22 English File Intermediate Unit 9 B Digital detox Technology Quantifiers

Hello everyone. Welcome back to our video lesson series for English file fourth edition intermediate. Whether you're learning English for work, for travel, or just for the fun of it, this course is designed to help you build your confidence and improve your fluency. And today we're diving into unit 9 part It's called digital detox. What does digital detox mean? Detox is short for detoxification. Removing harmful substances from your body. digital detox means taking break from technology. No phones, no computers, no screens, just real life. In today's world, most of us spend hours every day looking at screens. Is that good? Bad? bit of both? Today we'll explore these questions. Here is what you will do in this lesson. First, vocabulary. You will learn the names of common electronic devices like charger, router, and mouse. You will also learn phrasal verbs we use with technology. For example, plug it in, switch it off, and turn it down. Then, pronunciation. You will practice how to link words together so your speech sounds more natural. For example, instead of saying switch it off as three separate words, you link them. Switch it off. This is how native speakers really talk. Then part two, listening and speaking, understanding attitude. You will listen to journalist named Anna. She went on 3-day digital detox course. No technology at all. No phone, no computer, no social media. Your task is to decide, does she feel positive or negative about different moments in her experience? Then you will discuss your own technology habits. Could you survive 3 days without your phone? Next, grammar quantifiers. You will learn how to talk about how much or how many. You will study words like lot of, too much, not enough, and few. For example, spend too much time on my phone. have few apps that really use. don't get enough sleep because scroll before bed. You will complete sentences and then decide if they're true for you. Part four, pronunciation. and In this short part, you will learn the different sounds these letters make. You will practice words like enough, caught, though, and love. You will group them by sounds and practice saying them correctly. Part five, reading and speaking, understanding technical language. You will read an article called 11 ways to tidy up your digital life. The article gives practical tips for emails, files, and abs. You will complete the tips with verbs like delete, update, and unsubscribe. You will also learn new words with the prefix on, for example, unfriend or uninstall. Finally, you will choose the best tips for you and explain why. And finally, part six, writing. You'll write short magazine article. The title is smartphones essential for modern life. First, you will read an example article about Wikipedia and correct the mistakes in it. Then you will plan and write your own article about the good and bad sides of smartphones. You will learn useful phrases to organize your ideas, to show advantages, disadvantages, and your own opinion. Okay, that's the plan. lots of useful vocabulary, real listening practice, important grammar, and chance to write. But most of all, this lesson is about something we all struggle with, our relationship with technology. Let's get started. Part one, vocabulary and pronunciation electronic devices. Activity talk about your devices. First, think about your own technology. How many phones, tablets, or laptops do you have? Which one do you use every day? Take moment to answer these two questions. You can say your answers out loud or just think about them. How many devices do you have with screens? Which one do you use the most? And speaking of me, there are two devices which have with screens, my computer and my phone. don't have any tablets. don't have TV set at home. So, yeah, live happily without TV. think use my computer the most because work on it. What about you? Can you answer these two questions? Activity Learn the words. Now you will learn 13 words for electronic devices. An adapter, charger, keyboard, memory stick, mouse, plug, printer, remote control, router, socket, speaker, switch, USB cable. look at the photos and match each word to the correct picture. Say the words out loud as you match them. This will help your memory. Then check and learn these vocabulary. 9.9. Two, an adapter. Four, charger. Five, keyboard. One, memory stick. 13. mouse. Six. plug. Eight. printer. 10. remote control. Three. routter. 11. socket. Nine. speaker. Seven. switch. 12. USB cable. Activity Match the actions to the phrasal verbs. Read sentences 1 to 10. Each sentence describes an action with technology. Your job is to match each sentence to phrasal verb from to For example, pressed the off button matches with switched it off. So, take your time and try to find the correct match for all 10. Then check and learn. 9.10 changed the heating from 20° to 18°. turned it down. 2 disconnected my printer from the computer. unplugged it. Three. made the volume on the TV louder. turned it up. Four. pressed the off button on the TV. switched it off. Five. programmed the alarm on my phone for 7:30. set it. Six. put my phone charger into socket. plugged it in. Seven. pressed the on button on my laptop. switched it on. Eight. got the latest version of an app. updated it. Nine. put antivirus software on my computer. installed it. 10. removed photo didn't like. deleted it. Right now, practice saying these phrases. This time try to link them and copy what the speakers in the audio say. 9.11 switched it off. deleted it. updated it. turned it up. installed it. unplugged it. set it. turned it down. plugged it in. switched it on. Let's read this. Separable phrasal verbs. Remember that many phrasal verbs are separable. The object can go between the verb and particle. For example, switch the TV on or after the particle. For example, switch on the TV. However, if the object is pronoun, it must go between the verb and particle. for example, switch it on. And we can't say switch on it. Look, it's complicated. know. Actually, we worked with this on the pre-intermediate lesson 34 10B. It's It was called early birds. Check the link for this lesson in the description. If you want to revise this speaking practice, it's time to use what you learned. Answer the five questions below. Give reasons for your answers. For example, do you prefer wireless mouse? Why do you think you have too many remote controls? Try to speak in full sentences. This is your chance to practice new vocabulary and phrasal verbs in real conversation. Let me say something first. Listen to my answers and then it's your turn. Okay. Question one. Do you prefer to use keyboard with or without mouse? Do you prefer wireless mouse? prefer to use keyboard with mouse. don't understand people who work on their laptops using only touchpad. It's so inconvenient actually. And speaking of mice, prefer cabled one with cable. You can call me dinosaur, but hate things that need batteries. You have to change them or charge everything. It's much better to