Activit Listening task What makes communication easier? a

Activity 4. Make up sentences using comparisons as......as, not so/as as

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The weather this summer is as bad as last year. It hasn’t stopped raining for weeks.


Hopefully not so unexpected that you were unprepared.


Earlier agreements are generally not as detailed with some consisting of only 10 articles.


Activity 5. Match the words to form common expressions with as as.

A	B
Pretty	a pancake
Weak	a rake
Fresh	a peacock
Thin	a post
Stubborn	an ox
Slippery	a mule
Proud	a picture
Strong	a daisy
Dry	an eel
Deaf	a bone
Flat	a kitchen
Blind	a bat

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a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j	k	l
7	11	8	2	6	9	3	5	10	4	1	12

4. ONLINE ETIQUETTE-NETIQUETTE

Activity 1. Sort out expressions in the box into two columns.

1. 
   shaking hands
   
2. 
   using capital letters
   
3. 
   not mentioning the title in the mail you are sending
   
4. 
   listeningattentively when smb. is speaking
   
5. 
   shouting at people
   
6. 
   putting private information to public which can
   

be seen by everyone even criminals, government, future employers

7. 
   showing loyalty and good mood
   
8. 
   chain letters
   
9. 
   being very brief and clear
   
10. 
    being emotional
    
11. 
    no one can guess your mood l) citing others' work you use
    

Real life behavior On-line behaviour

REAL LIFE BEHAVIOUR	ONLINE WAY OF BEHAVIOU
A, D, E, G, J, I	B, C, F, H, I, К, 1

Activity 2. Match the words and phrases with their definitions.

1 Surf the net	to spend time finding and looking at things on the internet
2 Browse website	to search information on the internet
3 Virtual life	computer-based online community environment that is designed and shared by individuals so that they can interact in a custom-built, simulated world
4 Spam	inappropriate messages send on the internet to a large number of users.
5 Databases	programs which allow you to store, look at or change a large amount of information quickly and easily
6 Computer-literate	have experience of working with computers and know how to use them
7 Crash	a sudden failure which puts a system out of action
8 A bug	software error
9 Back up	making extra copies of data in case the original is lost or damages
10 Bullying	to be often unkind to someone or hurt other peopl
11 Addiction	the fact or state of being unable to stop doing something
12 .Hacking/cracking	breaking into someone else's computer system, often on a network to steal or change, or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism