This document contains a vocabulary lesson on technology terms and new English words from 2012. It also includes exercises on phrasal verbs, listening to a guide about neighborhoods in East London, and speaking questions about a past holiday. For the listening, the neighborhoods mentioned were London Docklands, Canary Wharf, and Stratford. Brick Lane is famous for its curry restaurants, Whitechapel for Jack the Ripper attacks, London Docklands transformed from docks to offices, and Stratford has the 2012 Olympic stadium.

1. David Hurtado Muñoz
April 2013
FUTURE TECHNOLOGY VOCABULARY
Technology
A. Complete the definitions with the correct word.
1. Google: To look for a piece of information using a well-knownsearch engine.
2. Blogger: A person who writes kind of diary on the Internet.
3. Tweet:To send a message on Twitter.
4. Gammer :A person who plays online games.
5. Like: To give a favorable opinion of something on Facebook.
6. Web _ s _ d _ : An episode of an Internet-based drama.
7. Text: To send someone an SMS.
8. Cyberbullying: An Internet user who uses aggressive behaviour tointimidate other Internet
users.
9. Trending: A subject which everyone is talking about on social networking sites.
10. Unfriend: To remove someone from your list of friends on Facebook.
11. W _ b _ _ a _ : A seminar given using the Internet.
12. Tag : To put someone’s name on a photo on Facebook.
13. Ciberoom: A virtual room where Internet users talk to each other.
New words in English
Every year new words enter the English dictionary. Below are some new words from 2012.
Write the words next to their definitions. Then check youranswers at:
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/press-releases/uk-word-of-the-year-2012/1
1.Omnishambles:A situation that has been comprehensivelymismanaged, characterized by a
string of blunders and miscalculations.
2. Games Maker: A volunteer responsible for helping the public at anOlympic venue during the
2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
3. Medal: To win a medal in a sporting event or competition byfinishing first, second, or third.
4. Second Screening: the practice or activity of watching television whilesimultaneously using a
smartphone, tablet computer, laptop, or otherscreen device, typically in order to read about
the programmebeingwatched or post about it on a social media site.
5. Mobot: A characteristic gesture as performed by the Britishlong-distance runner Mo Farah
on winning the 5,000 and 10,000 metersevents at the 2012 Olympics, in which both arms are
arched above thehead with the hands pointing down to the top of the head to form
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6. YOLO: ‘You only live once’, typically used as a rationale orendorsement for impulsive or
irresponsible behaviour.
VOCABULARY
Phrasal verbs
Complete the sentences using the words in the box.
in upback down out after off x 2
1. We hired a car when we arrived at the airport but it broke after on theway to the hotel.
2. My mum always feels nervous just as the plane is taking down andlanding.
3. I set out at six o’clock so that I would arrive at the hostel before theother travellers.
4. Phone me from the airport after you’ve checked back.
5. I hate sleeping in a tent because I can’t put up with the mosquitoesand other insects.
6. The taxi had to turn back when it reached the mountain road because atree had fallen and
was blocking the way.
7. Would you mind looking after my cat while I’m on holiday next week?
8. We are planning to travel for six months but if we run out of money, we’ll be back sooner!
5. LISTENING
A. You are going to watch and listen to a guide to an area ofLondon. Listen carefully and tick
the London neighborhoods that are
mentioned.http://www.sightseer.tv/london/eastlondonoverview
1. Covent Garden ____
2. Brick Lane ____
3. Whitechapel ____
4. Oxford Street ____
5. London DocklandsX
6. Hyde Park ____
7. Canary Wharf X
8. Notting Hill ____
9. Stratford X

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B. Watch and listen again. Match the neighborhood with what it isfamous for.
1. Brick Lane - c. Bangladesh community
2. Whitechapel - d. Jack the Ripper
3. London Docklands - a. Bombed during WW ll
4. Canary Wharf - e. London City Airport
5. Stratford - b.2012 OlympicsStadium
C. Complete the sentences. Write one word in each gap.
1. Brick lane is famous for curry restaurants.
2. You can go on a touristic tour to see where Jack the Ripper carriedout his attacks.
3. In the 1980s the docklands transformed into a ‘mini Manhattan’.
4. East London has its own airport which is popular with business travelers.
5. The Excel Centre is an important conference and exhibition center.
6. Next door to the 2012 Olympic Site there is a huge Stratford center.
SPEAKING
Talk about your last holiday. Think about these questions.
1. Where did you go and why? Describe the place.
2. Who did you go with?
3. When did you go and how long did you stay?
4. What was the weather like?
5. Did you have any special food?
6. Did you visit any monuments?
7. Did you do any kind of sightseeing?
8. Did you do any sunbathing?
9. Did you take many photos?
10. Did you buy any souvenirs?
11. How did you travel? Was it a long trip?
12. Did you take a rucksack or a suitcase? What things did you take?
13. What is your best memory of the holiday?
14. Were you glad to get home?
15. Would you recommend the place you went for a holiday?

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16. Would you consider going there again?
Last holiday I went to a Camping in Tarragona with my family, parents and sister. We went to a
camping next to the beach because I love doing surf and every summer we went to a different
camping that are near the beach to search the ideal beach for doing surf. We go on July for a
month and the weather was very good, every day was very hot and the sun shine, but this is
bad for doing surf, because the beach is full of people.
We didn’t visit any monument and we didn’t do any kind of sightseeing, but we went for two
days to PortAventura. Of course I do sunbathing, but a little, only the time that I was doing
repose in the beach. We didn’t do many photos because I thing that is boring stay all the time
posing for a photo. We buy some souvenirs in PortAventura, I think that we buy a t-shirt for me
and my sister.
We went to Tarragona with car, isn’t a very long trip I think that one hour and half or two. I
went with a big rucksack and my surf board. My best memory of the holiday is the moment
that I met another gay in the camping that doing surf. Of course I was unhappy in the moment
that we come back home and I recommended this place for all the people that like the beach.