Think about the different gadgets and apps you use. 1 How often do you use them? 2 Do you use them for studies or for your personal life? 3 How do you feel about them? 4 Are there any gadgets you’re not interested in having? Why not? 5 Which apps are most useful to you? Ask and answer the questions in pairs. Talking about technology and change Have you done all these things? When was the first time you did them? ■■ watched streaming TV ■■ joined a social network ■■ opened an email account ■■ bought a smartphone ■■ bought something online ■■ used Bluetooth headphones Read Mark Glaser’s web page about how the internet has changed people’s lives. Does he think the changes are good, bad or both? Read the web page again. Which highlighted expressions: 1 are about now? (2x) 2 are about the past? (2x) 3 compare the present and the past? (3x) You’re going to talk about how technology has changed lives. Think about these questions. 1 What technology do you use at home and at school? What about other people you know? 2 How have these things changed your life? 3 How have they changed life in Austria or around the world? Think of the language you need. Make notes. Talk together. Do you have the same ideas? Example: People are always in contact with each other nowadays. It’s more difficult to get away from everyone than it used to be. 10 Speaking a b 11 Reading a b 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 or messaging app. 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: 12 Vocabulary Comparing past and present 13 Speaking a b Language skills Extras Explore 10 Now and then 123 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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