B) Listen to a dialogue and for questions 1-4 choose the correct variant a, b or c.

1. What features of a cell phone is the saleswoman describing?

a) lots of memory;

b) a video recorder;

c) an mp3 player.

The man is looking for

a) a slider phone;

b) a smart phone;

c) a flip phone.

3. What does a customer get with the company’s $59.99 plan?

a) 500 minutes;

b) free mobile- to –mobile;

c) unlimited sms.

4. The $59.99 plan

a) requires a 1-year agreement;

b) requires a 1-month agreement;

b) doesn’t require an agreement.

Your boss is now a KyivStar subscriber and he is thinking about switching. You have been asked to conduct a research analyzing different offers with other mobile operators. Write a report and recommend the most beneficial plan for your boss.

TEXTING TIMES

10. Discuss the following questions:

Do you agree with these opinions on the language you use in everyday life and SMS / text language? Talk about them with your partner(s).

Ø I don’t like my language changing.

Ø Shorter text language is more convenient.

Ø Text message is too difficult for most people.

Ø I’m worried that my children will not be able to spell correctly.

Ø SMS simply allows people to be lazy.

11. Kim and John are sitting in the office. They’re not working, but playing with their mobile phones. Kim is showing John how to write a text message. Complete their dialogue using the verbs listed.

reply save select highlight delete scroll forward receive open remember turn call text view play

John: It’s not easy to write text messages with my new mobile phone.

Kim: I have the same phone. I’ll show you, if you like. You just have to (a) _________________ a few simple steps.

John: Wait a minute. Let me (b) _________________it on first. OK, where do I go from the main display?

Kim: Now, first of all, you want to (c) _________________ up the main menu. So, press the menu key. It’s the one in the middle.

John: Ok, now what?

Kim: You have to (d) _________________the messages menu now. You just have to (e) _________________the envelope icon – it will get bigger when you do that – and then press OK. That’s it. You’re in the message menu now. Next, choose “write message”.

John: OK. The screen’s empty now.

Kim: Now, (f) _________________your message. When you’ve finished, press OK. If you have the number you need in the phone book, go to “contacts”, and (g) _________________down to the contact name. Then...

John: OK, I’ve got it. I know what to do now. OK, (h) _________________me quickly so I can see what happens when I (i) _________________a message.

Kim: OK… the phone should (j) _________________the message tone in a second. OK, to (k) _________________, or read, the message, press OK.

John: This is exciting!... It says… “hi!” How original!

Kim: Well you said “quickly”! If you want, you can (l) ______________to my message by pressing this key. You can (m) _____________the message if you want to keep it, but, as you obviously don’t need it, just press (n) _____________. You can’t get it back once you’ve pressed OK. You could also (o) _____________my amazing message to someone else if you wanted. Shall I show you how?

John: No, that’s enough for today. Thanks. It’s so easy!

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12. Complete the audio recording with the words from the box.

	symbol characters template screen text mode message settings option button

I was supposed to meet Jenny at the library, but I was late. Jenny texted me: "I M @ lib wher r u?" I’m not very good at texting so I used a 1) ____________ to say I was going to be late. When I arrived at the library, Jenny laughed at me because she knew I didn’t know how to 2) _______________.

Richard: I don’t know how to use this thing. The phone kept making up words for me.

Jenny: That's because you were composing in predictive text 3) ________. You have to change your 4) ________ to normal tap mode so only the 5) __________ you want show up in the 6) ____________.

Richard: Okay, but everything still shows up in capital letters.

Jenny: You can change the 7) ________ by pressing the 8) __________. See? The screen will show you what kind of letters or numbers you can get, and you keep pushing the button until the one you want comes up.

Richard: What about the 9) _________ you used in your 10) __________?

Jenny: You press the 1 button or the 0 button for those. I use them as abbreviations to save time when I am texting. I always use the symbols "@" and "&" for "at" and "and". Simple words like "you", "are", and "be" can be spelled with the letters "u", "r" and "b". It saves time.

Richard: Thanks. I think I’ve got it, but it’ll take some practice for me to get up to speed.

Jenny: No problem. Each time I get a strange message that doesn’t make any sense, I’ll know it’s from you.

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