines are taken from it. What do they refer to? Why are some of them humorous? 1. parents too lazy to wash their babies inthe bath 2. allour appliances have learned new tricks. 3am easy way to constantly relaunch essentially the same product. 4 the job-endangering snooze button, 5 rampant function hyperinflation has et many of usstaing.. 6 ..more cycles than we have outfits to wash, 7. on some customer feedback survey, at least two people piped up. 8 Themarketplace reward designers who edit a product down. What do you think? + Do you agree with the idea that household appliances are getting too complicated? + Do you believe its a generational thing and that younger people appreciate function inflation? + Despite thisinftation, are there any functions you would actually add to machines that you use? D> WRITING Describing and evaluating — ‘An online product review p20 92 Unit M+ Our high-tech world ARE OUR HOUSEHOLD Toastiére ei Toaster ‘Si toast settings, Independent stot ‘operation, highs, ‘cancel, defrost, and ‘reheat functions, plus variable browning and luminated controls. Mae Se RC RC Cm ae Rent COS aE RS ae LCR Ly ou ee Cm Suu aa i RR) PO Rm URAL ‘The modern washing machine has a dozen or more cycles that no one has ever used. The baby cycle, for example, aimed, presumably, at parents too lazy to wash their babies in the bath. Or, quoting from a variety of machines, the duvet, sports, bed and bath, reduced creases, allergy, and freshen up cycles, ‘The washing machine is hardly alone in this; all our appliances, have learned new tricks. Posh kettles heat our water to a choice of temperatures, tumble dryers offer a variety of dryness levels and even fairly basic toasters now proudly boast a bagel function. At the top end of the market, you can buy a fridge with a builtin radio and voice recorder, proving we've reached the stage of combining functions entirely arbitrarily It has all become a litte overwhelming. Function inflation is nat, of course, confined to the kitchen, We can see it in our computers and cars, our phones and televisions. ‘Fundamentally’ says David Mattin, lead strategist at trendwatching.com, ‘'d say function inflation is one ‘consequence of the everincreasing consumer thirst for the new — new products, services, brands, and yes, new features. Throwing more functions and features onto an essentially, standard product is an easy way to constantly relaunch essentially the same product and argue that their product Isnew’ The ridle £450 monument to excessive aisposable income includes 8 crevice tool, dusting brush, turbo tool, stretch hose and flex erevie tool. You know, for cleaning your flexterevices. Itis not without its benefits. Plenty of life-changing 0 innovations, from the handy oven timer to the ‘job- endangering’ snooze button, started out as added gimmicks on familiar household items. But, in the kitchen at least, things are moving a little too fast, and rampant function hyperinflation has left many of us staring, uncomprehending, at @ washing machine control wh with more cycles than we have outfits to wash. In theory, all such functions are a response to consumer demand: if a washing machine has a freshen up cycle, itis because in a focus group somewhere, or on some «# customer feedback survey, at least a couple of people piped up and said, “I want my clothes fresher, but not cleaned.’ Yet such demanding shoppers are in fact a small minority: research shows that 70% of people use the same wash cycle almost every time, and nearly half of 45 us are put off by complex multisetting controls ‘The innovation is obviously being driven by manufacturers’ desire to add value and to differentiate themselves’ says analyst Neil Mason, head of retail research at market research company Mintel. ‘But from a consumer's point of view, what they want is convenience and simplicity. You run into trouble when you add all these extra functions and consumers just get perplexed as to how to actually use them, lous name aside, this APPLIANCES GETTING (1!) COMPLICATED Aqua Vivo Washing Machine Although by current standards this ‘modal total of 16 wash programmes Is relatively modest, the sheer range of them 's bathing. It boasts both the aforementioned baby and ‘roshen up cycles, as well as duvet, allergy care and bed and bath. New settings clearly continue to be seen as an easy road 5 to higher sales. Yet, as Mattin points out, some of the most ‘successful products on the market ‘succeeded specifically because they did not succumb to function inflation, indeed they made a Virtue out of having ve few functions’ Though Apple's app store Is now a fast moving bastion of 2 user-controlled function inflation, the iPhone and iPad's predecessor began life as a reaction against it. “The IPod, says Mattin, ‘is a nowlegendary example of a tech product, that was beautiful in its simplicity. Compare earlier MP3 players, laden with various buttons and switches and 5 features, with the iPod's click wheel.” There's good evidence,’ he argues, ‘that