just plug in cable and forget about it. Question two, do you normally listen to music with headphones or with speaker? It depends. At home, of course, use speakers, especially when exercise. The sound is better. It fills the room. But outside, used to use headphones lot. Now, I'm thinking about buying an M3 player, but I'm not sure. Maybe don't need one anymore. Most people just use their phones. Okay, question three. How many remote controls do you have? Do you think you have too many? None. Zero. We don't have any remote controls. No TV, no air conditioning, no complicated sound system, so no remotes. Okay. Question four. How many pins do plugs in your country have? Do you need travel adapter if you go abroad? think it's two pins. That's the standard here. And yes, of course, you need travel adapter if you go abroad. Different countries have different plugs. You can't just force your plug into different socket. It won't fit and it won't work. Question five. In your house, do you usually agree about what the temperature should be? Or is someone always turning the heating or air condition up and down? Wa, it's complicated. We can't turn the heating up or down. It can't be regulated. No. And there is no air conditioning in my flat. So, we don't have those problems. But we never agree on what the temperature should be when it comes to opening and closing windows. prefer cold. like it when everything is open, fresh air, breeze. However, my wife gets cold very quickly. She prefers when everything is closed and warm, like really warm. That's why sometimes suffer in summer because can't open the window. For me, it's always too hot. For her, it's always too cold. But somehow, we managed to live happily together. That's what matters, actually. Okay, now it's your turn. Answer these five questions for yourself. Pause the video, say your answers out loud, and give reasons. And don't forget to try to use new vocabulary like plug it in, switch it on, turn it up, charge it up, wireless cable, adapter, remote control, and so on. So good luck. Part two, listening and speaking. Here we are talking about our relationship with technology and whether we need to take break from it. let's begin with simple question. Are you addicted to your phone? Do you think you are addicted to your phone? How many times in 1 hour do you look at it? And what do you usually check? Messages, social media, or something else. Think about your own habits. You can say your answers again out loud or just answer in your head. But let me go first. Speaking for myself, think am addicted to my phone because can't live without it. can't imagine day without it. check it many times. look at messages, read the news, things like that. But the thing is, don't actually feel bad about it. For example, if need to do something urgent, won't get distracted by my phone. only use it when need short break, just minute or two. However, when it comes to leisure time to free time, think there is problem. Using my phone so much makes me kind of feel or kind of makes me less concentrated and less focused. can feel the negative influence. Luckily, still do many things that require focus like writing, reading, analyzing, and creating. These activities help me find balance between being brainless phone user and person who can work when necessary. Something like that. Well, what about you? Are you addicted to your phone? How many times an hour do you check it? Try to answer these questions. activity Now you will read short article about digital detox in the UK. It has some interesting facts in new vocabulary. After you read, discuss these three questions. What? One, what does digital detox mean? Two, do you think phone stacking is good idea? Do you and your friends ever do it? And three, what does unplug mean in the third paragraph? Do you have periods in the day or during the week when you unplug? Do you enjoy life more when you're unplugged? Take your time. These words are very useful for the rest of the lesson. Less time online. Millions of Britons take digital detox. Taking break from technology is on the rise. According to recent study by Ofcom, the UK Office of Communications, more and more young people are phone staking. When they go out for coffee or meal, putting their phones in the middle of the table and agreeing not to look at them, the first person who looks at their phone pays the bill. 34% of internet users have taken break from their device in the last 12 months. This break was usually for no more than day, though some people took break of week or even month. The under 25s are most likely to unplug. Feedback from these digital detoxers is very positive. 33% said they got more done in their lives when they weren't online and 21% said they enjoyed life more. Only 8% found the experience stressful. Okay, let's take look. Digital detox. Actually, it's period of time when you stop using electronic devices like phones and computers or kind of start using them less. On the rise, just for case, it's increasing, becoming more popular. Phone stacking. It's when group of people put their phones in pile and the first person to touch theirs pays the bill. and unplug to disconnect from technology to stop using digital devices. And another word feedback, opinions, or comments about an experience just for case. But okay, by the way, speaking of this question, do you think phone staking is good idea? Do you and your friends ever do it? We never do this. mean, nowadays it's just good manners. When you go out, you try to pay attention to the people you're with. You don't have to set up additional challenges. For me personally, it's weird. And speaking of this question number three, do you have periods in the day or during the week when you unplug? don't think have such periods. Do you enjoy life more when you're unplugged? Actually, no. don't kind of have no thought have never thought of this actually. So, but think will do something of this sort in the future. But for now, think it's not necessary. Yes, I'm talking like an an addicted person actually, but can't live without my phone. But at least I'm honest. Okay, I'm just kidding. So, let's move on. Activity Listen for attitude. You will now hear five short sentences. They were said by journalist named Anna McGee. She went on 3-day digital detox course. Listen carefully for each sentence. Decide if your feeling is positive or negative. This is called listening for attitude. Do not worry about understanding every word. Focus on the feeling. 