Speaking

Task 3. Complete the class questionnaire. Report your findings to the class.

Communication interview
Name of interviewer
Name of interviewee
1. Phone use:
How many phone calls do you make per week?
Why do you make phone calls?
Do you own a mobile phone?
How many mobile calls do you make per week?
How many text messages do you send per week?
2. Internet use:
Have you ever used the Internet?
Have ever sent an e-mail?
How many e-mails do you send per week?
Have you got the Internet at home?

LISTENING

From Macmillan “Exam Skills for Russia” (Speaking and Listening)

Task 4. Do the mini-quiz. How much do you know about the telephone?

When was the telephone invented?

Which country has the most telephone lines?

How many telephone lines are there in the world today?

Text 5. Listen to this extract from a quiz show and circle the person who gets each question right. If neither Mary nor John gets the questions right, circle “Neither”.

Question 1: Mary / John / Neither

Question 2: Mary / John / Neither

Question 3: Mary / John / Neither

Question 4: Mary / John / Neither

Question 5: Mary / John / Neither

Question 6: Mary / John / Neither

Task 6. Look at the questions. Can you remember the answers to any of them? Make a guess if you are not sure.

Who does Mary say invented the telephone?

What letter does John give as the answer to the second question?

What is Braille?

What word do Americans use for “mobile phone”?

What number do you dial in the UK for the emergency services?

What was the first used to send a letter in Britain in 1840?

Task 7. Listen again and check your answers.

Task 8. Listen to the first part of a radio programme and write a word or short phrase to complete the notes.

Name of programme:	1)
Name of presenter:	2)
People on future programmes: Socrates,…, Queen Elizabeth I	3)
Number of phone lines in the world:	4)
Country with most phone lines:	5)
Number of phone lines in the UK:	6)

Task 9. Listen to the rest of the radio programme and choose the correct answer.

1. Alexander Graham Bell was born in…

A the USA

B Scotland

C Canade

2. Which of Bell’s relatives were deaf?

A his mother and his wife

B his father and his mother

C his grandmother and his mother

3. What was the problem with the telegraph?

A It was too slow.

B It sometimes lost the message.

C The messages got confused.

4. The first phone call was made on…

A March 17^th 1867

B March 9^th 1906

C March 10^h 1876

5. Bell’s assistant was called…

A Wilson

B Watson

C Winston

6. How did Bell feel about his invention?

A amazed

B pleased

C nervous

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