the marketplace rewards designers who edit a product down until it does just what it should and no more. But that takes designers of genius. Mediocre designers — that Is 90% of them — just. 9 throw more and more functionality at consumers and see What sticks. Perhaps, then, despite the current trend, the household of the future will be free of such baffling settings, switches, and dials. The ideal household gadget be it a washer, s dryer, or toaster - may one day sport a single, simple button marked Sort this stuff out for me, will you? The machines can work out for themselves when, if ever, we ‘merely want our clothes freshened up. Ura ies VOCABULARY Synonyms and antonyms 1. We often use synonyms for reasons of style, to avoid repetition. Read the sentences below. Then find the synonyms in the texts on pp92-93 which are used instead of the words underlined Who neods a washing machine with a freshen up" function? & toaster with sx browning functions? The washing machine is hardly alone inthis; all our machines have leamed new ticks, Posh kettles heat our water to a choice of temperatures, tumble dryers offer @ choice of “dryness levels In theory, all such functions are a response to consumee demand... Yet such demanding ‘consumers are infact a small minority. 2. Find words in the article on pp92-93 which mean approximately the same as those in the table below. fancy (line 12) brag about (4) limited (9) result (23) ‘yearning (23) advantages (29) uncontrolled (3) garments (36 complicated (45) baffled (52) seconde 69) fashion (72) 94 Unit 11 + Our high-tech world 3 Complete the sentences with a word that has similar ‘meaning to the word in italics. Sometimes the word class changes. 1 By present-day standards the 10-wash programme is modest; many washing machines have 16, 2. ‘Did he say how his job’s going?’ ‘No. He didn't it 3 He admitted murdering his boss. This came after days of interrogation, 4 Progress will be slow, but if we persist, things will improve. 5 You can't count on her. She's totally 6 You want an approximate figure? Ata ‘guess, Td say there were about 50. 7 Massage eased the pain in my back and the tension I've felt for so long. 8 He's made a miraculous recovery, but then he has strength. 9 Soldiers attacked the enemy headquarters. The took place before dawn, 10. Drugs can treat many illnesses, but there are some that are incurable. Yes, | did say you have the blood pressure of 4 feenager. Did | mention it's one who lives on junk. food, TV, and the computer? ‘Antonyms We often find antonyms in texts. ‘Many modern appliances have very short lifespans: rarely do they lat a lifetime. There are designers of genius, but 90% of them are mediocre. 4 Fill the gaps with the synonyms and antonyms on the right which best collocate with the nouns. Synonyms Antonyms ow an__ivilization an__travel guide ancent current up-to-date fumiture the __evchangerate | antique __orignal_antiquated farmtactor — an_idea wt i Ee tie biased impartial balanced opinion a__referee unjust bigoted objective view an__law a cane nas flawed second-rate faulty ‘an_______Ietchen ee immaculate faultless impeccable a_____ performance a_author message —parsuits ‘wivl~—crucal—=petty decision ae cctiticll urgent —_—frivolous qualifying game © _cash 5. Complete the sentences with a word that has the opposite meaning to the ‘word in italics. Sometimes the word class changes. 1 One of my cats is quite tamte and domesticated. The other is totally _wild_. 2 Te always been successful at work, but my privat life is a total 3 His ability to make money is admirable, However, I have nothing but for the appalling way he deals with his employees. 4 At first they thought it was a genuine da Vinei sketch, but it turned out tobea 5 [find it difficult to relax. My life is so So much to do, so little time. 6 Iwas sure Tl seen her before. I didn't recognize her face, but her voice 7 This road is straight for a while, but then it uphill for two miles. 8 [know most people are very keen on travelling, but I really it. Id rather stay at home. 9 You thought she dropped the vase accidentally, but believe me, it was GHB Listen and compare. Unit 1 + Our high-tech world 95 THE LAST WORD Ten really bad predictions 1 Work in groups. What predictions about the future of technology are being made today? 2 Read these really bad past predictions. Try to match them with a source and a date. What actually happened to each of the things predicted? Which do you think were the worst predictions? PREDICTIONS ‘SOURCES and DATES 1 Computers of the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons a Robert Metcalf, inventor of Ethernet, Sipociri toll Wal be eons by ines Infoworld magazine, 1995 3 Stock prices have reached what looks lke a permanently b John Langdon-Davies, war correspondent, igh plateau. A Short History ofthe Future, 1936 4 Democracy will be dead by 1950, 5 tt will be years ~ notin my time ~ before a woman will become rime Minister.

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