A computer
learn differently
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2. GRAMMAR
a . Tenses. Fill in the blanks in the letter written by a young Cambodian student
Dear Mr Negroponte
I (write) 1. This letter in order to
thank you for this initiative that (change) 2 our
lives for ever. Ever since I (be
offered) 3 my laptop, I (work) 4 day and night because, with the help of
Buddah, I hope I (be) 5
a doctor one day.When I (come) 6
back home with my laptop under my arm, everybody (cheer) 7 . My mother (prepare) 8 our lunch, but she
was overjoyed when she saw me. Now, we (use) 9 the laptop as a source
of light for the house. Problem is, my little brother (always/try)
10 to borrow it from me (me lemprunter)
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b. Questions. Turn into questions
I have been working for
10 years
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He went to Cambodia
to test his computer
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He created this laptop
to help poor children
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Students were given
their computers by their teachers.
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Linux has been chosen
as the laptops exploitation system
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3. WRITING.
a.You are a sales representative for the MIT Media Lab. Present the laptop to the minister of Education 1. Give all the technical details 2. Explain how it works.
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b. Fill in the blanks in this text
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has unveiled plans to
produce a laptop computer for under $100 that will revolutionize computer accessibility
to children in _______________
countries. Nicholas Negroponte, ____________of MITs Media Lab, has set up a
new _______________ called One Laptop Per Child. It is a _________-_________
organization that will distribute the new machines en masse and ensure the
worlds ______________ don't end up on the wrong side of a digital divide. Mr.
Negroponte ____________ across the idea after observing how children in a
Cambodian village learned ____________ a laptop. He decided to __________ a
computer that was cheap and ___________enough to be used anywhere in the world
and that did not need electricity or ____________.
They will be able to do almost everything a $1,000 model can do except ___________ huge amounts of ____________. Plans are now in place to distribute 15 million of the devices over the next five years.
c. Write 100 words against the project
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