C om puters are useless. They only give you answers.

Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist

9B Too much information!

1 GRAMMAR quantifiers
a ( ^ T r c je ) t h e c o r r e c t f o r m .

1 (A lo t o ff)! A lot p e o p le s e n d t e x t m e s s a g e s o n t h e t r a in .
2 T h e r e w a s n ’t ------b r e a d le f t i n t h e s t o r e b y t h e t im e
no / any
I g o t th e re .
3 M o s t o f m y fr ie n d s sp e n d too many / _____
too much t im e o n s o c ia l
n e tw o r k in g site s.
4 T h i s b a g i s n ’t enough big / ______
big enough to p u t a l l m y b o o k s in .
5 I lik e m y c o f f e e w ith ju s t a ____
little / a fe w h o t m ilk .
6 _______
too quickly / too much quickly t h e s e d a y s.
I t h i n k p e o p le e a t
7 T h e r e w e r e lot / ____
lots o f p e o p le w a i t i n g a t t h e b u s s to p .
8 __/ any t i m e t o s t o p f o r lu n c h . W e ’l l ju s t h a v e to
T h e r e ’s no
h a v e a s a n d w ic h .
9 T h e r e w e r e v e ry little /______
very fe w t ic k e t s le f t f o r t h e c o n c e r t .
10 T h e r e a r e n ’t________
enough hours / hours enough i n t h e d a y to
d o e v e r y t h in g .

b C o m p le te e a c h p a ir o f s e n te n c e s s o t h a t th e y h a v e t h e s a m e m e a n in g .
S o m e t im e s m o r e t h a n o n e e x p r e s s io n i s p o s s ib le .

too many/ lots off/ a lor of,

1 T h ere aren ’t enough c h a ir s . 4 H e h a s _____________ v id e o g a m e s .
T h e re are too fe w c h a ir s . enough
T h e r e a r e n ’t ______________s h e lv e s .

enough o n e y .
2 H e c a n ’t a f f o r d it. H e d o e s n ’t h a v e ______________m no
5 T h e r e ’s ______________________g a s in th e ta n k .
H e c a n ’t a ffo r d it. It’s _____________________ f o r h im . any
T h e r e is n ’t ______________g a s in t h e t a n k .
too expensive / much

3 a little
W e o n ly h a d _____________ s le e p la s t n ig h t . 6 few
S h e b u y s v e r y ______________b o o k s t h e s e d a y s.
W e d id n ’t h a v emuch/ enough
______________s le e p la s t n ig h t . S h e d o e s n ’t b u y ______________b o o k s t h e s e d a y s.
many

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 2 PRONUNCIATION -ough and electronic devices
-augh b C o m p le te th e c r o s s w o r d .

a ( ^ h r c je ) t h e w o r d w i t h a d i f f e r e n t s o u n d .

2 A D
c u O c z D
saw up saw saw A K
_____
djthougFP) cough bought caught
P p L U G E
brought enough daughter ______
laughed
thought tough _______ taught
through O U T L E T S Y

b L is te n a n d c h e c k . T h e n lis te n
O B
B
a g a in a n d r e p e a t th e w o r d s .
R E M O T E C O N T R O L

A A
3 VOCABULARY phrasal verbs
S B S C R E E N
a C o m p l e t e t h e s e n t e n c e s w i t h t h e s i m p le p a s t
f o r m o f th e p h r a s a l v e rb s in th e b o x . R e p la c e P M L D
th e w o r d s in bold w ith a p ro n o u n .
H E A D P H O N E S
plug in sw itch on turn up turn down
A U
switch off

1 to the radio
I w a n te d t o l i s t e n so
K S W I T C H
I switched it on . E
E
2 T he music w a s t o o lo u d s o
turned it down
I ________________________________________________ . R
3 W hen 1 fo u n d my adaptor,
plugged it in
I ________________________________________________ . Clues across
4 I c o u ld n ’t h e a r my M P 3 player s o 1 A s m a ll d e v ic e t h a t c a n b e u s e d to s t o r e d a ta a n d t o m o v e it
turned it up
I ________________________________________________ ■ fr o m o n e c o m p u te r to a n o th e r.
5 T h e r e w a s n ’t a n y t h i n g o n TV so 4 A p l a s t ic o b je c t w i t h t w o o r t h r e e m e t a l p in s t h a t c o n n e c t s
I switched it off
1_____________________________________ . e l e c t r i c a l e q u ip m e n t to t h e e l e c t r i c i t y su p p ly .
6 T h e p la c e o n a w a l l w h e r e e l e c t r i c a l e q u ip m e n t c a n b e
c o n n e c t e d t o t h e e l e c t r i c i t y su p p ly .
7 A p i e c e o f e q u ip m e n t f o r c o n t r o l l i n g s o m e t h i n g f r o m
a d is t a n c e .
9 T h e lig h te d s u r f a c e o f a c o m p u t e r w h e r e t h e in f o r m a t i o n
ap p ears.
11 A p i e c e o f e q u ip m e n t w o r n o v e r t h e e a r s t h a t m a k e s it p o s s ib le
t o l i s t e n t o m u s ic w i t h o u t o t h e r p e o p le h e a r in g it.
12 A s m a ll b u t t o n t h a t y o u p r e s s u p a n d d o w n in o r d e r t o t u r n o n
e l e c t r ic it y .

