English Unlimited HAK/HUM 2, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

129 Now and then 10 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE LOOK AGAIN EXTRAS Think about things you used to do when you were a small child, and things you used to believe. Example: A: When I was a small child, we used to go camping nearly every summer. B: Really? Where did you go? How many of you believed or did the same things? In groups, talk about your memories. Have you done all these things? When was the first time you did them? SPEakING 19 REadING 21 b VoCabULaRY 23 Comparing past and present 20 a Read the webpage again. Which highlighted expressions: Read Mark Glaser’s webpage about how the internet has changed people’s lives. Does he think the changes are good, bad or both? 22 1 are about now? (2x) 2 are about the past? (2x) 3 compare the present and the past? (3x) things you did: games you played friends places you went on holiday … beliefs about: food nature machines animals toys science transport people money … Talking about technology and change used the internet watched TV online opened an email account talked online bought something online used online learning resources http://www.livingyourlifeonline.com I’m thinking a lot at the moment about life before the internet, and life before computers. How was life different? Was it worse? Was it better? How has your life changed online? Share your comments. I arrange to meet up with friends by email. I used to call them up on the phone. It’s faster now! But I think I chat to my friends less on the phone. I think people communicate more (1) these days , but they talk to each other less (2) than they used to . To get the latest news, I go to Google News. (3) In the days before the internet, I’d check the television news on CNN or a local channel. Now I can click on the news story I want, and I don’t have to read the news I’m not interested in. People decide what news they get (4) nowadays . There’s more choice (5) than there used to be . I buy gifts for people online. (6) In the past , I’d go to a shop to buy the gift. If the person lived in another city, I mailed it to them from the post office. I do more shopping (7) than I used to . I’m in debt now because it’s too easy to shop. 1 Now: Before: Change: 2 Now: Before: Change: 3 Now: Before: Change: Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv