$100 LAPTOPS

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  1. FUNCTIONS. Express the function ENABLING in four different ways with the elements given        

                             

A computer – learn differently

Thanks to a computer, you can learn differenty

A computer is a good means to learn differently

A computer gives you the opportunity to learn differently

A computer is a wonderful way for all people to learn differently

A computer makes it easier to learn differently

 

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 l’emprunter)

 

1  am writing

2  has changed

3  was offered

4  have been working

5  will be

6  came

7  cheered

8  was preparing

9  use

10  is always trying

 

            b. Questions. Turn into questions

I have been working for 10 years

How long have you been working ?

He went to Cambodia to test his computer

Why did he go to Cambodia ?

He created this laptop to help poor children

Why did he create this laptop?

Students were given their computers by their teachers.

Who were students given their computers by?

Linux has been chosen as the laptop’s exploitation system

What h as Linux been chosen as ?

 

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  developing countries. Nicholas Negroponte, head of MIT’s Media Lab, has set up a new initiative called One Laptop Per Child. It is a non-profit organization that will distribute the new machines en masse and ensure the world’s poor  don't end up on the wrong side of a digital divide. Mr. Negroponte stumbled/came across the idea after observing how children in a Cambodian village learned from a laptop. He decided to design / develop / create a computer that was cheap and robust / sturdy enough to be used anywhere in the world and that did not need electricity or batteries

They will be able to do almost everything a $1,000 model can do except store huge amounts of data 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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