El cuento

Place name Pronunciation

1. Aberystwyth a) /ˈsaɪərənsɛstər/ 2. Bicester b) /ˈdɑrbi/ 3. Cirencester c) /ˈɡlɒstər/ 4. Derby d) /ˌæb.əˈrɪst.wiθ/ 5. Dumfries e) /ˈiːli/ 6. Ely f) /ˈbɪstə/ 7. Frome g) /dʌmˈfriːs/ 8. Gloucester h) /ˈlɛmstər/ 9. Hartlepool i) /ˈfruːm/ 10. Llanelli j) /ˈmɔːlbrə/ 11. Leicester k) /ˈhɑrtlɪpuːl/ 12. Leominster l) /ɬaˈnɛɬi/ 13. Loughborough m) /ˈlɛstər/ 14. Marlborough n) /ˈmɑrlɪbən/ 15, Marylebone o) /ˈlʌfbərə/ 16. Mousehole p) /ˈtɒt(ə)nəm/ 17. Reading q) /ˈɡwɪnɨð/ 18. Powys r) /ˈwʊstər/ 19. Slough s) /ˈslaʊ/ 20. Totteham t) /ˈraɪslɪp/ 21. Fowey u) /ˈmaʊzəl/ 22. Islay v) /ˈwoʊkɪŋ/ 23. Gwynedd w) ˈdɜrəm/ 24. Ruislip x) /pɒntəˈpriːð/ 25. Pontypridd y) /ˈrɛdɪŋ/ 26. Durham z) /ˈfɔɪ/

Fireflies (Owl City)

Complete the song with synonyms or definitions of the words in brackets: You would not _______________ (trust)

your eyes

If ten million fireflies Lit up the world as I

_________________ (into a state of sleep) Cause they fill the open air

And leave teardrops everywhere You think me rude

But I would just stand and stare I'd like to make myself believe That planet Earth turns _______________ (gradually) It's hard to say that

I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep Cause _______________ (all) is never as it seems

Cause I get a thousand hugs From ten thousand lightning _______________ (beetles)

As they try to teach me how to dance A foxtrot above my head

A sock hop _______________ (below) my bed

The disco ball is just hanging by a thread

I'd like to make myself believe That planet Earth turns _______________ (gradually)

It's hard to say that

I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep Cause _______________ (all) is never as it seems

Leave my door open just a crack (Please take me away from here) Cause I feel like such an insomniac (Please take me away from here)

Why do I _______________ (become bored) of counting sheep?

(Please take me away from here) When I'm far too tired to fall asleep To ten million fireflies

I'm weird cause I hate _______________ (good wishes at the end of conversation) I got misty eyes as they said farewell But I know where _______________ (a few) are

If my dreams get real bizarre

Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar

I'd like to make myself believe That planet Earth turns _______________ (gradually) It's hard to say that

I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep Cause _______________ (all) is never as it seems…

Part 1

Vocabulary And Phrases

1.Match words with definitions 1. App

2. Browser 3. Icon

4. Text message 5. Username

2.Cross out the wrong verb in each group 1. Turn off/send/delete an email

2. Download/ press/ share a video 3. Install/ share/ upload some photos 4. Install/download/press a new app 5. Turn off/turn on/delete a phone 6. Upload/press/click on a button or icon 7. Connect to/send/browse the internet 8. Type/change/ turn on a password

3. think of five things that you’ve done recently using phrases from ex.2, tell a partner

4. Ask and answer these questions

a. What apps have you got on your phone or tablet? b. Which apps do you like the most?

c. Can describe how you download something? d. Do you use the internet? How often?What for? e. How did you learn using it?

f. What are the advantages and disadvantages? g. What’s you opinion on social networks?

h. What can happen, when you use the net?ESTIONS AND A

5. You are going to find out which of your classmates is most addicted to

technology. Think of six questions to ask about what peoplehave used recently. Use the topics below or your own ideas

a.a name you need to type to start using something b. a written message that yiu send from one ohone to another

c. a computer program that you use to read information on the internet

d. a small picture on a computer screen that you click on to open a program or an app

e. a small computer program that you can download onto a mobile phhone or another device

6. Also find out who has the most and least technology recently? Who in the class do you think is a tech addict?

7. What problems can you have using the internet?

8.

1. To lose information 3. A hacker

2. To have a virus in you PC 4. My computer crashed 9. What is an abbreviation?

What do these mean? ? - @ - 2 - 2L8 - 2nite - 2U2 - 4 - B4 - BF -

Work with your partner to create some TNGAs (The New Great Abbreviations). Think of the phrases or words in English you use very often and TNGAs will help you to save time or texting space. Be ready to advertise these abbreviating to the other groups.

Abbreviations are used in computer chatting, to shorten

time. BTW - C - CU - DIY - F2F - FAQ - W8 - GF -

10.

11. Information overload

Choose best option to replace the words in italics.

a. Information is being produced faster than managers can process it.

b. Messages are transmitted to your PC throughout the day

c. It has become completely overwhelming – says Sheryl Blattes

d. The average white-collar worker at a fortune 1000 company sends and receives an avergae of 190 messages a day

e. Email is a new and convenient was of running a business

f. Bill Gates reportedly spends many hours a day reading and sending email.

way people communicate, making it possible to contact poeple at any time through email, voicmail and mobile phones. This has sometimes led to an information overload, where business people spend more time reading and listening to messages than acting upon them. So what to do?

deal with define understand

Received dispatched transformed

Wonderful overpowering overlooking

Manager office worker software technician

Fast practical instant

12. In pairs, discuss:

What appliances, machines, gadgets and devices do you have at home? What do you use it for?

What gadget would you like? Why?

What is the most expensive appliance you have at home? What do you do, when something stops working?

What gadets exist?

12. Do you know Inspector Gadget?

13. Put the words in the correct groups

Identify, prioritise, disorder, redefine, stress, analyse, interrupt, intrusive, store, fatigue, respond, manage

Negative effects of inflogut Strategies for coping

What abbreviations do you remember ? What do they mean? What is technology?