Unit 7: Living with screens

This unit is about electronic devices that have become everyday objects for many of us, devices such as television, mobile phones and all sorts and sizes of computers.

In this unit you’re going to …

  • read a poem about watching TV
  • talk about television and the use of other screens
  • listen to a report about how children in England use electronic media
  • talk and write about your own use of electronic media
  • discover some differences between American and British English
  • read about a TV hoax and tell a partner about it

Language focus: American English and British English (color /colour; cab / taxi), questions with Who, expressing your opinions


Film clip about spaghetti harvest

 

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