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Some mobile phones can play music,show videos, identify your exact position through theglobal positioning system , and provide wirelessconnections to the Internet.Popular music is now commonly sold by downloadingtracks (copying tracks to your hard disk) from Internetproviders such as Napster. In the future it may be possibleto download clips of film s and TV programm es in the♦ Tipp o rta b le h a rd d isk d e vices include MP3players, iPods, and similar po rtable deviceswhich can d o w n lo a d m u s i c f r o m th einternetsam e way. A track is any short complete musical itemsuch as a song or instrum ental piece, a clip is a short pieceof video or film.
Illegal sharing of tracks dam ages themusic industry, because if everyone downloads tracks freeof charge, the industry will make no money andeventually no-one will w ant to produce any music orfilms. To prevent this, the industry is taking a very hardline on anyone who is caught illegally downloading.Video gam es have become big business. Companies suchas Electronic Arts employ large team s to develop thesoftware for new gam es. The team s include computerprogramm ers (who produce the program code for thegames), anim ators,and artists. There are m any types ofvideo gam es including racing gam es, FPS (First personshooters), RPG (Role-playing games), simulations (imitationsof real-life situations) such as flight simulators or racing carsimulators, adventure games, and sports games.Some gam es are for individual use, others are team gam esand some are for playing online with players around theworld.
MMOG (Massively multiplayer online gam ing) isproving extremely popular because of the extra speedprovided by broadband internet connections, and thepossibility of receiving software updates (newer versions)quickly online. Some gam es have a more serious purpose.The US military use video gam es and sim ulations in theirtraining.Switch onIn small groups, ask students to find out how m any in their group use eachdevice for listening to music. Then get one or two m em bers from eachgroup to quickly collate the numbers, work out percentages for the wholeclass, and report the percentages to the class.M P 3 s t a n d s st a n d s for M P E C A u d io La y er 3.It is a c o m p r e s s e d digital sou n d file form at.MP3 files are only around one-tenth th e sizeo f an original CD file, b u t t h e so u n d qualityis t h e s a m e .
It is th e m o s t popula r m e a n s o ftr ansferring m u sic on th e Internet.ListeningOpinionsGet students to listen and do the task individually. Tell them only tolisten for the ways M ax and Sam listen to music.Ott Maxliveonline from NapsterSamCDsalbumsMP3 playerminidisksonlinePersonal entertain m en t 472 Q Get students to listen and note down answers individually. Checktheir answers and then play the recording again, if necessary, to confirm+V \oir a n c i A f p r cO-it 1 Napster2 You can make your own music library and playlists. You can exchangetracks with friends.3 Seven million4 It’s theft on a huge scale. It dam ages the music industry and cheatsmusicians.5 People buy fewer CDs so the industry loses income.6 Set uptheirown sites forsellingonline music. Go after anyone whodownloads illegally.7 CDs are over-priced.
Idon’t see why we shouldn’t share tracks with friends.Language spotshould / shouldn’tRefer to the Grammar reference on p.120 for fuller information. Like othermodals, the question form of should is a simple inversion-. I should...becomes Should I ...? The auxiliary do / does is not used with m odals. Thenegative form simply adds not: You should... becomes You should not /shouldn’t ....Note this expression: I don’t think you should.... This m eans the sam e asI think you shouldn’t ... but is much more commonly used.Get students to do this individually.O tt 1234You shouldn't downloadYou shouldyou shouldn’t buyyou shouldn’t share5678you should buyYou shouldn’t giveYou should updateYou shouldn’ttouchE3 Additional activity(w ea k er s tu d e n ts )Get e a c h s t u d e n t to b r a i n s t o r m a list o factivities t h e y w o u l d like to do on e day, no2 Remind students that should and shouldn’t are used when giving someoneadvice.
Ask them w hat difference it would be if they used m u st/ mustn ’tinstead (this would change it from advice to an order or instruction).m atter h o w silly, difficult, or d a n g e r o u sthey m i g h t b e (su ch a s cli m b Everest, gob u n g e e - ju m p i n g , dive to th e Titanicwreck).
