1. Discuss these questions with other students:

a. Do you know who invented the Internet and when?

b. When did you first use the Internet?

c. Do you think the internet has made the world a better place?

Vocabulary

2. Match these words and phrases to their definitions:

a. to join something 1. to deal with something

b. to handle 2. metaphorical, not literal

c. a cable 3. to connect something to something else

d. figurative 4. a wire or lead

e. to cope with something 5. to be instead of something, to substitute something

f. to replace something 6. to be able to do something easily, without problems

Listen and put the meanings of the word «WIRE» in order they appeared in the report:

a) to be wired – to be connected to the internet

b) to be wired – to be ready to handle smth

c) a wire -a cable

d) to be wireless – to be ready

Listening section 1

Listen and decide if the following statements are true or false, correct the false sentences:

a. It is strange to talk about people being wired.

b. The word appeared in 1919.

c. The word is used because there are many wires in a computer.

d. People were said to be 'wired' meaning to have wired connection to the internet.

Listening section 2

The phrase «to be wired» developed a more metaphorical meaning. Which meaning

do you think it has from those given below?

a. to be full of energy

b. to be ready and able to do something in an efficient way

c. to be ready with a lot of information, to know many things

Answer these questions:

a. Does the expression ‘to be wired’ have a strong future?

b. What is the new type of technology?

c. Are people already using words from this new technology in a figurative way?

d. What is the coolest term to use around?

LANGUAGE

The word ‘wire’ has a few different meanings and is connected to a range of

expressions.

Complete the explanations and example sentences with expressions from

the box below. You may need to change the grammar of the phrases in the box.

behind the wire

wiry

to go down to the wire

to get your wires crossed

a live wire

to be wired

to wire somebody/ something

a. The discussion went on to the final minute, it _______________.

b. Prisoners of war are kept_____________.

c. There was a misunderstanding because we __________, we didn’t realise what each other

was thinking.

d. He’s full of energy and life, he’s ___________.

e. You can ____________ me the money, you can send it by telegram.

f. He is quite thin but also quite strong. He is ______________.

g. She is behaving so strangely, really nervously and anxiously. Do you know why she is so

____________________?

Unit 8. Wi-Fi

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SPEAKING

1. Discuss these questions with your partner.

a. Can you identify three recent technology changes and developments e.g. music downloads from the Internet?

b. How have these changes affected your life? What can you now do that you couldn’t do before?

c. Modern technology seems to change very quickly – you often buy something which is out-of-date in a couple of months. What’s your opinion of this? Do we need all this change and development?

d. Do you think that computer technology has improved the quality of our lives?

e. What are the advantages and disadvantages of computer and digital technology?