1. Warm-up

1. What do you think of today’s technology?

2. Is technology a good or a bad thing?

3. What new technology could you not live without?

4. Has technology made our lives better than our grandparents’ lives?

2. Writing and speaking

Do ex. 1, p. 72.

3. Listening

Listen to the text and do the task.

World Telecommunication Day (WTD) celebrates the advances we have made in how we communicate with each other. It is on May 17 each year because that is the day in 1865 when the International Telegraph Uni­on (ITU) started. The ITU manages how the world shares and uses commu­nications. It has successfully coordinated many important developments in our history. These include the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876, the world’s first satellite in 1957, and the Internet. The ITU has worked to improve telecommunications in the developing world, and to protect individuals and societies from cyber-crime. WTD raises our awareness of the importance of telecommunications in today’s global village.

The ITU changed its name to the International Telecommunication Un­ion when technology moved on from telegraphs. Its website says it is “the leading United Nations agency for information and communication tech­nology issues, and the global focal point for governments and the private sector in developing networks and services”. It has 191 member countries and it is “committed to connecting the world”. Today the ITU manages many aspects of our lives. It helps make the rules for broadband Internet and the latest-generation wireless technologies; it helps airplanes and ships navigate the skies and seas; and it oversees the way scientists try to com­municate with outer space and possible aliens.

Put the lines in the correct order according to the text.

	the way scientists try to communicate with outer space and possible aliens
1	World Telecommunication Day (WTD) celebrates the advances we have made in how we communicate with each
	the developing world, and to protect individuals and societies from cyber­crime. WTD raises our
	awareness of the importance of telecommunications in today’s global vil­lage
	wireless technologies; it helps airplanes and ships navigate the skies and seas; and it oversees

	other. It is on May 17 each year because that is the day in 1865 when the International Telegraph Union (ITU)
	in 1876, the world’s first satellite in 1957, and the Internet. The ITU has worked to improve telecommunications in
	many important developments in our history. These include the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell
	technology issues, and the global focal point for governments and the pri­vate sector in developing networks
	started. The ITU manages how the world shares and uses communications. It has successfully coordinated
	and services”. It has 191 member countries and it is “committed to connect­ing the world”. Today the ITU
	manages many aspects of our lives. It helps make the rules for broadband Internet and the latest-generation
	The ITU changed its name to the International Telecommunication Union when technology moved
	on from telegraphs. Its website says it is “the leading United Nations agen­cy for information and communication

4. Speaking

Do ex. 2, p. 72.

5. Reading

Do ex. 3, p. 72.

6. Reading

• Practise the vocabulary

Do ex. 4, 5, p. 74.

7. Writing

Do ex. 6, p. 75.

8. Speaking

Do ex. 9, p. 75.

9. Summary

Do ex. 8, p. 75.

10. Homework

Ex. 7, p. 75.