9.12. One. Suddenly felt cut off and panicky. Two, we had lots of conversations with real life humans. Three, slept really well for the first time in months. Four, felt really disconnected and lonely. Five, really noticed the beauty of the countryside. Okay, let's check it. Sentence one. Suddenly, felt cut off and panicky. It's negative, of course. Cut off and panicky are negative emotions. She felt isolated and worried. Two, we had lots of conversations with real life humans. positive. Lots of conversations in real life humans suggest connection and enjoyment. Three, slept really well for the first time in months. Positive, of course, sleeping well is good thing. For the first time in months shows improvement. Sentence four, felt really disconnected and lonely. Of course, it's negative. Disconnected and lonely are strong negative feelings. And finally, really noticed the beauty of the countryside. It's positive. Notice the beauty shows appreciation and calm, positive mind. Okay, let's move on. Activity Listen for overall opinion. Now you will listen to the full radio interview with Anna. This time do not focus on small details. Just answer one big question. On the whole, was your experience positive or negative? That means in general, did she feel good about it or bad about it? Listen for her final opinion. 9.13. Technology addiction is real and it's creating mental health problems all over the world. According to recent survey, one in three UK adults is so addicted to their phone that they regularly check it in the middle of the night. So, it's no surprise that the idea of digital detox is growing in popularity. But what is it actually like to go on one? Time to log Off is an organization which runs 3-day digital detoxes in an old country house in Dorset in the southwest of England. People who go on them are not allowed to use digital devices at all for 3 days. Journalist Anna McGee felt she was addicted to her smartphone. So when she read about the detoxes, she decided to go on one. When arrived, the first thing discovered was that there was no mobile phone coverage, so couldn't cheat even if wanted to. Suddenly, felt cut off and panicky. What if something happened to my husband? What if something terrible happened in the world? There were eight other people on the detox with me. At 6:00 p.m., we met in the living room and handed in our devices, our phones or tablets or whatever. People looked scared. was worried there were going to be lots of lectures on psychology, things like that. But no, instead there was yoga and walks through the countryside where we picked fruit and had lots of conversations with real life humans. The first night slept really well for the first time in months. But it wasn't always easy. The second evening without my phone, felt really disconnected and lonely. At yoga that night, burst into tears and felt awful not being able to call friend. But by the third and final day, had changed. When we went on our walk, really noticed the beauty of the countryside and was able to sit still on the sofa reading book for nearly half an hour without losing concentration. started coloring in pictures in books. was even eating more slowly in more relaxed way. At lunchtime the next day, we got our devices back and said goodbye. When finally managed to get coverage, hungrily checked my phone for messages, likes, comments, news, but nothing had really happened. managed the whole 2hour train journey back without checking my phone again, just noticing the countryside instead. It's now 3 weeks since went on the detox and though can't quite believe it, have managed to control my use of technology. have one full day unplugged each week on Saturdays and feel incredibly rested on Sundays as result. don't do email after 8:00 p.m. and that really helps me to sleep. know they're tiny steps, but feel that I've changed. When I'm chatting to friends, feel that I'm much more present. I'm really focusing on them and not getting distracted by my phone. And find that when have break instead of wanting to scroll through Twitter or check WhatsApp, what really want is real life conversation. and the answer is positive. Why? At the end of the interview, Anna says, have managed to control my use of technology. feel incredibly rested. feel that I've changed. I'm much more present. These are all positive results. Even though she had difficult moments, her final feelings are clearly positive. Activity This time you will listen for specific information. Read sentences 1 to 8. Some are true, some are false. Your job is to mark true or false. If sentence is false, you must correct it. You must say why it's false. This is common exam task, so pay attention to the exact words you hear. First of all, let's read these sentences. One, quarter of UK adults check their phones in the middle of the night. Two, when Anna arrived at the house in Dorset, she felt very nervous. Three, the activities were not exactly what she was expecting. Four, the second day of the detox was easier than the first. Five, by the third day, her ability to concentrate had improved. Six, on her train journey home, she spent the time checking her phone. Seven, since the detox, her weekends and evenings are technology free. Eight. She enjoys her friend's company more than she used to. Okay, listen to the audio and mark the sentences. True or false. 9.13. Technology addiction is real and it's creating mental health problems all over the world. According to recent survey, one in three UK adults is so addicted to their phone that they regularly check it in the middle of the night. So, it's no surprise that the idea of digital detox is growing in popularity. But what is it actually like to go on one? Time to log off is an organization which runs 3-day digital detoxes in an old countryhouse in Dorset in the southwest of England. People who go on them are not allowed to use digital devices at all for 3 days. Journalist Anna McGee felt she was addicted to her smartphone. So when she read about the detoxes, she decided to go on one. When arrived, the first thing discovered was that there was no mobile phone coverage, so couldn't cheat even if wanted to. Suddenly, felt cut off and panicky. What if something happened to my husband? What if something terrible happened in the world? There were eight other people on the detox with me. At 6:00 p.m., we met in the living room and handed in our devices, our phones or tablets or whatever. People looked scared. was worried there were going to be lots of lectures on psychology, things like that. But no, instead there was yoga and walks through the countryside where we picked fruit and had lots of conversations with real life humans. The first night slept really well for the first time in months. But it wasn't always easy. The second evening without my phone, felt really disconnected and lonely. At yoga that night, burst into tears and felt awful not being able to call friend. But by the third and final day, had changed. When we went on our walk, really noticed the beauty of the countryside and was able to sit still on the sofa reading book for nearly half an hour without losing concentration. started coloring in pictures in books. was even eating more slowly in more relaxed way. At lunchtime the next day, we got our devices back and said goodbye. When finally managed to get coverage, hungrily checked my phone for messages, likes, comments, news, but nothing had really happened. managed the whole 2hour train journey back without checking my phone again, just noticing the countryside instead. It's now 3 weeks since went on the detox, and though can't quite believe it, have