Prime Time 8, Speaking, Maturatraining

Topic 17 New technologies Tasks Individual long turn: Household chores now and then • Compare and contrast the two pictures. • Explain how technology facilitates everyone’s daily lives. • Discuss why you would/wouldn’t use devices like the one shown in the picture on the right. Paired activity: The most important inventions ever The local museum plans to host an exhibition on new technologies. You and your partner, volunteers for the museum, have been asked to design one room of the exhibition. This room should show the three most important inventions that have ever been created. With your partner, you brainstorm a number of inventions. Discuss the following aspects: • grade of innovation/creativity • relevance for people’s daily lives • economic success • ecological impact • personal preferences/interests Decide which inventions should be shown in the exhibition. Agree on three. 1 2 36 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv