Стр.47 Unit 5 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 9 класс

Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Вербицкая, Маккинли, Хастингс 9 класс, Вентана-Граф:

READING

1 Look at the front cover of the magazine and answer the questions.

1 What kind of magazine is this?

2 When was it published?

3 What is the main story of this issue?

4 Do you ever read any magazines like this?

2 Read the magazine article. What is it about?

a The history of communications,

b A new mobile phone,

c Technology in the future.

3 Match headings 1-4 with paragraphs A-D in the text.

1 The future

2 The first call

3 Testing the product

4 The historical background

4 Read the text again listening to its recording and choose the best answers.

1 Which of these problems with traditional phones in 1984 does the writer not mention?

a The person you want to talk to is often not at home.

b Public phones don’t always work,

c Not all your friends have a phone.

2 The main disadvantage with the first car phones was that

a you could only use them in Sweden,

b they only worked inside phone boxes,

c they used too much power.

3 Why were car phones still not popular in the 1960s?

a They were too small,

b They weighed a lot, and they cost too much.

c They used up batteries too quickly.

4 Why is Martin Cooper important in the history of mobile phones?

a He made the first mobile phone call,

b lie worked for the mobile phone company, Motorola.

c He invented the first portable phone.

5 What does the writer not like about the DynaTAC portable phone?

a the price

b the size

c how long Uie battery lasts

6 What does the writer think of the future of mobile phones?

a He’s sure they will be successful,

b He’s not sure they will be successful,

c He’s sure they won’t, be successful.

Текст аудирования:

Portable Phones — Walk and Talk!

Have you ever called up a friend and heard this: ‘Sorry, he’s not in. Can you call back later?’ Have you ever been in a dirty phone box on a cold night and found the phone out of order? Have you ever thought how wonderful it would be if you could talk to your friends any time you wanted to? If so, then read on ... Ever since Bell patented the telephone in 1876, we’ve been living in the age of instant communication. But there has always been a restriction — you need to find a phone. And that isn’t always easy. OK, we’ve had car phones since the 1950s. But the first car phones were enormous. The machinery filled the boot of the car! More than a portable phone, it was a mobile phone box! One of the first users was a doctor in Sweden. Unfortunately, the phone needed so much power that he could only make two calls before the battery went dead. The first to his patient, and the second to the garage to get someone to come and fix his flat battery. By the mid-1960s phones were small enough to fit into the front of a car, but unfortunately, they were still too heavy for people to carry around. They were also extremely expensive. So, it was no surprise that they didn’t become popular.

And then Mr. Cooper made a call. On 3 April 1973, while walking along a street in New York, Motorola employee Martin Cooper took out his portable phone, dialed a number and made a call to a rival phone company. I don’t know what he said — perhaps, ‘Nobody has ever done this before!’ — but I bet he felt pretty happy when he hung up. He knew that his company was ahead of the competition.

Now — just over ten years later — the Dynastic 8000X portable cellular phone has arrived in the shops, and this week I’ve been testing it. I must say I’m impressed. The first thing you notice is how small and light it is. It weighs a little less than a bag of sugar and is about the same size as a brick — about twenty centimeters long. It looks really smart, too. And you can talk for almost half an hour without recharging the battery! You can also turn down the volume in case the phone goes off when you’re in a meeting. The disadvantage? The price. It costs almost 3,000! But don’t worry. The price will come down and soon everyone will have one.

And while I have my crystal ball out, here are some more predictions about how we will communicate in the future ... Firstly, I think people will forget how to write because all communications will be oral. And one day before too long we will have phones with 3D video screens which allow you to see your friends and watch TV! More good news: phone calls will be free — they’ll be paid for by advertising! And finally, I believe that eventually humans in the future will have phones in their brains! With a speaker in an ear and a microphone

in a tooth we will be able to dial numbers just by saying them. But until then, you could do worse than buy yourself a Motorola Dynastic. Become mobile and say goodbye to those cold calls in dirty phone boxes.

5 Complete the sentences with these words and phrases from the text.

out of order dead fix dial turn down go off come down

1 Excuse me, could you send someone to my phone. It’s not. working.

2 First, pick up the receiver. Then, the number you want to call.

3 Has your mobile phone ever — during an exam?

4 It’s always the same with new technology. At first, ittasks really expensive, and then the price

5 Do you know how to the volume of your mobile phone?

6 Suddenly, the line went. Lesley felt scared.

7 This phone is. Have you got a mobile?

6 Work in groups. Discuss these questions.

1 I low have mobile phones changed since 1984?

2 Which of the predictions the writer makes in his article havc/havc not. come true?

3 Which ones do you think will/won’t come true?

4 How do you think communications will change in the future?

7 Work in groups. Use the prompts and your own ideas to discuss the statement below. Use Speak Out on page 37 to help you.

The more people use technology, the less they communicate.

• Too much information, no time to think.

• Technology helps you to keep up-to-date.

• Talking with technology is impersonal.

• You can always keep in touch with your friends.

• Technology lets you use language in new ways.

• Emoticons and texting are killing language.