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6) electricity;

7) natural resources;

8) the environment;

9) communicate; 10) change;

11) skills;

12) technological advances.

Lessons 3–4. Keep In Touch!

3. You are going to read an article about mobile phones. Choose the most suitable heading from the list (A–F) for each part of the article (1–4). There is one extra heading which you don’t need to use. There is the example (0) at the beginning.

1c; 2f; 3a; 4d; 5b.

5. Find a word or phrase in the article that has a similar meaning to each of these words and phrases. Read the sentences with them.

1) cell phone; 2) configuration; 3) display; 4) to communicate; 5. to invent; 6) to own; 7) to show; 8) Device.

6. Read the text of Ex. 3 and choose the correct item to complete the sentences.

1. The invention of a mobile phone is credited to Dr Martin Cooper at b) Motorola .

2. A mobile phone allows you more range and allows you to communicate much further from virtually anywhere c) in the city, country, or world

3. New fashions, new technology, more features, cheaper cost, better performance keep the market place filled with a) plenty of choices.

4. The mobile phone b) has radically changed the world since its introduction in 1973.

5. The mobile phone is just c) the next extension of the previously developed technology.

6. The mobile phone was developed from b) a telephone and a radio.

7. a) Work in pairs. Read and complete the telephone conversations. Use the necessary words and phrases from the box on p. 100. Then listen and check your answers.

1) 1. Hello; 2. in; 3. name; 4. same summer school; 5. told; 6. say; 7. if you could help me?

2) 8. speaking; 9. in; 10. to leave a message; 11. I called; 12. Good talking to you.

3) 13. Hello; 14. talk to Steve, please; 15. the wrong number.

9. Many people think that mobile phones aren’t really important tools for teenagers; they are just expensive “toys” that teenagers use for fun and nothing more. What do you think?

Write an article to a school newspaper in which you express your point of view on the subject. Use the following questions as a plan:

• Do you have a mobile phone or would you like to have one?

• When and why do you use (are going to use) your mobile phone?

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a mobile phone?

Mobile Phones: Are They Expensive Toys?