Dvizh. Spotlight 10

Look at the pictures. What does each item do? Which one(s) would you use to:
High tech gadgets

What kinds of high tech gadgets do you own? What do you use them for?
PDA
IPod
Portable DVD player
Portable speaker
A smartphone
PlayStation/ games console
MP3 player
Ebook reader

research
to be into sth
device
to be on the move
social life
it goes without saying
software
to keep a record
camcorder
to store
to edit
to look up
laptop
techno freak
pastime
client
to be hooked on
passion
embarrassed
handy
freedom
Before reading learn the new words.
исследование
быть увлеченным ч-л
устройство
быть в движении
социальная жизнь
само собой разумеется
программное обеспечение
вести записи, дневник
видеокамера
хранить
редактировать
искать
ноутбук
фанат техники
хобби, занятие
клиент
быть очень увлеченным
страсть
смущенный
удобный
свобода

Look at the profiles of the three people in the article. What interests and hobbies do they have? What gadgets do you think they couldn’t live without? Listen, read and say.
Sarah Tyson
Andy Cooper
Tina Appleby

Look at the profiles of the three people in the article. What interests and hobbies do they have? What gadgets do you think they couldn’t live without? Listen, read and say.
Sarah Tyson
Andy Cooper
Tina Appleby

Read the text again. Who (Andy, Tina or Sarah):
Sarah Tyson
Andy Cooper
Tina Appleby

Who/what do the underlined pronouns in the article refer to?
her mobile phone
her parents

Who/what do the underlined pronouns in the article refer to?
his mobile phone
the fact that he is hooked on his PlayStation
his PlayStation 4

Who/what do the underlined pronouns in the article refer to?
her tablet
her laptop
short film
making short films

Match the highlighted words to the words/phrases. Then use each one of the highlighted words in a sentence of your own.
convenient
other than
to the point
travelling
interested in
alter
addicted to
thinking about
to the extent
on the move
handy
apart from
considering
hooked on
keen on
edit

Complete the sentences.
to the extent
on the move
handy
apart from
considering
hooked on
keen on
edit

Match the words to their meanings.
social life
ashamed
it goes without saying
device
tech freak
backed up
lecture notes
admit
in the course of
clients
broadband
A way to access the Internet
It is obvious, clear
Confess; say something is true
A piece of equipment that has been invented for a particular purpose e.g. to record or measure sth
To have an extra file saved
The time you spend with your friends enjoying yourself
Someone who is extremely interested in technology
Texts that support
Embarrassed
Customers, people you are working on behalf of
During, throughout the whole thing

Work in groups of four. Take the roles of an interviewer and the people in the text. Conduct an interview about their favourite gadgets.
What is your favourite gadget?
What about you?
So do you like playing computer games?
And you? What is your favourite gadget?

Write an article about your favourite gadgets to be published in the school magazine. Write:
what three things you couldn’t live without
what they do
why you couldn’t live without them.

Underline the correct words. Then match the speakers to the gadgets they describe.
Ann
Eva
Duncan
Workbook

Match the words. Then, complete the phrases to complete the sentences.
f
d
b
a
g
e
c

Fill in: keep, burn, consider, choose, store, edit, admit in the correct form.

Choose the correct preposition.