Great inventions Module task: Discussing inventions Unit 1 Will computers be used more than books in the future? Listening and vocabulary Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and answer the questions. How have these inventions changed people's lives? Which one do you think is the most important? What other important inventions can you think of? Listen and complete the sentences. Lingling loves her mobile phone because she can ________________. All of Daming's friends' numbers are _____________________ in his phone. Today's cameras are better than old cameras because they do not ____________________ and the photos can __________________. Lingling thinks everything ____________________ by computers to some degree, so the computer is ___________________ invention. Listen and read. Tony: Dad, can I borrow your camera? Dad: Why? Tony: I'd like to take some photos on the school visit to the museum next week. They'll be put up on the school website. And they can be seen on the Internet by other classes, even people living in other countries. Dad: Sounds great! When I was at school, we waited for weeks to hear from our pen friends abroad. But today, we can send and receive photos and mails on the Internet, and it's really fast. Tony: Yes, the Internet and the computer have changed our lives. We even use online textbooks in our class. I wonder... Will computers be used more than books in the future? Dad: Perhaps. In the past, we mainly got information from paper books. Some were huge ones with thousands of pages. Today, with the invention of the computer and electronic technology, it's easy to get information on the Internet. The Internet is more powerful than books. Tony: Anyway, about the camera...? Dad: Oh, yes. Here it is. I haven't used it since your mum's birthday. And the memory card may be full. Tony: OK. That can be fixed. I've got an empty memory card. Where are the instructions? Dad: In the camera bag. It's a gift from your mum for my birthday, so you must promise that you'll take good care of it. If you have to lend it to anyone, tell them to use it properly. Tony: Promise! I wonder... Perhaps. Here it is. Promise!