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COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES
LESSON 12.3
EXERCISE 12 (P.121)
GROUP A
Work out and note down all possible arguments to
support the motion and include defences against
points that might be brought up by the opposition.
Decide who will say what, and in what order. Think of
your own ideas but the following may help.
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People learn new skills.
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There are more advances in medical treatment.
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Housework is more convenient.
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Communication is easier.
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Modern technology can lead to future improvements
in pollution.
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Most people have a higher standard of living than 20
years ago.
LESSON 12.3
EXERCISE 12 (P.121)
GROUP B
Work out and note down all possible arguments to
oppose the motion and include defences against points
that might be brought up by the opposition. Decide
who will say what, and in what order. Think of your
own ideas, but the following may help.
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People lose their jobs.
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People basically do not like change.
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Medical advances only help the rich.
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Modern technology has led to more pollution.
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Children cannot communicate as well as they could
before.
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People may be richer, but they are not happier.
LESSON 12.4
EXERCISE 7A (P.123)
UNION REPRESENTATIVE B (CUTTING MACHINES
AND DESIGN DEPARTMENTS)
Listen to the presentation of Union representative A,
then present the concerns of the workers in your
departments.
They are worried that:
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the older workers will lose their jobs.
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the company won’t be able to afford to give good
compensation if they lose their jobs.
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the company will not help them to find new jobs if
they are made redundant.
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the company does not need to spend money on
new machines. They expect economic conditions to
improve soon.
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the company has made the wrong decision. The
company doesn’t have a production problem.
Add any other concerns you think they may have.
LESSON 12.1
EXERCISE 8 (P.117)
STUDENT B
ANTONIO MEUCCI was an Italian
inventor living in New York. In 1860,
he demonstrated a device he called
the teletrofono, for electronic voice
communication. He had a description of it
printed in New York’s Italian newspaper.
Between 1856 and 1870, he developed more
than 30 different prototype telephones.
He filed a caveat (a kind of intermediate
patent) in 1871, a full five years before
Alexander Graham Bell. After being injured
in an accident, Meucci became ill and was
unable to work so he did not have enough
money to renew his caveat in 1874. When
Bell registered his own patent in 1876,
Meucci sued, but died before the case was
finished. Bell won and was credited with
the invention of the telephone. Finally,
in 2002, the US House of Representatives
passed a resolution that ‘the life and
achievements of Antonio Meucci should be
recognised, and his work in the invention
of the telephone should be acknowledged.’
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