Unit 7

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

V5CPE: 5 March 2025

Unit 7 - Science and Technology

Introduction

Write down the dates you hear. Then match each invention with the date you think it was invented 

• 1. computer mouse
• 2. car airbags
• 3. bar codes
• 4. hand-held mobile phones
• 5. automated teller machine (ATM) 
• 6. magnetic compass
• 7. clothing buttons
• 8. ice skates

Introduction 

Write down the dates you hear. Then match each invention with the date you think it was invented 

• 1. computer mouse 1964 (built by Dough Engelbart; made of wood)
• 2. car airbags 1953 (patented by John Hetrick, car accident in 1952)
• 3. bar codes 1952 (patented by Joe Woodland and Bernard Silver)
• 4. hand-held mobile phones 1973 (Martin Cooper of Motorola)
• 5. automated teller machine (ATM) 1959
• 6. magnetic compass around 1000 (China)
• 7. clothing buttons around 1250 (Germany)
• 8. ice skates 3000 BC (made of animal bones, in Scandinavia)

Introduction p 71

• Look at illustration. Identify the gadgets
• ex 1a discuss questions in pairs. 
• digital native = someone born during or after the general introduction of digital technology: because they have interacted with digital technology from an early age, digital natives have a greater understanding of how digital technology works.
• digital immigrant = someone born before digital technology existed and has therefore had to learn about it and use it later in life.
• What is a digital nomad?
• What's a Luddite? Who was "Ned Lud"? https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/rage-against-the-machine

Introduction p 71

Listen and complete.

The Luddites got their name from a likely fictional worker named Ned Ludd. ____1____ the story, he spontaneously smashed a knitting machine _____2_____ by a supervisor to correct how he was using it. ___3___ , there is no evidence that this leader of the Luddites ever existed, __4___ authorities at the time ___5___ to locate him. ____6____ , the story of Ned Ludd was told for the first time in __7__, while the Luddite movement began much earlier in __8__. What is a Luddite? Luddite has been used as an adjective since ___9___, but in the __10__, luddite became a general adjective used __11__ anyone who opposes technological progress and automation.

Introduction p 71

Listen and complete the gaps:

The Luddites got their name from a likely fictional worker named Ned Ludd. According to the story, he spontaneously smashed a knitting machine after being told by a supervisor to correct how he was using it. However, there is no evidence that this leader of the Luddites ever existed, despite authorities at the time doing their best to locate him. Additionally, the story of Ned Ludd was told for the first time in 1847, while the Luddite movement began much earlier in 1811. What is a Luddite? Luddite has been used as an adjective since its inception, but in the 1960s, luddite became a general adjective used to refer to anyone who opposes technological progress and automation.

Introduction p 71

• ex  2 quietly
• Discuss your ideas in pairs
• ex 3 quietly (1 minute) - check your ideas
• ex 4 write down the three synonyms  of the word change (individually)
• In pairs, discuss the difference in meaning of  these words (use the dictionaries!)
• In pairs in two minutes, write down as many verbs as you can that relate to change
• see key and note the words (see also WS 27)
• SPEAKING: In pairs, discuss the questions in ex 5. Try to personalize your answers and give reasons
• Homework: p 72 ex 1-43;  WS - see Magister

Unit 7 Reading & Use of English p 71-73

VOCABULARY: 

• p 71 ex 4: In your teams / small groups present your definitions of the synonyms for change to each other. Discuss the difference in meaning of these words 
• view definitions on screen - learn!
• p 72 Feedback ex 1-3.  Exchange notebooks. Check your neighbour's answers critically. Tip: use the dictionary to find the word's meaning.
• ex 4 quietly (skim the text). Check  together as class.
• ex 5 individually (3 minutes) 
• Feedback

Unit 7 Reading & Use of English p 72-73

GRAMMAR:

• Study grammar notes Unit 7 p 156 - make your own notes
• p 73 ex 6 and ex 9 : discuss together as class
• ex 7 , 8, 10
• Feedback 

HOMEWORK: Finish the above;  WS - see Magister

Unit 7 Reading & Use of English p 72-73

FEEDBACK & DISCUSSION HOMEWORK: 

• Study grammar notes Unit 7 p 156 - make your own notes
• p 73 ex 6 and ex 9 : discuss together as class
• Feedback ex 7 , 8, 10 

READING:

• p 74-75  ex 1-4;
• feedback

HOMEWORK:  - see Magister

Unit 7 Reading & Use of English p 75-76

• Feedback: Reading and text analysis p 74-75 ex 4;

VOCABULARY: 

•  p 76 ex 5-7 use the dictionaries
• feedback

Unit 7 Listening and Vocabulary

LISTENING: 

• p 76 ex 8
• p 77 ex 2-3

VOCABULARY: 

• p 77 ex 5

Unit 7 Speaking

SPEAKING: 

• p 78 ex 1 quietly
• Listen 
• VOCABULARY: 

• p 77 ex 5

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