managed to control my use of technology. have one full day unplugged each week on Saturdays, and feel incredibly rested on Sundays. As result, don't do email after 8:00 p.m., and that really helps me to sleep. know they're tiny steps, but feel that I've changed. When I'm chatting to friends, feel that I'm much more present. I'm really focusing on them and not getting distracted by my phone. And find that when have break instead of wanting to scroll through Twitter or check WhatsApp, what really want is real life conversation. And now let's see the answers. Sentence one, it's false because she says according to recent survey, one in three UK adults is so addicted to their phone that they regularly check it in the middle of the night. So one in three UK adults is 33% not quarter which is 25%. it could be complicated but hope you're okay with this sentence but it's false. Two, it's true. She says suddenly felt cut off and panicky and people looked scared. Number three, it's true. She says, was worried there were going to be lots of lectures on psychology, things like that, but no, instead there was yoga and walks and other activities." Four, it's false. She says, "The second evening without my phone, felt really disconnected and lonely at yoga that night, pursed into tears." So, correction, the second day was harder than the first. Five. It's true. She says, was able to sit still on the sofa reading book for nearly half an hour without losing concentration." Six. She says, managed the whole 2hour train journey back without checking my phone again." So, correction, she did not check her phone on the train. Seven, it's false. She says, have one full day unplugged each week on Saturdays, and don't do email after 8:00 p.m." So, you see, she's technology free on Saturdays, not all weekend. It's too harsh. Evenings are email free after 8:00 p.m., but not completely technology free. And finally, 8, it's true. She says, "When I'm chatting to friends, feel that I'm much more present. I'm really focusing on them and not getting distracted by my phone. Something like that. Activity Finally, it's your turn to speak. Discuss these three questions with kind of with yourself. I'm sorry, not with partner. Use your own experience and opinions. One, if you went on digital detox course, what do you think you would miss the most? How would you feel? Do two, do you think digital detoxes are good idea or stupid idea? Do you think it's really necessary to take break from technology? And three, have you been without the internet or phone coverage recently? Why did you miss it? Try to give reasons for your answers. This is your chance to use new vocabulary in real conversation. But let me go first. So number one, if you went on digital detox course, what do you think you would miss the most? How would you feel? can't say that would miss something in particular. Totally depends on what was going to do there. think would feel pretty okay if set goal. For example, read some books, write something, or develop an idea and then just focused on it. In that case, probably wouldn't miss any technology at all. Two, do you think digital detoxes are good idea or stupid idea? Do you think it's really necessary to take break from technology? for me personally, it's stupid idea. mean, for me, for some people, it might be very rational thing to do, especially if they feel some negative influence from technology. But think it's more important to learn how to live in harmony with technology. For example, kind of control the amount of time you spend online. Not because you're trying to detox, but because you have important things to do. And number three, have you been without the internet or phone coverage recently? Why did you miss it? Actually, yes, have. There was one week when my internet provider went down completely. It didn't work for about week and during that time just wrote lot of scripts for lessons. Of course, missed it mainly because lost money. In way, it was holiday for me, but since couldn't give lessons online, lost quite lot. And honestly, didn't notice any kind of increase in my productivity when it came to making videos without the internet. Something like that. Now your turn. What about you? Pause the video. Answer the three questions. Give reasons. Use the new vocabulary. Good luck. Now listen to the audio one more time. Read the script and then I'm going to translate it. 9.13 Technology addiction is real and it's creating mental health problems all over the world. According to recent survey, one in three UK adults is so addicted to their phone that they regularly check it in the middle of the night. So, it's no surprise that the idea of digital detox is growing in popularity. But what is it actually like to go on one? Time to log off is an organization which runs 3-day digital detoxes in an old country house in Dorset in the southwest of England. People who go on them are not allowed to use digital devices at all for 3 days. Journalist Anna McGee felt she was addicted to her smartphone. So when she read about the detoxes, she decided to go on one. When arrived, the first thing discovered was that there was no mobile phone coverage, so couldn't cheat even if wanted to. Suddenly, felt cut off and panicky. What if something happened to my husband? What if something terrible happened in the world? There were eight other people on the detox with me. At 6:00 p.m., we met in the living room and handed in our devices, our phones or tablets or whatever. People looked scared. was worried there were going to be lots of lectures on psychology, things like that. But no, instead there was yoga and walks through the countryside where we picked fruit and had lots of conversations with real life humans. The first night slept really well for the first time in months. But it wasn't always easy. The second evening without my phone, felt really disconnected and lonely. At yoga that night, burst into tears and felt awful not being able to call friend. But by the third and final day, had changed. When we went on our walk, really noticed the beauty of the countryside, and was able to sit still on the sofa reading book for nearly half an hour without losing concentration. started coloring in pictures in books. was even eating more slowly in more relaxed way. At lunchtime the next day, we got our devices back and said goodbye. When finally managed to get coverage, hungrily checked my phone for messages, likes, comments, news, but nothing had really happened. managed the whole 2hour train journey back without checking my phone again, just noticing the countryside instead. It's now 3 weeks since went on the detox, and though can't quite believe it, have managed to control my use of technology. have one full day unplugged each week on Saturdays, and feel incredibly rested on Sundays. As result, don't do email after 8:00 p.m. and that really helps me to sleep. know they're tiny steps, but feel that I've changed when I'm chatting to friends. feel that I'm much more present. I'm really focusing on them and not getting distracted by my phone. And