Name Class
COM MUNIC ATION
Unit 2: A hard life
Student A
1 Look at the photos. With your partner, describe
what people used to do before the invention of
these devices.
mobile phone fridge
2 Compare the two photos. Say how life has
changed for people at work. Use the questions
below to help you. Student A goes first.
1 What is similar about these two photos? What is
different?
2 What kind of equipment did people use to use?
3 What kind of working conditions did people use to
have?
4 How has the invention of new machines and
equipment changed this kind of work?
5 Were things better then or are they better nowadays?
Now listen carefully to Student B and don’t
interrupt. When they have finished, ask one or
two additional questions.
3 When both of you have finished, compare your
photographs and talk about how both situations
have changed.
Think Level 3 Unit 2 Communication
Date
Unit 2: A hard life
Student B
1 Look at the photos. With your partner, describe
what people used to do before the invention of
these devices.
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2 Student A is going to compare two photographs.
Listen carefully and don’t interrupt. When they
have finished, ask one or two additional
questions.
Now compare the two photographs. Say how
life has changed for students at school. Use the
questions below to help you.
1 What is similar about these two photos? What is
different?
2 What did classrooms use to be like?
3 What did students use to study? What kind of
books and tools did they use to have?
4 How were schools and lessons different from
today?
5 Were things better then or are they better
nowadays?
3 When both of you have finished, compare your
photographs and talk about how both situations
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have changed.
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