Kid's Box 6 (Pupil's Book)

2016·40.1 MB·English

by  Nixon Caroline

Sagucbos LC. py
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Pupil’s Book 6

Caroline Nixon & Michael Tominon

CAMBRIDGE

UNIVERSITY PRESS
High technology

<< Show what you know!

Gi © listen and tick (V) the technology words you hear.

@ Listen

What technology words can you remember?

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again.

‘Who said it?

4 Hi Shor
2. Hs twentysth

wore your (Dan.
ve past ten

3. I've got a text message on

my mobile,
4 There's ane

competition
5 Let's

w ezine
(on the Internet.
omething for it

6 Why don't we do our first

ezine article o

technology?

Oooo

@© Read and choose the right words.

1. Alvin doesn't / don't arrive early
Why has /'is Alvin
he game starting / starts i
Dan is / has got
There are / There iso
school ezine.
6 The winners con write / writing for the
international school ezine.

7 Why don't / doesn't we write about technology?
8 Shor thinks it sound / sounds exciting

The game starts in five minutes.
| don't know.
Where is he?
The winners can write for the international school ezine.
(@ Read and answer.
1

What's an ezine?
Annual Internet Magazine Competition

2 Who can enter the ‘ite a azine projectandaenel
comppetition! It’s open to all schools with students between the

3 How often must they ‘ages of 7 and 12. Students must write an ezine
write on article? project every month. The article should be

4 What should the interesting and include text and photographs.
wi [a

5 How mony computers The wine cl a Ree
can they win? the international school ezine.

6 What kind of ezine do z

the winners write for?

(© G@ Listen and tick (V) the box.

1 What's Alvin using to write to his mum? 2. What are Dan and Shari playing?
.
3 What's Shari listening to? 4 What are Alvin and Dan looking at?
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© Read and answer.

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the letters so we con write more quickly. Ino text we

don't clwoys put the vowels (ae i, u) and we choose cnu

Giga ae heel ea a fein HWLD
U (you), R (are), C (see), 2 (t0, too) and 4 (for). There RU
are some short sentences, 00, LOL (Laugh out rs) °

Loud) means It’ really funny: We don't always use

punctuation (coptal letters, commas or question marks)

Look atthe mobile phones. Can you understand the hvugt fata
rmessogest Answer the uesons. la cmpt

© Write three text messages for your friends to answer.
SST IED (8) Read and think. Which is the smallest thing in the photos?

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people con cory them to dferen pce.
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some people prefer ary

We use technology every doy when "norman rom

‘we communicate and when we study ther computer ono

and pay When we okt peopl, his pendrive which they

i elled communication, We con tak fen carry anywhere

in person. onthe phone or trough

the computer On the computer

on talkinto a microphone Ite

sant to ee the other person on the
screen we use oso camera called

‘webcam, We listen trough small

headphones or we use speaker,

We can olso write to people when
we want to communicate with them
Before, people wrote letters, but
nowadays we can write emails or

d
‘text on our phones. Emails and texts
isthe quickest way to communicate
‘on computer because diferent
=

people can write messages at the

laptop | pendrive | speakers || microphone | headphones | webcam | keyboard | chat

(© G@ listen. Repeat the word and say the letter. © i Speciers
Speakers. That's

le can't hear if we us

@ Read again and correct the sentences.
1 Onoc we talkinto open drive. 4 Other pee
2 Asmall computer is called a opbox. 5 Wecon
3 Wecan nputer to text. 6 We can see people with a keyboard,

ion on a microphone.

1‘)
mii

GB Read and complete. @© Read and complete.
‘We use high technology screen pendrive speakers
“Anceleetronicwhiteboord-onthewoll keyboard emails webcam

‘Or watch the television
The keyboard does it all
‘We watch videos on the screen

‘We've got pen drives in our schoolbags,

(9 Am electronic whiteboard
on the wall

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co. €)

Hear the future cal! =

Now we text on mobiles,

Cc
‘We communicate by Internet
‘And watch flms on DVD,

‘We take photos with our hones,

CO) t
We use programs for a dictionary
“To find out what words meon, This is my special Techno Box. It’s the best

(1) laptop in the word. I's small and light

‘Some just play computer games ‘and I can carry itn a special bag. When |
® : open it there's « (2) for me to
‘They dont use their imagintion watch DVDs and read my 3)
(Or think or speak or isten, ean puta smal (4). on
= it so my friends con see me when we

Baa at Pee ce bebe 6. 1 can carry my pens
£) cond pencils under the (6)
ater races cr eerie, which | use to write. My (7) 7
Hear the fuure col hich goes below the pencil sharpeners, can

carry «lot of information, especially music and
photos. | can listen to my music through the

BO Listen and check. Sing the song. @... or use my headphones.

© iowent another verse.
@ Imagine another invention. Write

about it.
2

screen, mouse, webcam,

screen and mouse and webcam and
screen and a mouse and 0 webcam and a
screen and then a mouse and then a webcam and a

GO Listen ond count the words. 1 They've got «new laptop.) Five.)
[Speaking } © Moke questions. Ask and answer.

(Hove ‘you got a mobile phone?) (Do you sometimes chat online? )

has got a mobile phone Ignacio
sometimes chats online ‘Marina
has got a computer gome

con use o computer at home

listens to music on an MP3 player

GED Mie o repore

1 spoke to ten people about technology.
Only three of them have got... but all |
of them can ..

© @ listen again and answer the questions
+ What time's the audition going to be? (Quarter to four.
2 Who's going to go to the audition?
3 Which part's he going to do? 5 Which part are they going to give Dan?
4 Who's going to be King of the Beosts? 6 What are they going to write about?

@ Read and match.

4 Who's going to
2. The audition

3. Dan's going to

4. Shari and Alvin ore
5

6

r

going to be on Wednesday,
10 be in the ploy,
go to the audition.
be the monkey,

to write about?

be in the play?
going to watch him.

Daan isn't
Shari and Alvin oren't going
What are they going

the audition.
We aren't going to
choose you.

Are you going to
be in the ploy?
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© Choose words from the box to complete the text.

have cinema want bird restaurant see rocks -geing- pets island

Helen and Robert are (1) .gaing.. to go to the
(seme tomorrow. They're going to
@... affilm called My Family and
Other Animals. The film's from a book by Gerald
Durrell and it's about his life when he was ten
{years old. Inthe film the boy lives on an
(0 He's got some friends, uta
lot of his friends are different (5). ----oecsonne |
He's got a (6) . called Ulysses,

‘a tortoise called Achilles and lots of spiders.
Helen and Robert are going to have a grect time
becouse is @ very funny film.

© Read agoin and answer.
1 Where are Helen and Robert going 4 How old is Gerald in the book?
to go? 5 What pets has Gerald got?
2. What are they going to see? 6 Why are Helen and Robert going to enjoy
3 What's the film about? the film?
© Read and cross out the extra word.
1 Wee are going to go to the theatre tomorrow. ‘4 What are you to going to see?
2. We aren't going to see at The Lion King. 5 Where do are you going to sit?
3._Im going to vist to my grandmother on Sundoy. 6 She isnt going to sing on tonight.

© Write questions with ‘going to’
1 Who /see/ weekend? Who are you going to see at the weekend?
2 What / do / Monday / after school?

3 play basketball / tomorrow afternoon? 5 What / watch / TV / tomorrow?
4 Where / go / Friday / after school? 6 When / do / homework?
@Ask ond answer.

(Who ‘are you going to see at the weekend? ) (I'm going to see my cousins. )