Work in pairs. Take turns to ask and answer the questions. Ex.1, p. 97-98. Do you enjoy talking on the phone? How many calls a day do you make (no more than two, three to five, more than five)?• Do you have a mobile phone? What is the best thing about a mobile phone? What is the worst thing about it?• Are most of your calls for business or for pleasure?• Do you have an answering machine? Do you ever screen calls (listen to the machine before answering)?
Reading Lab. Ex. 3, p. 98-99. You are going to read an article about mobile phones. Choose the most suitable heading from the list (A–F) for each part of the article (1–4). There is one extra heading which you don’t need to use. There is the example (0) at the beginning. Check your answers:1 F Why do we need it?2 A How does it vary?3 D How has it changed the world?4 B What idea(s) and inventions had to be developed before it could be created?
Find a word or phrase in the article that has a similar meaning to each ofthese words and phrases. Ex. 5, p. 99.1. A mobile phone – ..... . 5. To design – ..... .2. A form – ..... . 6. To have – ..... .3. A screen – ..... . 7. To look through – ..... .4. To speak to – ..... . 8. A machine – ..... .
Post-reading task. Do the test. Ex. 6, p. 100.1. The invention of a mobile phone is credited to Dr Martin Cooper at ..... .a) Nokia b) Motorola c) LG2. A mobile phone allows you more range and allows you to communicate much further from virtually anywhere ..... .a) in the place where you live b) in the country you live in c) in the city, country, or world3. New fashions, new technology, more features, cheaper cost, better performance keep the market place filled with ..... .a) plenty of choices b) poor choices c) very expensive models4. The mobile phone ..... the world since its introduction in 1973.a) hasn’t radically changed b) has radically changed c) is trying to radically change5. The mobile phone is just ..... . a) the first step in the development of modern technologyb) a new invention c) the next extension of the previously developed technology6. The mobile phone was developed from ..... .a) a computer b) a telephone and a radio c) a telephone and a computer
Post-reading task. Check your answers1. The invention of a mobile phone is credited to Dr Martin Cooper at ..... .a) Nokia b) Motorola c) LG2. A mobile phone allows you more range and allows you to communicate much further from virtually anywhere ..... .a) in the place where you live b) in the country you live in c) in the city, country, or world3. New fashions, new technology, more features, cheaper cost, better performance keep the market place filled with ..... .a) plenty of choices b) poor choices c) very expensive models4. The mobile phone ..... the world since its introduction in 1973.a) hasn’t radically changed b) has radically changed c) is trying to radically change5. The mobile phone is just ..... . a) the first step in the development of modern technologyb) a new invention c) the next extension of the previously developed technology6. The mobile phone was developed from ..... .a) a computer b) a telephone and a radio c) a telephone and a computer
Conversation Lab. Talking over the telephone: Hello!/Hi! This is … speaking. Is Mary in?May I speak to…, please?I was wondering if you could help me?Please tell him/her I called. Sorry. I must have called the wrong number. Good talking to you. Could you please give me a ring…?Can I take/leave a message for…?I’ll give you a ring in a week.
Work in pairs. Read and complete the telephone conversations. Usethe necessary words and phrases from the box on p. 100. Ex. 7, p. 101. Act them out. Betsy: (1) ..... !Ann: Hi, is Betsy (2) .....?Betsy: Speaking. Ann: Oh, right, hi! My (3) .....’s Ann. I’m a friend of Jane. My elder brother, Jane and I go to the (4) ..... to learn English. Betsy: Oh, OK. She (5) ..... me about you. How are you?Ann: Fine, thanks. Betsy: And how’s Jane?Ann: Oh great. She told me to (6) ..... hello. Anyway, I was wondering (7) ..... . Betsy: I’ll try.