find that when have break, instead of wanting to scroll through Twitter or check WhatsApp, what really want is real life conversation. all over the world. According to recent, one in three In the middle of the night is growing in popularity. But what is it actually like to go on oneto time to log They are not allowed. Cut off. Cut off. Panicking. handed in going to for real life humans. Fore burst into tears. When we went on our walk, was even eating more slowly. Get coverage. Hungary. Poison. detox though. can't quite believe it. No, as result. for present. WhatsApp. What really want is real life conversation. Part three, grammar quantifiers. Activity think and predict. Now you're going to practice grammar. You will see six sentences about technology and digital habits. But some words are missing. Your job is simple. Read each sentence and try to guess what the missing words are. Do not write anything yet. Just think and discuss with yourself. For example, in sentence one, maybe the missing words are lot. But is that correct? You will find out soon. This is good strategy. Guessing first helps your brain prepare for the correct answer. Activity Listen and check. Now listen to the audio. It will give you the complete sentences. As you listen, write the missing words in the gaps. After the audio finishes, check your answers. Did you guess correctly? If you made mistake, that's fine. Just correct your answer and learn the right one. Pay attention to the grammar. These are all quantifiers. Words we use to talk about quantity like lot of, too much, not enough, and few. You will study these more in the next part of the lesson. 9.14. One, used to have lot of different gadgets, but now use my phone for almost everything. Two, I'd like to have better computer, but don't have enough money to buy one right now. Three, spend too much time online. think need digital detox. Four, have lot of friends on Facebook, but only few of them are close friends. Five, never watch TV or films on my phone because the screen isn't big enough. Six, like Apple products, but can't afford them. think they're too expensive. 9.14. One, used to have lot of different gadgets, but now use my phone for almost everything. Two, I'd like to have better computer, but don't have enough money to buy one right now. Three, spend too much time online. think need digital detox. Four, have lot of friends on Facebook, but only few of them are close friends. Five, never watch TV or films on my phone because the screen isn't big enough. Six, like Apple products, but can't afford them. think they're too expensive. Quantifiers, that's lot. First, listen to the examples. Actually, if you have done previous courses with me, these words aren't new for you. However, this time they are all together mixed. Okay, let's go to the examples. 9.15 1. My daughter has lot of apps on her phone. Nina has lots of clothes. I've been there loads of times. Two, James eats lot. Three, there aren't many cafes near here. Do you have many close friends? Do you watch much TV? don't eat much chocolate. Four. Don't run. We have plenty of time. 1. Do you want some more ice cream? Just little. The town only has few cinemas. Two. I'm so busy that have very little time for myself. Sarah isn't popular and she has very few friends. Three. have less free time than used to have. There are fewer flights in the winter than in the summer. 9.17 one. don't like this city. It's too big and it's too noisy. You're speaking too quietly. can't hear you. Two, there's too much traffic and too much noise. There are too many tourists and too many cars. Three, there aren't enough parks and there aren't enough trees. The buses aren't frequent enough. The buses don't run frequently enough. 9.18 1. There isn't any milk in the fridge. We don't have any eggs. Two, there's no milk in the fridge. We have no eggs. Three. How many eggs do we have? None. I've used them all. Okay. Speaking of the rules, quantifiers, large quantities. We use lot of or lots of in positive sentences. We can also use loads of, but it's more informal. So, actually use kind of all three options. Number two, we use lot when there is no noun. He talks lot. She drinks lot. We sing lot and so on. But you can't say he talks lot of. Number three, much many are normally used in negative sentences and questions, but lot of can also be used, so it's okay. And four, we use plenty of in positive sentences. It means more than enough. Don't run. We have plenty of time. So, it's lot. Speaking of small quantities, we use little plus uncountable nouns. Few plus plural countable nouns. little and few. Kind of some but not lot. Very little and very few. Not much, not many. And the comparative of little is less. And the comparative of few is fewer. So, less free time, fewer flights. Okay. more or less than you need or want. We use to plus adjective for adverb. Too big, too noisy. We use too much plus uncountable nouns and too many plus plural countable nouns. Too much traffic, too much noise, too many tourists, too many cars. And we use enough or not enough before noun. For example, not enough eggs or enough eggs, enough milk. And after an adjective, it isn't big enough. Or an adverb, you aren't walking fast enough. And finally, zero quantity. We use any plus uncountable or plural noun for zero quantity with negative verb. Isn't any milk? There isn't any milk. We don't have any eggs. And we use no plus uncountable or plural noun with positive verb. And we use none without noun in short answers. How many eggs do we have? None. I've used them all. Okay, here we go again. Now think let's read some additional notes about quantifiers. hope it will help you understand more. Okay, what we've got common mistakes and confusing moments. One, lot of versus lot. Very common mistake. You see, correct? She has lot of friends, but you don't say she has lot friends. No. He talks lot, but you don't say he talks lot of also. No. eat lot of rice, but don't say eat rice lot of. So remember use lot of plus noun noun like friends for example or rice and lot of water lot of people and use lot alone. So no none like verb plus lot like you see talks talk lot drink lot seen lot and so on. Next is much when can you use them in positive sentences? The rule says much many are normally used in negatives and questions but in formal or written English you can use them in positive sentences possible kind of formal many people believe in climate change or much has been said about the problem avoid in everyday speech you know kind of have much money say have lot of money she has many books say she has lot of books so actually lot of is just preferable in positive sentences. Next, little, few versus very little, very few, big meaning difference. Let's start with little. It means some positive. have little time. can help you. So, have some time. have little time. But very little, almost none negative. have very little time. can't help. So, no time. You see little time positive, very little time, kind of negative. Don't have it. And the same thing with few and very few, but