TECHNOLOGY (from Complete First Certificate, 2008: p.

146-147)
Listening comprehension
You will hear five young people talking about their parents and computers.
Choose from the list (A-F) the sentence which best summarises what each person
says. Use each letter only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need.
A. They offered to help me to use the computer.
B. They complained about not having access to the Speaker 1
computer. Speaker 2
C. They suggested buying a new computer. Speaker 3
D. They said they were proud of my computer skills. Speaker 4
E. They advised me to go on a computer course. Speaker 5
F. They told me to send fewer messages to my classmates.

Vocabulary: Explain what the following terms mean in the context in

which they are used.
i) Not really at home with
ii) Build up their business no end
iii) They got the idea into their heads that...
iv) Cut down on the chat
v) That showed them!
vi) Hooked on this computer game
vii) Crummy
viii) No end of rows
ix) Itching to get onto the computer themselves

Grammar: Reported speech

i) Match the reporting verbs (offer, complain, suggest, say, advise, tell) in
sentences A-F with the patterns in the table below.
Reporting verb Reporting verb Reporting verb Reporting verb Reporting verb
(+not) +object +preposition +(not) gerund (+that)
+full infinitive (+not) +noun/ +sentence
+full infinitive (not) gerund
ii) Mark the correct form in italics to complete each of the following
sentences. Add the correct examples to the table of reporting verb patterns
above.
a) She admitted steal / stealing the watch.
b) Susan accused Brian that he had lied / of lying.
c) Mark’s mother agreed to buy / buying him a new car.
d) The children apologised that they had broken / for breaking the window.
e) Martha asked me going / that I go / to go for coffee with her.
f) Peter has invited me to visit / that I visit him in Switzerland this summer.
g) Vicky offered to help / that she help / helping Tanya with her homework.
h) Ewan persuaded his mother to buying / to buy him a new bike.
i) Karen has promised to visit / visiting me after the summer.
j) I would recommend to install / installing / you installing new computers in the
office.
k) Customers are reminded not to leave / leaving children unattended.
l) Martin warned me not using / I not using / me not to use that machine.

iii) For questions 1-6, use the word given to complete the second sentence so
that it has a similar meaning to the first. Do not change the form of the word
given. You may use between two and five words, including the word provided.
a) ‘You should buy a more powerful computer, Pablo,’ his friend said. ADVISED
Pablo’s friend ....................................................................... a more powerful
computer.
b) ‘Why don’t we go swimming this afternoon?’ said Marie. SUGGESTED
Marie....................................................................... afternoon.
c) ‘Turn off the computer when you finish,’ my father said to me. TOLD
My father ....................................................................... the computer when I
finished.
d) ‘Don’t forget to post the letter,’ Silvia told Natasha. REMINDED
Silvia ....................................................................... the letter.
e) You haven’t been paying attention to me,’ our teacher told us. ANY
Our teacher accused us ....................................................................... notice of
him.
f) ‘I’ll try as hard as I can to pass the exam,’ said Paola. BEST
Paola promised ....................................................................... to pass the exam.
The Expert’s Interview: Jonathan Pearce, Microchip Technology (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhNTtt3vXNg)
1. It’s been super busy – it’s been ............................
2. We’ve had ............................ of people at our booth, all interested in coming to learn about LoRaWAN and IOT, so it’s been
a fantastic show for us this year.
3. So, we’re showing all of our products, all of our portfolio: MCUs, wireless, security, connectivity.
4. I’m the LoRaWAN product line manager, so I’ve been ............................ the LoRaWAN stand.
5. That’s my focus, and that’s what we’ve been teaching people.
6. IOT is changing everything.
7. We have all sorts of examples of ............................ normal things that are connected to the internet.
8. My favourite thing that I’ve been showing here is the internet-connected .............................
9. I think it’s probably a great example because it’s the last thing that you’d expect would be connected to the internet.
10. No mice were ............................ in the making of this video.
11. This particular customer, he’s described as a business case: he’s not an ............................ guy, he’s not an
............................; he’s a pest control expert. It’s changing his business model. He can see the ............................ of knowing
which traps are full and where.
12. That’s the key thing with all the opportunities we find with LoRaWAN and IOT: there’re business cases behind them that
justify the ............................ of adding electronics and changing their business cases.

Young Scientist Award Winner Eesha Khare Interview on Conan (2013) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLcbRTMxdQs&t=158s)
1. Congratulations! Thank you so much for being here.
2. You’re obviously brilliant. You’re very beautiful. Very cool to have you on the programme.
3. It clearly hasn’t .........................................................!
4. Tell us about yourself.
5. You’re 18 and this is the year you’re .............................
6. I’m 18. I just graduated last week from high school. I live in Saratoga, California.
7. ‘And you’re off to .............................’ ‘Heading to Harvard this .............................’
8. Good luck with that place.
9. That’s really exciting.
10. All of this began because you were frustrated with your cell phone .............................
11. A lot of us have felt that frustration, but we don’t go out and ............................ a way to fix it.
12. I just throw my cell phone and then ............................ at my assistant – ‘pick that up!’
13. And then she says, ‘you’re a monster!’
14. And I say, ‘quiet!’
15. ............................ too much about me.
16. Your cell phone was dying and you wanted to fix this problem.
17. I had a Stone Age phone, like a ............................ of a phone. All I could do was call. I didn’t text – I still don’t know how to
text; I text like this [gestures].
18. What kind of phone is this you’re using?!
19. Like, literally a brick.
20. So, you had the very ............................ phone and it was dying on you. And what was the problem? What is the problem
that happens? Just not enough battery life?
21. Yeah, just not enough battery. It would die and then I’d get frustrated, and, unlike you, I couldn’t throw my phone.
22. I can’t really; they don’t let me do that – but I’d like to, oh I’d like to! But go ahead.
23. So yeah, I basically wanted to find a way to increase the amount of energy it can ............................, and that’s what I began
doing with my new project.
24. In this contest that you were in, you were up against 1600 people – is that right? Were you intimidated? I mean, these are
probably some very intimidating competition. And I’ve been to that Intel competition, and it’s amazing what these young
people are coming up with.
25. Yes, there are people from all over the world. But the scariest thing is their titles. So, as a science fair kid, you learn not to
look at people’s titles because they are unbelievably scary: people are curing cancer, making robotic arms, doing all sorts
of crazy things – so do not look at titles.
26. Does anyone try to ............................ you out? Do any of the other kids come by your thing and go, ‘hmmm, cell phone
storage – cute!’