Clues down ^
2 A d e v ic e f o r c o n n e c t i n g p ie c e s o f e l e c t r i c a l e q u ip m e n t th a t
w e r e n o t d e s ig n e d t o b e f i t t e d t o g e t h e r .
3 T h e s e t o f k e y s o n a c o m p u te r .
5 T h e p ie c e o f e q u ip m e n t f o r c o n n e c t i n g o t h e r p i e c e s o f
e q u ip m e n t t o a c o m p u te r .
8 A p a r t o f a n e l e c t r i c a l d e v ic e t h a t t h e s o u n d c o m e s o u t o f.
10 A p ie c e o f e q u ip m e n t c o n n e c t e d to a c o m p u t e r f o r m o v in g
a r o u n d t h e s c r e e n a n d e n t e r i n g c o m m a n d s w i t h o u t t o u c h in g
th e keys.

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4 READING b R e a d th e a r t ic le a g a in . M a r k th e s e n te n c e s T (tr u e )
o r F ( f a ls e ) .
a R e a d t h e a r t i c l e o n c e a n d c h o o s e t h e b e s t h e a d in g .
1 N o t m a n y p e o p le s p ill d r i n k s o n t h e i r la p to p s . _F
1 L a p t o p s a n d m o d e r n lif e s t y le s 2 G r e e n t e a c a u s e s le s s d a m a g e t h a n c o f f e e w ith m ilk . _T
_
2 E a t a n d d r i n k w h ile y o u w o r k 3 Y o u s h o u ld n ’t m o v e y o u r la p to p a f t e r a s p ill. F
3 L iq u id a n d la p to p s d o n ’t m ix X 4 Y o u s h o u ld o n ly u s e a c l o t h . __
F
5 Y o u c a n tr y t a k in g o u t th e h a rd d riv e o f th e m a c h in e . _T
_
6 Y o u s h o u ld u s e a h a ir d r y e r t o d r y t h e e l e c t r o n i c s . _F
_
7 A l i t t l e w a t e r d o e s n ’t u s u a lly c a u s e m u c h d a m a g e . _T
_
8 T h e a d v ic e in t h e a r t ic le o n ly w o r k s f o r la p to p s th a t
h a v e n ’t h a d a lo t o f liq u id s p ille d o n t h e m . _F
_

c L o o k a t th e h ig h lig h te d w o r d s a n d p h r a s e s . W h a t d o
y o u th in k th e y m e a n ? U s e y o u r d ic tio n a r y to lo o k up
th e ir m e a n in g a n d p r o n u n c ia tio n .

ave you ever dropped a drink on your laptop? If you have,

H you'll remember the panic when you thought that your

machine would never work again. If you haven't, it may
well happen to you in the future. Spilling drinks on a laptop
is a common occurrence. Just in case it does happen, here are
5 LISTENING
a ffiiE T illg g , L i s t e n t o a c o n v e r s a t i o n a t t h e r e c e p t i o n
d e sk o f a h o te l. W h a t d o e s th e g u e s t w a n t to k n o w ?

some basic tips that tell you what you should do.
How to use the Wi-Fi access

The effect of the drink on your laptop depends on what it is. b L is te n a g a in a n d c o m p le te th e n o te s .

Water and green tea generally cause the least damage. The
worst drinks to spill are those that contain milk and sugar,
Name Barrv Grav Type of Wi-Fi chosen
such as hot drinks like coffee and tea, and soft drinks like
Room 2 302 advanced
soda or lemonade.
Number Start time
What happens to your laptop also depends on what you Standard 3 10 per day
7
3:10 today
do immediately after the spill. The first thing you should
Advanced 4 25 per minute End time
do is unplug the machine and take the battery out. This
will hopefully stop any electrical damage. Then, you should Maximum 5 30 per day
8
3: IO tomorrow
turn it upside down and stop the liquid from getting to the
motherboard. This is where some of the most important c L is te n a g a in w ith th e a u d io s c r ip t o n p. 7 6 .
parts of the computer are, and if it gets wet, your laptop
may be damaged permanently.
The next step is to clean up as much of the liquid as quickly
as possible. If you don't have a cloth to do this, use some
USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES
tissues instead. Try to touch the keyboard lightly instead of L e a rn th ese w ords and p h rases.
wiping it with the tissue.
h i t s ( o n a w e b s ite ) / h i t s /
If you spilled a lot of liquid, you'll have to work harder to save
w illp o w e r / 'w ilp a o a r /
your machine. Put it near a window or somewhere with cold
m u l t it a s k /'n iA ltita ^ sk /
air, and shake it gently to get the liquid out. It might help if
you take off the bottom of the case so that you can take out r e le v a n t /'r e le v a n t/
the hard drive. If you do this, remember not to touch any of b e p r o d u c t iv e / h i p ra 'd A k tiv /
the electronics. When you have done as much as you can, f e e l a n x i o u s / f i l 'ie ijk fa s /
leave the laptop somewhere warm to dry. This will take at
c o m m o n s e n s e / k a m a n 's e n s /
least a day. Do not use a hair dryer because this will make the
machine dirty. e l e c t r o n i c d e v ic e / i l e k 't r a n i k d i'v a is /
f r o m t i m e t o t im e / f r a m t a i m ta 't a i m /
When you think the laptop is dry, turn it back on to see if it
works. If you only spilled a little clean water, you might be i n f o r m a t i o n o v e r lo a d / in f a r 'm e if n o o v a r 'lo o d /

lucky and the machine may turn on right away. However, you'll
probably have problems if the drink was a large, milky coffee
with lots of sugar in it. If your laptop still doesn't work, look at f H l 0 FILE 9
the keyboard and try taking it apart to clean it better. However,
if you've gone this far, it's probably time to think about getting
some help. You can either take the laptop to be repaired, or buy
a new one. And in the future, remember to drink your coffee at
someone else's desk!