there is only one difference. It's for kind of plural nouns or countable nouns. few. He has few friends. He's not lonely. So, that's good for him. He has few friends. Very few. Almost none. Negative. He has very few friends. He is lonely. So common mistake. have little money so can't buy anything. No, that's strange. If you say have little money, you mean that actually you have some. So have very little money so can't buy anything. This one is correct because very little or just little money means you don't have much or you don't have any. Next is four. Enough position changes everything. Pattern enough plus noun. We have enough cheers again. Enough before nouns. Adjective plus enough. This coffee isn't hot enough but after adjectives and adverb plus enough. She didn't run fast enough. So enough is after adverbs. So common mistakes. We don't have cheers enough. that's weird. We don't have enough cheers. That's the correct option. Or it isn't enough hot. No, no, no. You say it isn't hot enough. There are three patterns. Try to memorize them. Next. Two plus adjective versus too much. many plus noun. that's important. So, you use two plus adjective and nothing more like the bag is too heavy. You don't need to say not too much heavy or too many heavy. No, just these. The bag is too heavy. But too much plus uncountable nouns. There is too much sugar and too many plus countable. There are too many cars. So, mistake to avoid. There are too much people. You see, that's strange. No, there are too many people because we use countable with too many. People are countable. One person, two people. Six. Any, no, none. Confusing zero quantity. So correct. don't have any money. Incorrect. don't have no money. It's double negative in English. It's red flag. have no money. It's okay. You can say so, but you can't say have no any money. That's strange. And how many tickets? None. How many tickets? No one. No, don't use this word here. So you use noun. None. Meaning not one, not any. Used alone. No noun. Just one word without any extra words. No plus noun like have no money. have no milk. have no friends. And any plus negative verb. don't have any. don't have any questions. don't have any friends. don't have any time. So something like that. Next is fewer versus less. Fewer plus countable. Fewer apples, fewer people. So incorrect, less apples. Less plus uncountable, less sugar, less time. So actually less people it's considered to be incorrect, but you can use it in informal English. So it's kind of common thing. less people but still try to use fewer people but okay I've already said it next quick practice confusing pairs choose correct option so let me do it and explain you something here have little or few good friends maybe three or four you see friends it's countable noun so it will be few no red isn't good color to show that this correct version. Okay, let's do it like this. She eats lot or she eats lot of pasta. You see, it's noun and with nouns we use lot of. Next, this short isn't enough. Big isn't big enough. Enough comes after adjectives. So kind of big enough. There are too much or too many abs on my phone. App abs countable noun. So it's too many. And finally, we don't have no milk left. We don't have any milk left. No double negative. You can't say don't have no double negative. So you use any here. We don't have any milk left. Okay, now it's time to practice. Let's move on to this section of exercises. Now, I'm going to translate these rules for my Russian speaking oins. If you don't need this part, skip it and go straight to the grammar exercises. quantifiers. Lots of loads of lot of Loads of times. Do lot. He talks lot. lot of lot of lots of clothes. Eat lot, sleep lot, and so on. Much many much. There aren't many cafes near here. Do you have many close friends? Do you watch much TV? don't eat much chocolate. No, friend. Friends TV. Chocolate. Plenty of We have plenty of time. little ice cream. few cinnamon. little, little, few, few. little, few. Little few, very little, very few. few friends less and fewer. Little less. Few. Few fewer. Too much. Too many. Too much traffic. Too much noise. Too many. Too many tourists and too many cars. do enough. There aren't enough parks. There aren't enough trees. The buses aren't frequent enough. The buses don't run frequently enough. There isn't any milk. We don't have any eggs. don't have any friends. We don't have any time. No, there is no milk. We have no eggs. have no time. We have no money. What? How many eggs do we have? None. How much time do you need? Part three, grammar exercises. So, exercise choose correct quantifier. You see 10 sentences. In each sentence, there are two options in bold. Your job is to choose the correct one. For example, my husband has too much or too many gadgets. Which one is correct? Gadgets is plural countable noun. So, the answer is too many. Read each sentence carefully. Think about the noun that follows. Is it countable or uncountable? That will help you decide. If both options are possible, just put tick or say. Both are possible. And speaking of the exercise find and correct the mistakes. For this activity, you will see 10 sentences. Some of them are correct, some of them have grammar mistakes. Your job is if the sentence is correct, just say it or put tick. If the sentence is wrong, put cross and write the correct version. Look at the example. My nephew got lots of video games for his birthday. This sentence is correct. So it has tick. But the next example, don't post much photos online. This is wrong. The correct version is don't post many photos online because photos is plural countable noun. Read each sentence carefully. Think about quantifiers like much, many, lot of, enough, too much into many. This will help you find the mistakes. Good luck. Do it. Then check. And let's go. circle the correct word or phrase tick if both are possible. My husband has too much or too many gadgets. Gadgets countable noun. So too many gadgets. just have to reply to few or little emails. Emails countable noun. One email. two emails. So few is the correct option. Next. Do you spend much time or many time? Time is uncountable. You can't count it. So it's much. Do you spend much time on social media? My bedroom is nice size. There is enough room, plenty of room for desk. Actually, you can use both here. Enough room and plenty of room as well. So put tick. There is enough room so it's okay. You can put desk or there is plenty of room for desk. It means like you can put it anyway. So both options. Four. know very few very little people who speak two foreign languages. People. Yeah it's kind of countable noun. One person two people. Here you use very few. know very few people who speak two foreign languages. actually can do it like this. Five. My brother has downloaded lot of or lots of apps onto his new phone. Here you can use both. lot of, lots of, or loads of. So, whatever you want. It's positive sentence. You can use both options. Six. have some cash on me, but not lot. So you see it doesn't have continue. So like lot of what