Unit 10: Communication – Skills 1
 
I. Reading
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Unit 10: Communication – Skills 1
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VOCABULARY
Exchange (v): Trao đổi
Perfriend (n): Bạn qua thư
Decade (n):Thập niên
Holography (n): Ảnh ba chiều
Net work (n): Mạng lưới
Three – dimensional images (n): Hình ảnh ba chiều
Interact (v): Tương tác
Cyber world (n): Thế giới ảo
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1. Look at the letters the children from Viet Nam and Sweden sent to each other in a penfriend project. Why do you think they chose this way to communicate with each other?
2. Read the text.
COMMUNICATION IN THE FUTURE: WHAT IS THERE FOR US?
About fifty students in two schools in Ha Noi, Viet Nam and Umea, Sweden have been exchanging letters in a penfriend project since 2013. ‘I love to write. You can even stick something on the letter, like this tiny sweet!` said Linh, from Ha Noi about the project. From the Sweden end, Anders said, ‘It`s so nice to open and read real letters!` But will this be our future communication? It`s said that in a couple of decades we`ll be using telepathy and holography.
Telepathy uses a tiny device placed into our head. Information will be sent and received directly to and from our brains. We`ll be communicating just by thought over the network! Holography, a video-conference technology with three-dimensional images, will help us interact in real time in completely different places.
Impressed? Maybe, but not everyone thinks the cyberworld will replace the real world. Like the children in the penfriend project, I prefer to chat with my friends over a cup of tea and enjoy their company - life is more meaningful that way!
2. Read the text. Look at the highlighed words and match them with their meanings
COMMUNICATION IN THE FUTURE: WHAT IS THERE FOR US?
About fifty students in two schools in Ha Noi, Viet Nam and Umea, Sweden have been exchanging letters in a penfriend project since 2013. ‘I love to write. You can even stick something on the letter, like this tiny sweet!` said Linh, from Ha Noi about the project. From the Sweden end, Anders said, ‘It`s so nice to open and read real letters!` But will this be our future communication? It`s said that in a couple of decades we`ll be using telepathy and holography.
Telepathy uses a tiny device placed into our head. Information will be sent and received directly to and from our brains. We`ll be communicating just by thought over the network! Holography, a video-conference technology with three-dimensional images, will help us interact in real time in completely different places.
Impressed? Maybe, but not everyone thinks the cyberworld will replace the real world. Like the children in the penfriend project, I prefer to chat with my friends over a cup of tea and enjoy their company - life is more meaningful that way!
2. Read the text. Look at the highlighed words and match them with their meanings
COMMUNICATION IN THE FUTURE: WHAT IS THERE FOR US?
About fifty students in two schools in Ha Noi, Viet Nam and Umea, Sweden have been exchanging letters in a penfriend project since 2013. ‘I love to write. You can even stick something on the letter, like this tiny sweet!` said Linh, from Ha Noi about the project. From the Sweden end, Anders said, ‘It`s so nice to open and read real letters!` But will this be our future communication? It`s said that in a couple of decades we`ll be using telepathy and holography.
Telepathy uses a tiny device placed into our head. Information will be sent and received directly to and from our brains. We`ll be communicating just by thought over the network! Holography, a video-conference technology with three-dimensional images, will help us interact in real time in completely different places.
Impressed? Maybe, but not everyone thinks the cyberworld will replace the real world. Like the children in the penfriend project, I prefer to chat with my friends over a cup of tea and enjoy their company - life is more meaningful that way!
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3. Answer the following questions.
1.What do the students like about the penfriend project?
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2. What are the two ways of future communication mentioned in the text? Explain how they work.
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3. Do you think the writer is happy with this future of communication? How do you know?
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They love to write and read real letters. One student likes to send sweets with the letters as well.
They are telepathy and holography. Telepathy uses a tiny device in our head to communicate by thought over the network. Holography gives three-dimensional images and we will be able to interact with each other in real time.
She prefers to use real, face-to-face communication because she thinks this makes life more interesting.
II. Speaking
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Unit 10: Communication – Skills 1
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4. In small groups, decide whether you agree with the author of this text. Why/ why not? Share your ideas with the class
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5. Class survey. What ways of communication do you use for the following purposes now and what will they be in the year 2030?