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UNIT 6 - Living With Technology

The document covers various lessons on living with technology, focusing on household appliances, the present continuous tense, and smartphone habits. It includes exercises for describing advantages and disadvantages of devices, discussing malfunctioning technology, and practicing vocabulary related to electronic devices. Additionally, it addresses challenges faced when traveling with technology, such as powering devices and using adapters.

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UNIT 6 - Living With Technology

The document covers various lessons on living with technology, focusing on household appliances, the present continuous tense, and smartphone habits. It includes exercises for describing advantages and disadvantages of devices, discussing malfunctioning technology, and practicing vocabulary related to electronic devices. Additionally, it addresses challenges faced when traveling with technology, such as powering devices and using adapters.

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Living

UNIT 6
with
technology
Which situations
are/aren’t OK for you?
Devices
Lesson 1

Describing advantages
and disadvantages of
a brand
Household appliances
and devices

food dishwasher rice cooker juicer


processor
Household appliances
and devices

washing dryer hair dryer


blender vacuum
machine
cleaner
Present continuous
This tense is used to talk about actions
that are happening RIGHT NOW and future
PLANS.

• I am teaching English
right now.
• She is visiting her
grandma tomorrow.
Affirmative
SUBJ + VERB TO BE + -
ING the
They are using + OBJ
computer.
I am washing the dishes now.
She is doing the laundry
tomorrow.
Negative
SUBJ + VERB TO BE + NOT -
ING
We are not + OBJ
taking pictures.
I’m not drying my hair today.
He isn’t cleaning the house.
Questions
TO BE + SUBJ + -ING + OBJ + ?
Yes, I am. / Yes, we are.
Are you making juice? No, I’m not. / No, we
aren’t.
Is she using the Yes, she is. / No, she
isn’t.
blender?
WWhy are you making juice?
H Where is she using the
blender?
Let’s practice
Listen and draw lines.
There is AN example.
There is ONE name
you don’t need.
Lesson 2
Talk about
things that
aren’t working
Collocations for using
technology

take a make a
upload a make a
picture/phot photocopy
photo video
o
Simple present vs
Present continuous
Present continuous vs Simple
present
Let’s practice
Talk about the devices and appliances that aren’t
working well at your house. You can use the
following phrases:
• Is something wrong? • For starters, …
• What’s wrong? • It’s broken/defective
• What do you mean? • It’s not up to
• Seriously? date/obsolete.
• No way! • It isn’t working / is
• You should… stuck.
• I can’t…
Lesson 3

Describe Smart
phone habits
Some Smart phone activities

post to
text check email play games
social media
Let’s practice!!
Describe a device or appliance that’s
important to you. Write about its
advantages and disadvantages.
Think! ADVANTAGES
Easy to use
DISADVANTAGES
Old
Affordable Obsolete
Good Big

POSITIVE ADJECTIVES NEGATIVE ADJECTIVES


Affordable, awesome, Awful, broken,
cheap, easy to use, defective, old,
fast, good, great, obsolete, expensive,
popular, portable, up terrible.
Let’s write!!
• What is it? I have a beautiful digital
• What brand is it? camera, its brand is Sony.
• What does it do? I sometimes take pictures
• How often do you and upload photos to
use it? Facebook. My camera is
• Is it new or old? old and big, but I like it. It
• What adjectives is a cheap camera
describe it? because it is not
• Is it expensive or professional, but it takes
cheap? great pictures. Finally, it
Lesson 4
Discuss the
challenges of
traveling with
technology
Powering electronic devices

a a charger a plug (N) an outlet


power (N) (N)
strip
(N)

an adapter a battery
Powering electronic devices

turn on turn off (V) plug in (V) unplug (V)


(V)

replace (V) charge (V)

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