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FUTURE TECHNOLOGY
VOCABULARY
Technology
A. Complete the definitions with the correct word.
1. Google: To look for a piece of information using a well-known search
engine.
2. Blogger: A person who writes kind of diary on the Internet.
3. Tweet: To send a message on Twitter.
4. Gamer: A person who plays online games.
5. Like: To give a favourable opinion of something on Facebook.
6. Webased: An episode of an Internet-based drama.
7. Text: To send someone an SMS.
8. Cyberbully: An Internet user who uses aggressive behaviour to
intimidate other Internet users.
9. Trending: A subject which everyone is talking about on social
networking sites.
10. Unfriend: To remove someone from your list of friends on Facebook.
11. Webinar: A seminar given using the Internet.
12. Tag: To put someone’s name on a photo on Facebook.
13. Chat room: A virtual room where Internet users talk to each other.
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New words in English
A. Every year new words enter the English dictionary. Below are some new
words from 2012. Write the words next to their definitions. Then check your
answers at:
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/press-releases/uk-word-of-the-year-2012/
1. Omnishambles: A situation that has been comprehensively
mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations.
2. Games Maker: A volunteer responsible for helping the public at an
Olympic venue during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
3. Medal: To win a medal in a sporting event or competition by finishing
first, second, or third.
4. Second screening: the practice or activity of watching television while
simultaneously using a smartphone, tablet computer, laptop, or other
screen device, typically in order to read about the programme being
watched or post about it on a social media site.
5. Mobot: A characteristic gesture as performed by the British long-
distance runner Mo Farah on winning the 5,000 and 10,000 metres
events at the 2012 Olympics, in which both arms are arched above the
medal (verb) YOLO Games Maker
Mobot omnishambles second screening
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head with the hands pointing down to the top of the head to form a
distinctive ’M’ shape.
6. YOLO: ‘You only live once’, typically used as a rationale or
endorsement for impulsive or irresponsible behaviour.
VOCABULARY
Phrasal verbs
A. Complete the sentences using the words in the box.
1. We hired a car when we arrived at the airport but it broke out on the way
to the hotel.
2. My mum always feels nervous just as the plane is taking off and landing.
3. I set off at six o’clock so that I would arrive at the hostel before the other
travellers.
4. Phone me from the airport after you’ve checked in.
5. I hate sleeping in a tent because I can’t put up with the mosquitoes and
other insects.
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6. The taxi had to turn back when it reached the mountain road because a
tree had fallen and was blocking the way.
7. Would you mind looking after my cat while I’m on holiday next week?
8. We are planning to travel for six months but if we run out of money, we’ll
be back sooner!
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LISTENING
A. You are going to watch and listen to a guide to an area of
London. Listen carefully and tick the London neighbourhoods
that are mentioned.
http://www.sightseer.tv/london/eastlondonoverview
1. Covent Garden
2. Brick Lane V
3. Whitechapel V
4. Oxford Street
5. London Docklands V
6. Hyde Park
7. Canary Wharf V
8. Notting Hill
9. Stratford V
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B. Watch and listen again. Match the neighbourhood with what it is
famous for.
1. Brick Lane a. Bombed during WW II
2. Whitechapel b. 2012 Olympics
Stadium
3. London Docklands c. Bangladesh community
4. Canary Wharf d. Jack the Ripper
5. Stratford e. London City Airport
1-C, 2-D, 3-A, 4-E, 5-B.
C. Complete the sentences. Write one word in each gap.
1. Brick lane is famous for curry restaurants.
2. You can go on a walking tour to see where Jack the Ripper carried out
his attacks.
3. In the 1980s the docklands transformed into a ‘mini headquarte’.
4. East London has its own airport which is popular with business
travellers.
5. The Excel Centre is an important conference and exhibitions centre.
6. Next door to the 2012 Olympic Site there is a huge Westfield centre.
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B. Watch and listen again. Match the neighbourhood with what it is
famous for.
1. Brick Lane a. Bombed during WW II
2. Whitechapel b. 2012 Olympics
Stadium
3. London Docklands c. Bangladesh community
4. Canary Wharf d. Jack the Ripper
5. Stratford e. London City Airport
1-C, 2-D, 3-A, 4-E, 5-B.
C. Complete the sentences. Write one word in each gap.
1. Brick lane is famous for curry restaurants.
2. You can go on a walking tour to see where Jack the Ripper carried out
his attacks.
3. In the 1980s the docklands transformed into a ‘mini headquarte’.
4. East London has its own airport which is popular with business
travellers.
5. The Excel Centre is an important conference and exhibitions centre.
6. Next door to the 2012 Olympic Site there is a huge Westfield centre.