High tech gadgets Class Work

gadgets and their uses
- read the text: profiles of people

(matching)
- talk about your favourite gadgets

and make it easier.
What are gadgets?
Why does a

modern man need them?
This is what we are going to speak about at our lesson.

The use of modern gadgets.

High Tech Gadgets
Look at the pictures. What are

their names?

you own?
What do you use it for?
What is your

favourite gadget?
What kinds of high tech gadgets would you like to have?

техники
portable- переносной
laptop-ноутбук
headphones-наушники
software-программное обеспечение
equipment- оборудование
edit-редактировать

charge-заряжать (charge-заряд. устройство)
store information-хранить данные
up-to-date=modern -современный

and deals with large amounts of information.
An MP3 player records

and plays music downloaded from the Internet.
A video mobile phone makes and receives video phone calls.
A PDA organises and stores information such as telephone numbers, addresses, etc.
A digital camera takes and stores digital photographs.

cassettes.
A Walkman® plays music through headphones, especially for use when

travelling.
A dictaphone plays and records sounds, especially voices.
A TV broadcasts TV programmes with pictures and sounds.

техники,
переносной,
ноутбук,
наушники,
программное обеспечение,
оборудование,
редактировать,
заряжать, заряд,

хранить
современный

the gadgets and the words below:
I would use a …

to …
record my lessons at school
tell the time
send a picture message to a friend
film a friend’s birthday party
listen to music
send emails
keep a record of my spending
watch a DVD
look up a friend’s address
edit my essay on the bus
do some Internet research for a project
show photos to my friends
burn songs onto a CD
listen to the news
plan my day/week

1 dictaphone
2 video mobile phone, PDA
3 video mobile phone
4 camcorder
5 laptop, MP3 player, radio cassette player,
Walkman®
6 laptop, PDA
7 laptop, PDA
8 laptop
9 PDA
10 laptop
11 laptop
12 laptop, digital camera, video mobile phone
13 laptop
14 video mobile phone, Walkman®, radio cassette player, TV
15 laptop, PDA

High Tech Gadgets
I have got ____ .

I use _____ to __V__ .

think she couldn’t live without her mobile phone.
Andy Cooper likes

music and video games. I think he couldn’t live without his MP3 player and his computer.
Tina Appleby likes cinema and photography. I think she couldn’t live without her digital camera.

5 Tina
6 Andy
7 Sarah

life without it ― her mobile phone
… if I keep

calling them ― her parents
Andy:
… good voice recorder on it ― his mobile phone
… listen to them ― university lectures
… ashamed to admit it ― the fact that he is hooked on his PlayStation 2®
… very keen on it ― his Playstation 2®
Tina:
… change documents on it ― her PDA
It keeps my whole life together ― her PDA
… lost without it ― her PDA
… when I visited them ― her clients
… edit them using software ― home movies
… It’s a great pastime ― making home movies

text:
considering ― thinking about
handy ― convenient
hooked on ― addicted to
keen

on ― interested in
on the move ― travelling
to the extent ― to the point
apart from ― other than
edit ― alter

year.
Sarah lives near our school so it’s handy for her

in the mornings.
Helen is really hooked on tennis.
I’m not very keen on computers and I prefer reading.
The traffic is always terrible in August with all the tourists on the move.
I was very hungry yesterday, to the extent that I made a huge sandwich for myself when I got home.
Apart from playing computer games, I love soccer.
I always edit the photographs I take with my digital camera before I show them to people.

that has been invented for a particular purpose, e.g. to

record or measure sth
social life: the time you spend with your friends enjoying yourself
techno freak: someone who is extremely interested in technology
voice recorder: a device that can record speech
university lectures: classes at university given by professors
ashamed: embarrassed
it goes without saying: it is obvious, clear
store: to save, keep
clients: customers, people you are working on behalf of

recorder
4 digital pictures
5 guarantee certificate
6 computer software
7 solar power
8

techno freak

phone, dictaphone,PDA, laptop

I am always sending text and picture messages to my

friends. Without it I’d feel so alone. I’d also feel lost without my digital camera because I’m very keen on photography. It takes great photographs. I also couldn’t live without my MP3 player. I have stored all my music on it and I download new songs all the time. Without it I wouldn’t be able to listen to my favourite songs whenever I like.

Hi ! How are you? Hope you are OK.

I’m fine . Thanks for your letter. I’m sorry I haven’t written for you so long, but I’ve been really busy with my exams.

In your last letter you asked me about ……\ I’d like to tell you about….\I’m writing to tell you about…..

That’s all (my news) for now ! I have to go now… Give my regards to your family. I’m looking forward to seeing\meeting you soon . Write me back . (Wish you were here.)

Best wishes\Yours\Love\With love ,

Boris

What do you know about high tech gadgets?
What gadgets have you got? What do you use it for?
What kinds of high tech gadgets would you like to have? Why?

Ask 3 questions about his hobbies

to present to your friend.