1. FUNCTIONS. Express the following functions with the elements given in the first
column
I
didnt go out - be
killed |
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be kidnapped |
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I
am studying become a doctor |
Goal |
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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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