because after lot of you need noun here there is no noun like have some cash on me but not lot. Or you can say have some cash on me but not lot of cash. You see? Okay. Number seven. Their their new TV is too or too much big. Big just an adjective. Use just too. TV is too big. Too much you use with noun. So TV is too big. It hardly fits in the living room. Eight. There aren't any. There are no potatoes. forgot to buy some. You can use both options. There aren't any potatoes or there are no potatoes. Both. My niece isn't old enough. Enough old. Here old enough. We use enough after adjectives. So old enough to play with the game's console. don't have lot of or many close friends. Here is negative sentence. Actually, preferably you use many, but you can use lot of actually. Preferably many in negative in questions, but it's okay to use here lot of as well. So put tick here. Now, let's read the answer keys. My husband has too many gadgets. just have to reply to few emails. Do you spend much time on social media? My bedroom is nice size. There is enough room, plenty of room for desk. know very few people who speak two foreign languages. My brother has downloaded lot of or lots of apps onto his new phone. have some cash on me, but not lot. Their new TV is too big. It hardly fits in the living room. There aren't any potatoes. There are no potatoes for forgot to buy some. My niece isn't old enough to play with the games console. don't have lot of close friends. don't have many close friends. Okay, so the exercise is done. Now, let's take look at this exercise can do it like this? No, it's okay. Exercise Are the highlighted phrases right or wrong? Correct the wrong ones. we need some corrections if necessary. My nephew got lots of video games for his birthday. It's okay. don't post much photos. Many photos. folders are countable. How many presents did you get? lot. Look, you can't say lot of because after lot of you use noun like lot of presents. But here, just one single answer, lot. Two, buy fewer ebooks than used to because prefer physical books. Believe it or not, it's okay. So ebooks are countable and with them we use fewer not less. Three. There isn't no time. Double negative. No, no, no. Look, there are two options. You can say there is no time or there isn't any time. But you can't say there isn't no time. Four. Please turn that music down. It's too much loud. We don't need this word here. It's too loud. With adjectives, we use just two and that's all. There aren't many good programs on TV tonight. It's completely okay. You can say so. It's negative sentence. Programs are countable. So, there aren't many good programs. My broadband isn't enough fast. Mhm. Isn't fast enough. You use enough after adjectives. get too much emails at work. Too many. Of course, because emails are countable. Too many emails. Eight. How much fruit do we have? Any. Any. It's nonsense to use it separably here. So, use none instead. Like, how much fruit do we have? None. Can you buy some? there are or you can say we don't have any fruit. There are only little people that can talk to about my problems. That sounds really that sounds really strange. So there are only few people because people are countable. One person, two people, three people use few. And Karen has plenty of money, so she always has the latest phone. It's completely okay. And I'm happy for Karen. Okay, now let's read the answer keys. My nephew got lots of video games for his birthday. don't post many photos online. How many presents did you get? lot. buy fewer ebooks than used to because prefer physical books. There is no time to walk there. We'll have to get taxi. Please turn that music down. It's too loud. There aren't many good programs on TV tonight. My broadband isn't fast enough for me to download films easily. get too many emails at work. It takes me ages to read them all. How much fruit do we have? None. Can you buy some? There are only few people that can talk to about my problems. Karen has plenty of money, so she always has the latest phone. Okay, that was great. Now, we need extra exercises as usually. So, let's do one more. One more exercise. Circle the correct answers. So you see there is text kind of on the left and there are some options on the right. You just choose the first option or the second option. think the task is very very clear. Try to do this exercise. Choose the correct option in your opinion and then check yourself. Here we go. So, let's do it. Circle the correct answers. Shh, you're being too noisy. I'm trying to listen to the news. So, two plus adjectives. I'm not making much noise. Noise is uncountable at all. Noise is uncountable at all. No, I'm sorry. Noise is an uncountable noun, so we use much. I'm I'm not making much noise at all. Turn the TV up if it isn't loud enough. So, after adjectives, we use enough. Jane, you're back. How was your holiday? Fantastic. only got back few hours ago. Countable noun, so we use few. Why didn't you post any photos on Facebook? kept looking. So, it's negative sentence. This way, we use any. decided to spend less time. Time is uncountable noun on social media while was away. But still took lot loads of here is loads of look. You need to use here actually lot of forters or loads of wters or lots of forters but you can't use lot separately here because we have noun photos so loads of photos I've set the alarm on my phone for 5:00 a.m. Do you think that's early enough? Enough early enough. early it's an adjective, so we use enough after an adjective. think it's too early. Just two plus adjective. Set it for six. That will give us plenty of time to get there by 7:00. You can't say many time because it's uncountable. So, lot of time or plenty of time. It's it's correct here. Okay. Yes, guess you're right. There should be traffic. Traffic is uncountable noun. So, very little traffic at that time of the morning. So, okay. You're being too noisy. I'm trying to listen to the news. I'm not making much noise at all. Turn the TV up if if it isn't loud loud enough. Jane, you're back. How was your holiday? Fantastic. only got back few hours ago. Why didn't you post Why didn't you post any photos on Facebook? kept looking. decided to spend less time on social media while was away, but still took loads of photos. set the alarm on my phone for half 6. Do you think that's early enough? think it's too early. Set it for 6. That will give us plenty of time to get there by 7:00. Yes, guess you're right. There should be very little traffic at the time of the morning. Okay, next part. So, four. Have you seen my memory stick? You have lots of or loads? Of course, you use lots of because you need particle of here because there is noun memory sticks. You have lots of memory sticks. Which one? The red one. It doesn't have any files in it, but they are really Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. No, no, no. The red one, it doesn't have many files on it, but they are really important. So, there are some. We can't say any here because there are some files kind of on it. Five. am updating my Twitter