Digital detox ‘| VOCABULARY & PRONUNCIATION electronic devices; linking ‘a How many devices do you have with screens? 7 Which one do you use the most? @4 b Match the words and photos. ra an adaptor a remote control as a charger "faxso amaet kom ‘ keyboard /kichol a router rust Py Wi a memory stick /memari stk a gacket nk a a mouse na eer 2 plug a switch 2 plate pint 2 USB cable csi 99 Listen and check. Then cover the words and test each other. Match the sentences to phrasal verbs A~J 1. © Ichanged the heating from 20° to 18% A | awitehed jc off 2 Idisconnected my printer from the computer, = I deleted jt 3. Imade the volume on the TV louder. C lupdated jt 4. [pressed the ‘of’ button on the TV. D turned jt up. 5 [programmed the alarm on my phone for7.30. El installed. 6 © Iputmy phone charger into a socket. F tunplugged jt 7. I pressed the ‘on’ button on my laptop. G Iset it. 8 I got the latest version of an app. HI turned jt down, 9 I put antivirus software on my computer. | I plugged icin 10 Iremoved a photo | did't ike J lawitched on, @ 9.10 Listen and check. 9.11 Listen and repeat A-J. Try to link the words. Now cover A-Jand look at sentences 1-10. Say A-J from memory. ‘D Separable phrasal verbs Remember that many phrasal verbs are separable, i. the object can go between the verb and particle, e.g. switch the TV on, or after the particle, : \ How many remote controls do you have? Do you think you have too many? 4 How many pins do plugs in your country have? Do you need a travel ‘adaptor if you go abroad? 5 Inyour house, do you usually agree about what the temperature should be, 6 15 fr ie someone always turning the heating or air conditioning up and down?2 LISTENING & SPEAKING ‘2 Do you think you're addicted to your phone? How many times an hour do you look at it? What for? b Read the article about digital detox. Then answer the questions with a partner. 1 What does clgital detoxmean? 2 Do you think phone stacking is @ good idea? Do you ‘and your frends ever dot? 3. What daes unplug mean inthe third paragraph? Do you have periods inthe day or during the week when You ‘unplug’? Do you enjoy ife more when you're ‘unplugged Less time online: millions of Britons take digital detox Taking a break from tachnol ‘According to a recent study by Ofcom, the UK Office of Communications: + Moreand more young people are’phone stacking’ when they go out fora coffee ora ‘meal, putting thelr phones in the middle of the table and agreeing not to look at them. The first person who looks at their phone pays the bill! + 34% of internet users have taken break from ‘heir devices in the last 12 months. This break wae usually for no more than a day, though some people tooka break of a week, or even amonth. + The under-25s are most Likely to ‘unplug’ Feedback from these digital detoners'is very positive ~ 33% sald they got more done in their Lives when they weren't online, and 21% said they ‘enjoyed life more, Only 8% found the experience ‘stressful 9.12 Australian journalist Anna Magee went ‘ona three-day digital detox course run by the ‘organization Time to Log Off. Listen to five things she said about the course, Are they positive or negative? 9.13 Now listen to her talking about it on 9 radio programme. On the whole, did she feel it ‘was a positive or negative experience? Listen again and mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). Correct the F sentences. 41 quarter of UK adults check thei phones in the middle ofthe night 2. When Anna arved at the house in Dorset, she felt very nervous, 5. The activites were not exsety what she was expecting 4 The second day ofthe detox was easier than the first. 5 By the third day, her abilty to concentra had improves. 6 Onhor train journey home, she spent the time checking her phone. 7 Since the detox, technology: free. 4 She enjoys her fiends’ company more than she used 0, weekends and evenings are Discuss the questions with a partner. 1 Ifyou went on a digital detox course, what do you think you would miss the most? How would you feel? 2. Do you think digital detoxes are a good idea or 2 stupid ides? Do you think ts really necessary to take a break from technology? 3. Have you been without the intemet (or phone coverage) recently? Why? Did you mis 1?3. GRAMMAR quantifiers ‘a With partner, read sentences 1~6 and think about what the missing words could be. 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Approximately how mary emails do you have in your inbox? * How many songs do you have on your pphone or MP3 player? How many of therm o you listen to regularly? + How many friends do you have on Facebook? How mary of them are real frends? ‘+ How many people in your ‘contacts’ have you not contacted inthe last year? + How many different passwords do you have? How do you remember them? + Whats the wallpaper on your phone or computer screen? Ist one of your photos, fr did it come with the phone or deviee? ‘+ How many digital deviees do you have that you neveruse, eg. eld phones / cameras / MP3 players, ete.” Look at the title of the article and the 11 headings. Tick (V) the areas of your digital life that you think you need to tidy up.EE —————— 11. 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