Unit 5: COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE
Communication
Discussion
1.In groups, vote for the best invention among those in the list below.

2.Report and explain your group’s results to the whole class.
Example:
We vote for digital cameras because they are very useful. We use them to take pictures of people we spend time with or beautiful places we visit. What’s more , a digital camera does not cost too much, and we don’t have to buy rolls of film for it ……
CULTURE
1.Do you know which countries these inventions are from? Match the country names with the inventions.
1.C China- chopsticks (for picking up food)
2.D Japan- instant noodles(eaten when you don’t have much time to prepare the meal)
3.B Singapore – PC sound card ( for putting into a computer to allow the use of sound with multimedia software)
4.A The Philippines – medical incubator (for keeping a newborn baby warm)
2.Read the text and answer the questions
1.The two issues are agriculture development and environmental protection.
2.a. rain-making technique; b. biodiesel ; c. Chaipattana Aerator.
3.Chaipattana Aerator and rain-making techniques.
4.All three inventions have helped to protect the environment: Chaipattana Aerator → cleans wastewater; rain-making techniques → improves forest conditions; biodiesel → reduces the use of fossil energy.
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