Then, in s m a l l g r o u p s, tell e a c hst u d en t to m a k e s t a t e m e n t s s u c h a s I ’dlike to d iv e to th e T it a n ic o n e da y. S h o u ld Ido it? O th er s t u d e n t s h a v e to m a k epositive or n e g a t i v e ad vice , d e p e n d i n g o nthe s t u d e n t ’s skills, pe r so n a lit y , etc: Yes,y o u sh o u ld . You 're a g o o d s w im m e r, or Id o n ’t t h in k y o u s h o u ld . I t ’s to o de ep .O-it 12345678910You shouldn't be late.You should dress smartly.You should practise answering questions with a friend.You should be honest.
You shouldn’t exaggerate your skills.You should prepare some questions of your own.You should read upas much asyou can about the company.You shouldn’t lookatthefloorw henyou speak.You should look at all the interviewers.You shouldn’t lean back and look bored.You should sit straight and look confident.It's my job1 Before students read the text, ask them if anyone has an ambition to workin gam es design. Ask what qualifications and experience m ight be needed.Have a short discussion, and then set the task before they read the text.Ott JobWorkGamesTesterGames DesignerConcept Artist3-D Artist3-D AnimatorProducerProgrammerCGI expertplays gam es to find faultscreates ideas for gamesmakes 2-D drawings of the charactersmakes 3-Ddrawingsanimates the charactersoversees and makes sure deadlines are kept and workgoes to budgetwrites the program code required for the gam ecreates realistic slow motion action1 Get students to read m e texi again an a w in e tne answcvs cnuw 1UUa.1i}.Draw their attention to the m eanings of CGI and demo in the Top margin.Ott 1 You needexperiencetogetajobandyoucan’tgetexperiencewithoutone.2 A degree in Computer science and a Master’s (postgraduate) degree inComputer gam es technology.3 He was part of a student team who won a prize for an idea for a videogame.The prize allowed the team to develop the game.4 Online gaming will expand.
You’ll be able to play gam es on manydevices, not just consoles.5 Medical and military simulationsWebquestStudents can work in small groups or pairs to do this research.VocabularyNew vocabulary1 Get students to match the words with their m eaning. Then discuss brieflywhat is m eant by a new use fo r old words. Ask them for the old meaning ofburn, rip, and tag (to rip an envelope open m eans to tear it open roughly; totag som ething m eans to attach a tag, or label, to it). Ask them what twowords are combined to form podcast (it combines pod, as in iPod andbroadcast).□ Additional activity(s t r o n g e r s tu d e n ts )In g r o u p s, g e t s t u d e n t s to s i m u l a t e aOtt 1 b2 a3d4 cm e e t i n g at w ork, w h e r e t h e y h a v e toa n a ly z e th e r e a s o n s w h y c e r ta i n g e n r e ssell w e ll a n d o th e r s sell badly.
Tell t h e mt h a t t h e ir c o m p a n y cu rre ntly p r o d u c e s allth e g a m e s liste d in2 in r o u g h l y2 Students brainstorm a few words individually and write them down. Thenget them to explain their m eaning to their partners.equaln u m b e r s . Tell t h e m t h e p u r p o s e o f th eirm e e t i n g is to a g r e e a c h a n g e o f sa le ss t r a t e g y for t h e ir c o m p a n y .
W h e n t h e yProblem-solving1 Get students to do this individually or in pairs.h a v e f i n i s h e d t h e ir m e e t i n g , g e t one ort w o g r o u p m e m b e r s to p r e s e n t th eird e c is i o n s to th e class.O-w 1 Strategy2 Sports3 A game where you are in charge of,for example, an army or a nation, andhave to decide the best way to defeat the enemy or advance your country.Personal entertain m en t 492 Get students to do this task in pairs.O tt 2345Family and children’sActionRole-playStrategy6 Shooter7 Sports8 Adventure♦TipTop marginAsk stu d e n ts if th ey can think o f any othernames for afflictions ca u se d by handheldelectronic devices.Customer careMaking suggestions1 Get students to read the custom er’s email. Point out her use of the phraseDear Customer support because she doesn’t know the nam e of the supportstaff. The text of her email is very short and simple - she states the problemsimply and asks for help.2 Get students to read the reply.
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