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LESSON 4 How techie are you?
take a digital photo, go online, play a video game, 
print a document, make a phone call, charge a mo­
bile phone, scan a photo, post a comment, send an 
email, download/upload a video clip, store data, write 
a blog, read an e-book, plug in a memory stick
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games 
console
digital photo frame 
i C o m p le te th e se n te n ce s
w ith th e w o rd s . 
hard disk recorder 
___W o rk in p a irs . Read and give som e a d vice .
What electronic devices should these people buy? 
e .g . If I were you, I would buy an e-book reader.
You don’t need to carry your books with you.
1) I like books, but they take up too much space.
2) I want to listen to music while I’m walking to school.
3) I want to make a film of my granny’s 90th birthday.
4) I love watching films on television. But I want 
a really clear and high-quality picture.
5) My mum is always getting lost in her car.
6) My laptop is a bit old, and quite heavy.
4 a W o rk in p a irs . Read and c o m p le te .
M a s te r o f t h e W e b
Tim Berners-Lee (1) 
is/are
a world famous 
scientist and a great inventor. But (2) 
are you
knowing/do you know
what he invented?
Tim (3) 
was/is
born in London in 1955. His 
parents (4) 
was/were
both mathematicians 
and computer scientists. When he was a boy, 
his hobby was electronics. He liked (5) 
p la y /
playing
with different gadgets. He went to 
Emanuel School and then (6) 
was studying/
studied
physics at Oxford University from 
1973 to 1976.
Tim (7) 
worked/was working
at a large 
scientific laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, 
when he (8) 
was inventing/invented
the World 
Wide Web. He (9) 
built/were building
the first 
Web browser and server in 1990. In 1991, 
he (10) 
created/create
the first website. The 
first web page address was http://in fo .ce rn . 
ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html, which 
had information about the WWW project.
MP3
player
satnav (GPS) 
tablet PC
The World Wide Web (11) 
didn’t m ake/
wasn’t making
Tim rich. He gave his inven­
tion to the world so everyone can use it for 
free. He now (12) 
work/works
at Massa­
chusetts Institute of Technology in the USA 
and at the University of Southampton in the 
UK. He and his family (13) 
live/are living
in America. Tim (14) 
has/is having
many 
awards and prizes for his work. In 1999, Time 
magazine included him in its list of the 100 
most important people of the 20th century. 
Queen Elizabeth II (15) 
was giving/gave
him a knighthood in 1994, so he is now Sir 
Tim Berners-Lee. He (16) 
is coming/came
first in a list of the top living cleverest people 
in 2007. So next time you look at a website, 
remember to thank Tim Berners-Lee!
Read and c o m p le te th e box.