- VOCABULARY PRACTICE

IA Communication

1 @1.1 Match phrases 1-10 with definitions a-

j. Listen and check.
1 get a text message/an e-mail
a send a text message/an e-mail to a person who has sent one to you
2 checkyour phone 8 go online/access the Internet
3 replytoa text 9 keep in touch with someone
message/an e-mail 10 speak to someone face-to-face b
4 give someone a call call someone c receive a text message/an e-
5 share something on mail d look at your phone to see messages,
social media alerts, etc. e give your opinion on something
on social media f look at a social media/e-
6 comment on a post mail account to see messages alerts, etc. g
7 check Facebook/your put something on social media, e.g., a photo
messages or video h stay in contact with someone i
have a conversation with someone in person j
connect to the Internet
2 Complete the sentences 1-9 with the
words in the box
get speak share check reply give keep
comment access
1 Sorry, I cant talk now. Can I you a 6 Itseasy to in touch with your family when
call when I get home? you're abroad.
2 Can I borrow your laptop so I can my 71 usually my vacation photos on
messages? Facebook.
31 cant the Internet because there's no 8 It's much better to to someone face-
WiFi here. to-face when you have a problem.
4 1 had no signal on my phone, so I didn"t 9 Ididn't to your message because I was in a
your text message. meeting Sorry,
5 My friends often on my blog posts.
Sometimes we have
 long discussions online.

3 Communica
tion
I LANGUAG
A E

1 Choose the correct words to

t
h
1 Hannah believes that ghosts really

complete the sentences. Then e 2 I didn't have time to cook, so we

write A for action verbs and takeout pizza.
S for state verbs. b 3 to the supermarket once a
o
1 ILooki that's Hugo! He's x week.
coming / He comes over to .
4 You look happy! What you
see us. about?
U
2 Should we open the window? s 5 Marco cooking for other
It's feeling / It feels hot e people.
in here.
6 My sister that I should call
3 I think we should get a t our parents more often. 7 you
bigger TV and Tom is w a large apartment?
agreeing / agrees with o
8 The children a lot of noise
me. v because they are very excited.
4 How often are they going / e
do they go to the gym? r
5 It's great to see you! Are b
s
you having / Do you have a
good time?
t
6 Anna needs some help. She's w
not understanding / doesn't i
understand what to do. c
7 My brother is working / e
works in the U.S. at the .
moment.
have
UNIT
8 I'm sure that jacket is go
belonging / belongs to make
Marcia. thin
k
exis
t
2 Complete the sentences with the
hate

simple present or present

continuous form of the verbs in
3
 4 d ae online to get medical advice.
t
f the Internet from his hotel room.
e
xg some of their photographs on social media.
th your phone during dinner with friends,
m
e Complete the text with the correct words.
s
s You never see Ethan without his smartphone, He
a lg about 80 text messages a day, and he likes
g to r to them immediately. If you try to s— to
e him face-to-face, it can be really annoying
, because he's always checking his 4 ! He uses
m Facebook to keep in with
y
p his friends, and he 6c— it regularly. He 7s—
h lots of photos on it and often c— on his
friends'
o
posts. Ethan's parents live in a rural area
n
where it's difficult to
e
m 9a— the Internet, so they don't see his
5 a Facebook posts.
Match the two parts of the k However, he does 1 Og— them a call twice a week.
sentences. e
s
1 It's very rude to check a
l
2 Luckily, he was able to access o 01.1 Read the sentences. Underline the
u auxiliary verbs that should be stressed.
3 Over 100 people commented d Listen, check, and repeat.
4 Michael still keeps n 1 Flora and James are 5 Fatima is
o studying physics
5 The couple shared i having a party in college.

6 I asked Monika to give s

e 2 Does Karl play the 6 Brett and Owen
7 A lot of people go . piano? aren't
8 When I get a on Suki's latest 3 Maria isn't feeling staying in the
very same hotel.
post. well today. 7 Ben doesn't have
a ticket
b in touch with a lot of friends
4 Sasha and Lucia don't for the show.
from home,
c me a call later.
want to play tennis. 8 Gavin's parents are in
Italy.
READING: Skimming a text

Dealing with online trolls

It's always best to avoid trolls — stories and the equally ugly (on the
both the ugly creatures in fairy inside at least) kind who spread
 their nasty comments by using a 3 You should try not to have contact with
computer keyboard If you look at the trolls.
comments section of any online 4 It can sometimes be difficult to decide
newspaper, you will find the second if someone is actually a troll.
type at work, leaving shocking and
unpleasant messages on all sorts of
subjects.
As a society, we value free speech, and,
2 Read the sentences. Write T for true
sentences, F for false sentences,
of course, there's a thin line between
strong disagreement and messages that are and D when the article doesn't give
completely unacceptable. But, basically, you enough information to be sure.
if someone's main goal is to spread hate
and lies, to upset or embarrass someone,
or even to scare the person, that person
is a troll. Unfortunately, if you use I The word "troll" has more than one
social media, you are sure to have meaning.
2 Most comments on online newspapers are
personal experience of trolling sooner or
later, Trolls need Victims, and they will written by trolls.
find them in any online space where
3 People can sometimes seem rude when they
people communicate in public,
express strong opinions.
If (or when) you meet one, remember that
the ability to make you react is like 4 It is possible to use social media sites
food to a troll — so don't feed them! without seeing messages from trolls.
Trolls are not sensible people. They 5 Only very intelligent people become
don't actually want a reasonable trolls.
discussion, so there's no point at all in
6 Trolls don't like it if you post angry
trying to have one. It may be tempting to
replies.
insult or threaten trolls, but they will
7 Trolls always make a great effort to
like this —- it is "playing their game,"
and they are more likely to continue with keep their names secret.
it than stop. They are only trying to
8 Trolls are often unhappy people.
upset you, and if you don't give them a
response, they have failed. Always remember that the troll is the
one with the problem, not you, Its
obvious that nobody who hides behind
a keyboard to write things he or she
would never dare say face-to-face can
1 Read the title and look at the be a happy and secure person, In
pictures. What do you think the fact, newspaper reports of people who
article will be about? have been taken to coun for
a People who post unpleasant messages online. threatening or inappropriate trolling
almost always seem to describe sad
b What to do if your computer is broken.
and lonely lives. Trolls make us
c Workers who spend most of their time at a furious, but sympathy would probably
computer. be a more appropriate emotion.

1 Read the first sentence of each

paragraph. Which of A—D do you think 3 Complete the sentences with your own
will make these points? 1 It's usually ideas.
best not to reply to trolls. 1 I thought Maria was a vegetarian, but,
2 We should probably feel sorry for actually,
trolls.
2 Philippe told everyone he was a pilot, when
he was actually
5 I didn't expect Raj to have many Twitter
followers. but, in fact.
3 Sara's house doesn't have four bedrooms. In
fact,
6 The doctors thought she had the flu, but,
actually,
4 I thought polar bears lived in the
Antarctic, but, in fact, they