38 UNIT 05 | Reach out! 9 I’m going to Lea’s party too. I can pick you on the way if you like. 10 I’m not sure what the capital city of Portugal is. I’m going to look it on the internet. 11 I’ve lost my locker key and can’t work what I did with it. Have you seen it anywhere? 12 Learning foreign languages helps to break the barriers between people. 13 Max couldn’t figure what the letter said as the handwriting was so bad. 14 Once a year during Earth Hour we are all encouraged to turn our lights. 15 Please put that mobile phone and eat your meal. 16 The bus went straight past my stop so I couldn’t get . 17 The test starts now. Please write your answers on the lined paper provided. 18 They really shouldn’t sit next to each other in class. They don’t get at all. 19 We’re late for class. Come , hurry up! 20 Would the last person to leave please shut all the computers? Read about how texting changes communication again (see coursebook, p. 70) . Some words are missing. Change the word in brackets to form the missing word for each gap (1–8). Write your answers in the spaces provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. LANGUAGE IN USE 5 How texting has changed communication Texting has made communication much less complicated by, for example, (0) (help) people avoid long, (1) (pleasant) phone conversations and making a quick “Hello” much easier. It is the (2) (prefer) method of communication among young people and has also become the norm for many (3) (old) people. It is obvious that it has (4) (change) the ways people communicate with one another both via text and in person. Texting (5) (courage) fast, single-sentence thoughts, but this style of communication doesn’t have a positive effect on face-to-face (6) (communicate). Consequently, people who text a lot may be more (7) (comfort) with in-person communication and may even use their mobile phones to communicate with people who are in their (8) (present). 0 helping 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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