1. Presentation

2. Read and translate  Smartphones  Electronic readers  High-definition  Flat panel television  To download  To be online  Consumer  Research group  To interact  A notebook computer

4. True / False Statements 1. The technological revolution is changing the way we work and play. 2. Very few people read books on electronic readers. 3. Digital music players got smaller in size but large enough for people to download their music collections. 4. Two billion people were expected to be online by the end of 2010. 5. Ten years ago there were flat panel television, smartphones. 6. Ten years ago many people had notebook computers and e-book readers.

5. Questions   1. What are the top technology developments of the last 10 years?   2. How did mobile phones change?   3. How did television change?   4. How did people read books?   5. How did people listen to music?   6. What are the most important technological developments of the 21st century?

6.   The most important gadgets that have changed our life.   Personal Computer   Digital camera   Mobile phone   IPhone, IPad   E-book   Laptop   Games console

7. Computer   The world's first computer was an American programmable computer, which developed and built in 1941 by Harvard mathematician Howard Aiken with the cooperation of four engineers at IBM. Computer was created on the basis of the ideas of Charles Babbage. The official launch of the first world computer under the name «mark 1» was held after successful tests on August 7, 1944.

8. Digital Camera   In December 1975, the engineer of the company Kodak - Steve Sasson invented a device that after several decades has led to the revolution in pictures - the World's first digital camera.

9. Mobile phone   The first hand-held cell phone was demonstrated by John F. Mitchell and Dr. Martin Cooper of Motorola in 1973, using a handset weighing around 2.2 pounds (1 kg). In 1983, the Motorola phone was the first to be commercially available.

10. IPhone   The first IPhone was presented by Steve Jobs at the conference MacWorld Expo on January 9, 2007. Went on sale on June 29, 2007 and quickly became a significant part of the smartphone market in the United States.

11. IPad   IPad is a device, manufactured by Apple. The first IPad was presented to the public on 27 January 2010 at the presentation in San Francisco.

12. E – book   In 1949 a teacher from Galicia, Spain - Angela Ruiz - patents the first electronic book. Her intention was to decrease the number of books that her pupils carried to the school.

13. Laptop   The first commercially available portable computer, appeared in September 1975.

14. Game Console   The first home video game console which could be connected to a TV set was released in 1972 by Ralph Baer.

15.  Computers play the most important part in people’s lives.  They offer people a lot of possibilities to develop their imagination, memory and many other mental abilities.

16. Computers Allow to access the latest of information really quickly Allow to access the latest of information really quickly Interaction with the world is a great advantage of a computer Interaction with the world is a great advantage of a computer Large amounts of information become available through them. Large amounts of information become available through them.

17. Computer problems Have a virus reboot the system Can not connectrun a search to the Internet Computer crashesuse anti-virus software Lose some files call Internet service provider The screen is freezingtake it to the Computer service

18. Let’s do some exercises for eyes while working on the computer   Close your eyes for 3-5 seconds;   Open your eyes for 1-2 seconds;   Focus your sight on the top of your nose for 3-5 seconds;   Move your eyes to the left, to the right, up and down.

19. Use the words / phrases to complete the text: bookmarks, browser, download, favourites, Internet, links, online, search engine, website, World Wide Web The 1) ……….. is an international network of computers – it includes electronic mail (email), the World Wide Web (www), discussion groups and online chatting. To go 2) ……….., you need a 3) ……….., such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. These programs let you see web pages and 4) ……….. information onto your computer. The 5) ……….. is a collection of web pages. Each page has 6) ……….. to other pages which you can get by clicking on words or pictures. A 7) ……….., or web page, is a document available on the World Wide Web. To look for information, type key words into a 8) ……….., such as Google, which gives you a list of useful websites. If you find a good website, you can save it for future reference – put it in your 9) ‘………..’ or 10) ‘………..’.

20. Advantages: Using the Internet Help at school New skills Make life more enjoyable Comfortable Disadvantages : Teens can get distracted Waste a lot of time Teens become antisocial Life in a virtual reality Health problems

21. Grammar Conditional sentences

22. Quiz 1. When was the first computer built? 2. Who invented the first digital camera? 3. What phone was demonstrated in 1973? 4. Where and when was the first IPhone presented? 5. When and where was the first IPad presented? 6. Who patents the first e-book? 7. When did the first laptop appear? 8. When was the first game console released?