Do you like technology? Do you think we rely too much on technology? Can technology be dangerous?

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technology – level 2

Do you like technology?

Do you think we rely too much on technology?

Can technology be dangerous?

Can you identify the objects below?

A BC

D

“I reckon picture A is a/an...”

“Picture C looks like a/an...”

“Picture B could be a/an...”

Did you guess right?

Which of these do you own?

How often do you use them?

Which one do you consider the most useful? Why?

technology that allows people to make phone calls over the internet

the large network of connected computers around the world that allows people to share

information and communicate with each other

a system for sending messages electronically using the internet

What is it? Read the definitions and try to guess the objects being described.

a small piece of equipment that you connect to a computer to copy and store information

a flash drive

What is it? Read the definitions and try to guess the objects being described.

technology that allows people to make phone calls over the internet

the large network of connected computers around the world that allows people to share

information and communicate with each other

a system for sending messages electronically using the internet

a small piece of equipment that you connect to a computer to copy and store information

a flash drive

What is it? Read the definitions and try to guess the objects being described.

technology that allows people to make phone calls over the internet

the large network of connected computers around the world that allows people to share

information and communicate with each other

a system for sending messages electronically using the internet

a small piece of equipment that you connect to a computer to copy and store information

VoIP

a flash drive

What is it? Read the definitions and try to guess the objects being described.

technology that allows people to make phone calls over the internet

the large network of connected computers around the world that allows people to share

information and communicate with each other

a system for sending messages electronically using the internet

a small piece of equipment that you connect to a computer to copy and store information

VoIP

the internet

a flash drive

What is it? Read the definitions and try to guess the objects being described.

technology that allows people to make phone calls over the internet

the large network of connected computers around the world that allows people to share

information and communicate with each other

a system for sending messages electronically using the internet

a small piece of equipment that you connect to a computer to copy and store information

VoIP

the internet

e-mail

Which of these do you use the most?

Are they important for your work?

Could you get by without them?

Old Gadgets Do you recognise these objects?What are they called in English?

a b

cd

Gadgets of the past

Do you recognise these objects?What are they called in English?

a PDA

a walkman

a pager

a portable CD player

• Did you have any of them?• Why do you think they are not

popular nowadays?• Can you think of other gadgets we

have “abandoned”?

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