My battery was flat.
1. Listen and read.
Phuc: Hi Nick. What happened today? We were waiting for ages and you never showed up!
Nick: Hi Phuc. Well I wanted to ask you the same question.
Phuc: Why? We planned to meet outside the cinema, didn't we? We waited and then Mai decided to go in without you. She didn't want to miss the start of Frozen you know. Did you oversleep or something?
Nick: No, I was there on time, and it was me who waited for you two.
Phuc: Are you kidding? We didn't see you there. We tried to call you but couldn't get through.
Nick: I couldn't call you either. My battery was flat.
Phuc: Never mind. We can try again. How about this Sunday afternoon at 2.30 p.m.? There's Superman 3.
Nick: Great..., but I'll be having my Vietnamese class then. Let's go for the 4.15 p.m. show. I'll need to take the bus to Nguyen Du Street and it's quite far.
Phuc: But it's not Galaxy Nguyen Du! We'll be seeing it at Galaxy Nguyen Trai... Wait... Which cinema did you go to today?
Nick: Oh no, I went to Galaxy Nguyen Du. I wish my mobile phone had a better battery!
a. Find words or phrases in the conversation that mean:
1. to wait for a very long time
2. to arrive
3. to succeed in talking to someone on the phone
4. "My battery had no electrical power left."
5. "Are you making a joke?"
6. "Let's do that again."
b. Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).
| T | F | |
| 1. Phuc, Mai and Nick wanted to see a film today at Galaxy cinema. 2. Only Mai and Phuc watched the film. 3. Nick was asleep at home at that time. 4. Mai and Phuc could not reach Nick on the phone. 5. Nick went to the wrong Galaxy cinema. 6. Nick will not be able to go to the cinema at 2.30p.m.this Sunday because he will be having a class. |
c. Why couldn’t Phuc, Mai, and Nick see the film together as was their plan? What was the problem? Was it only because of Nick’s mobile phone?
2. Match the words/ phrases with the photos about ways of communication. Then listen to check your answers.
| using social media meeting face-to-face (F2F) having a video conference sending letters (snail mail) | emailing video chatting using telepathy |
3. Fill the gaps with the correct form of the words/ phrases from the box in 2.
1. __________ including Facebook, YouTube, etc. as a means of communication has become very popular among young people.
2. Our group has worked online the whole time! Now let's __________!
3. If you want to write to a friend in another country, __________ is a faster and cheaper way than __________.
4. __________ is a way to communicate instantly by thought.
5. In the future, maybe voice calls will disappear. We will use __________ to talk to and see a friend at the same time.
6. We should __________ this week. Kate will be able to join us from Hong Kong, and perhaps Tim from England too.
Look out!
These nouns can be used as verbs. Can you add more words to the list?
email → to email; emailing
conference → to conference; conferencing
text → to text; texting
4. GAME
In group, brainstorm all the different ways you have communicated so far today. The person with the most ideas is the winner.
