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55% = more than half
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70% = a large proportion of
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72% = a significant majority of
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Examples:
For example, …
For instance, …
A very good example is …
Conclusion
Conclusion
Opinion
Finally…
In my opinion,…
In conclusion….
In my mind,…
To sum up…
Personally, I believe....
In summary, ….
It seems to me that…
Therefore,....
I am convinced that….
Use the words from the table to complete sentences:
Many people say that smartphones can harm our eyes. P__________, ___ b___________ that we should reduce the screen time.
I__ c________ we see that Greece is one of the most popular tourists` destinations.
About 50% of citizens own two or more cars. T___________, they pay more taxes than the others.
Despite the common opinion, i__ s______ t__ m__ that milk isn`t healthy.
F__________, it is clear that rock music does not interest as many people as pop songs do.
I__ s____________, we need to take better care of the poor in our city.
We can s________ u___ the main point of the lesson in three sentences.
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2. What do you think about pop music?
In my opinion,
Practical tasks
Analyse the diagram data and decide, whether the statements are true or false:
Most smartphone users need their electronic devices for sending emails and making phone calls, 79% and 78%, respectively. T / F
According to the diagram provided, it’s noticeable that smartphones are not often used to communicate with each other by emails and phone calls. T / F
According to the data, we can estimate that people use smartphones for playing games more than for surfing the Internet. T / F
79% of respondents need smartphones for exchanging emails, which is approximately 5 times bigger than the amount of people using them as a substitute for credit cards (15%). T / F
Less than 25% of the respondents use their smartphones to play games. T / F
One interesting fact is that the percentage of people using smartphones for playing games is significantly greater than those using it for purchases. T / F
2. Match the sentence halves to make a text, according to the diagram.
The aim of the project is to determine and ….
There are two main purposes ….
Firstly, smartphone users regularly …
Secondly, phones are often used to make calls. Almost every …
However, although most of us are used …
For instance, only 58 percent surf the Internet, 48 percent …
play games, and a mere 15 percent use phones for paying for purchases.
to checking email on our phones, much fewer people use the Internet in other ways.
write and receive emails.
compare the ways people use smartphones these days.
of using the gadgets .
respondent claims to do that, 79 and 78 percent respectively.
3. Fill in the gaps using the words below.
Firstly according to Also Therefore Moreover As we can see For example Secondly calls communication less Smartphones Probably
__________(1) became one of the most important parts of our everyday lives during the past few years: people use them not only for __________(2), but also for a range of different purposes.
__________(3), it is important to mention that the most common purpose of using a smartphone, __________(4) the diagram, is giving and receiving emails. __________(5), calls are very popular with the users too. __________(6), paying for purchases appears to be the least common aim of smartphone usage.
__________(7), the diagram shows us clearly that paying by a bank card linked to your phone is about two times __________(8) popular than playing games on the device, which can show us that a modern smartphone is a tool for entertainment.
__________(9), smartphones have become a crucial part of life nowadays. __________(10), we already use emails more than real calls, which means that human __________(11) does not interest us as it did a decade ago. __________(12), it can lead to the lack of social skills of the future generations. So, maybe people should spend more time talking to each other (in real life, preferably), because, in the end, we are social creatures.
__________(13), in my opinion, smartphones make our lives by all means convenient, which is great, but we should not let ourselves forget how to spend time without them, because the real world is more fascinating than a device screen.
4. Imagine that you are doing a project on what people use their smartphones for. You have collected some data on the subject – the results of the opinion polls (see the bar graph).Comment on the data in the table and give your personal opinion on the subject.
Use the following plan:
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make an opening statement on the subject of the project
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select and report 2-3 main feachers
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make 1-2 comparisons where relevant
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outline a problem that can arise with smartphones and suggest the way of solving it
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draw a conclusion giving your personal opinion on the importance of smartphones in human life.
Write 200-250 words.