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👉SKILLS 2
Listening
1. Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions.
1. What is this electronic device?
2. Do you want to have one in your home? Why / Why not?
2. You will hear Trang talking about her favourite electronic device. Listen and choose the correct answer A, B, or C.
1. In Trang's opinion, cleaning the floor _____.
A. is an easy and interesting task
B. is boring and takes a lot of time
C. can only be done by housekeepers
2. Trang's current robotic vacuum cleaner can clean _____.
A. almost every dust, spot, and dirty mark in her house
B. only dust, spots, and dirty marks that we can see
C. dust, spots, and dirty marks under human control
3. If you drop crumbs to the floor, robotic vacuum cleaners of the future will come by and _____.
A. wipe all of them with a rubber
B. suck them all up
C. remind you to clean them
4. In the future, laser technology will enable robot vacuum cleaners to _____.
A. get to any floor or room in our houses
B. climb stairs and open doors or drawers
C. see everything on the ground
3. Listen again and fill in each blank with ONE word that you hear. 🎧
1. Trang can control her current robotic vacuum cleaner with an app on her _____.
2. Trang's current robotic vacuum cleaner is easy to store and _____.
3. Robotic vacuum cleaners of the future will be able to recognise patterns and then take _____.
4. Trang thinks robotic vacuum cleaners will be more _____ to us in the future.
Writing
4 .Think of one of your favourite electronic devices. Make notes of your answers to the following questions.
- What is your favourite electronic device?
- What can it do for you now?
- What will it be able to do for you in the future?
5. Write a passage (100-120 words) about what your favourite electronic device can do now and what it will be able to do in the future. Use the ideas in 4 or of your own.
My favourite electronic device is _______________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________.
