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1 Match the words on the left with a word or phrase on the right that has a similar meaning.

1 a couple a) very important

2 twice b) talk

3 chat c) looking after children

4 childcare d) partners

5 essential e) two times

2 Use the words from the box to complete the questions.

When What Who Where

a) …………….. do Sarah and The same job in the same company.

Simon Truelove share?

b) ……………... is the ideal Simon

person for Sarah to communicate with?

c) ……………… do Sarah and Every evening

TEXT XI.THE TRAVELLING OFFICE.

Before you read

Look at the words in the box. Tick the things that a person can take on a plane when travelling on business.

filing cabinet photocopier mobile phone desk laptop palm pilot

Reading

Read this article adapted from the Financial Times and answer the questions.

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Hi, I'm on the plane at 39,000 ft

What do you do when you are flying on business? How do you use the time? Do you work? Or do you use the journey to relax before a meeting or conference? At the moment it can be difficult for businesspeople to work on the flight. They cannot use the same technology that they have in their office. But that is about to change. New technological developments allow passengers to send, and receive e-mails and text messages on some flights. A new system called Connexion allows travellers to use the Internet, too. Anything you can do on your computer at home, you can now do in the sky,' says Scott Carson, president of Connexion by Boeing. The technology can also help passengers relax by listening to their own music and watching favourite videos.

Why are airlines investing in this technology? Air Canada's market research shows that business travellers want to work any time, any place. Last year Air Canada asked frequent fliers what technology they were carrying on flights: 83 percent had mobile phones, 70 percent had laptops and 46 percent had palm pilots. Perhaps we want our office to travel with us everywhere we go.

From the Financial Times

Number the paragraph summaries in the correct order.

a) The things people carry on planes

b) New technology helps passengers work and relax on flights.

c) Why business travellers find it difficult to work on planes

Use words from the text to complete the sentences.

Paragraph 1

a) It isn't easy for business people to work on a plane.

b) A ----n-- is when you travel from one place to another.

Paragraph 2

c) New technological -e-e----e--- can help people to work when they travel.

d) People can ----x by listening to music or watching videos.

Paragraph 3

e) When you want to discover what customers want, it is a good idea to do some --r---r----r--.

f) People who often travel by plane are called f------- f -----.

Over to you

What things do you always take with you when you travel? Do you prefer to relax or work on the journey?

TEXT XII.THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET

Reading & speaking

1 What is the future of the Internet? Read the article below and complete it with

the words in the box.

airlines television jungle technology telephone shopping mobile voting revolution Chinese

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TEN PREDICTIONS FOR TOMORROW’S WEB

The Internet is changing so fast that the things we talk about today are outdated by tomorrow. We need to anticipate how these changes will affect society and commerce. There are advantages to making a lot of predictions - some of them at least will come true. Here are ten. Which ones do you think we will see in the future?

1 Access will be thousands of times faster. Laser (a)-------------- will replace copper and fibre optic lines. What now takes ten hours to download at fast ADSL access speeds will take about ten seconds.

2 There will be a lot more multimedia. We will use the Internet in the same way as we use the (b) ------------------- now.

3 Videoconferencing will finally replace most face-to-face business meetings. Most (c) ----------------------- will disappear as a result. Videoconferencing is not new but doesn't really work at the moment because of the slow speeds. As the Internet gets faster it will be a real alternative to the hassle of air travel.

4 The Internet will be as easy to use as the (d) ----------------------- is now. It will be something we take for granted and use to order products, get new information and communicate in general.

5 The Internet will be more international. At the moment about 75% of online content is in English. By 2010 (e) ---------------------- will be the top language.

6 Governments will be less powerful and we will participate more in making decisions. (f) ------------------------- will be online and we will vote on

more issues.

7 People will get tired of the Internet and will reject it. There will be an anti-technology (g) --------------------- . People will prefer to do other things like going for a walk in the park.

8 Online shopping will replace high-street stores. We will stop going (h) ------------------------------ and buy everything on the Internet.

9 The new Internet services on (i) ------------------------- phones will be a failure. People won't want to browse on their mobile phones. They won't want to pay for these services.

10 The Internet will become a (j) ------------------- , ruled by hackers and virtual pirates.