profile. Which photo do you think is better? I'm surprised you're still on Twitter. Do you use it lot? So, no nouns afterwards, just use it lot. We use it with verbs as well. Yes. Why don't Don't many of your friends friends countable? Don't many of your friends use it anymore? No. None. No, none. suppose fewer younger young people use it nowadays. Anyway, tell me which photo do you prefer? again, people countable noun. One person, two people, three people. So, we use viewer. Six. really want to buy the new Samsung smartphone, but it's too expensive at the moment. Two plus adjective. Yes, but if you wait few months, 1 month, 2 months, 3 months, countable, so few, it will be cheaper. know but have no patience. So you use have no time. have no money. have no patience. In these situations you use just no plus null and none you use separately like do you have patience? None. Something like that. Okay. know but have no patience. want it now. Okay. Let's read. Have you seen my memory stick? You have lots of memory sticks. Which one? The red one. It doesn't have many files on it, but they are really important. I'm updating my Twitter profile. Which water do you think is better? Surprised you're still on Twitter. Do you use it lot? Yes. Why don't many of your friends use it anymore? No. None. suppose fewer young people use it nowadays. Anyway, tell me which photo you prefer. really want to buy the new Samsung smartphone, but it's too expensive at the moment. Yes, but if you wait few months, it will be cheaper. know, but have no patience. want it now. Okay, so there were the exercises. hope you got at least something correct. Now, let's continue. And let's continue practicing, of course. Part talk to partner. Are the sentences in true for you? Say why? Why not? There are six sentences about technology and digital habits. For each sentence, decide is it true for you or not. Then say why. Give reasons useful sentences and try to use the quantifiers we just learned. lot of, too much, not enough. If you know any, will answer it first, then you can answer for yourself. Sentence one. used to have lot of different gadgets, but now use my phone for almost everything. Actually, this isn't true for me. didn't used to have lot of different gadgets. have and I've always had my computer. That's the the device use for almost everything. My phone is mostly for news and messages. What about you? Did you used to have many gadgets? Do you use your phone for everything now? Think about it. I'd like to have better computer, but know don't have enough money to buy one right now. Yes and no. Don't get me wrong, think everybody would like to have better computer. But honestly, do have enough money to buy one. just don't actually need it because my current computer is fast enough for all my tasks. And when it comes to gaming, play very old video games, so they don't require powerful computer at all. Sentence three. spend too much time online. think need digital detox. No, don't think so. My wife is like walking digital detox. Whenever try to use my computer for something that isn't work, she grabs me by the neck and pushes me to go somewhere. So, get plenty of detoxing whether want it or not. Sentence four. have lot of friends on Facebook, but only few of them are close friends. Yeah, that's true for me. can't say have lot of friends there, but regularly speak to maybe to two or maybe three people. That's about it. And sentence five, never watch TV or films on my phone because the screen isn't big enough. Well, don't mind watching something in my phone in theory. It's just that don't really like it. mean, watching films or TV shows on such small screen. That's why almost never do it. Sentence six. like Apple products, but can't afford them. think they're too expensive. Okay, can actually afford them. It would just use up all my savings, but don't see the point. Like what do need an Apple product for? To check my messages really. And when it comes to video editing, Adobs work pretty well on Windows 2. So, so something like that. Now your turn. Pause the video. Go through each of the six sentence. For each one say, is this true for me or not? Why? Give reason. Try to use quantifiers in your answers. And think good luck. This is great practice for real conversation. Part four, pronunciation. and quick note before you start. These letters are very tricky in English. Why? Because they can be pronounced in many different ways. In this part, you will practice these words. Do not try to learn rule. There isn't one actually. The best way is to remember the sound for each word. Just practice. Okay, let's begin. Activity Group the words by sound. Look at the table. You will see six columns each with different sound symbol and picture. For example, the horse picture represents the sound like in horse. Your job is to write the words from the list into the correct column. Say each word quietly to yourself. How does it sound? Does it sound like horse, up, phone, car, put, or clock? Take your time. This is not easy, but it will help your pronunciation lot. activity Listen and check. Now listen to the audio. It will read all the words grouped by sound. As you listen, check your answers. Did you put the words in the right columns? After the audio finishes, answer two questions. Which sound is the most common? Look at the columns. Which one has the most words? And which four words finish with the sound? Listen carefully to the end of each word. This will help you understand the patterns in these tricky words. 9.19. Horse or bought brought caught daughter thought up enough tough phone. although car laugh boot oo through clock cough. activity See, listen and repeat. Now you will hear five sentences. Each sentence contains some of the words you just practiced. First, just listen. Pay attention to how the words with the gh and gh are pronounced. Then listen again and repeat each sentence out loud. Try to copy the rhythm and the sounds exactly. And finally, practice saying the sentences by yourself. Say them few times until they feel natural. This will help you remember the correct pronunciation. 9.20. One, bought new iPhone, although thought it was very expensive. Two, my daughter's caught bad cold. Three, we've been through some tough times. Four. didn't laugh. It was cough. Five. You haven't brought enough wine. 9.20. One. bought new iPhone, although thought it was very expensive. Two, my daughter's caught bad cold. Three. We've been through some tough times. Four. didn't laugh. It was cough. Five. You haven't brought enough wine. Part five, reading and speaking. Okay. In this part, you will read an article called 11 ways to tidy up your digital life. It gives you practical advice about emails, photos, apps, passwords, and more. You will learn new vocabulary, practice completing sentences, and discover words with the prefix on like unread, unfriend, and unsubscribe. At the end, you will discuss which tips are most useful for you. That was in short. Now, let's begin. Activity Before you read the article, talk about your own digital life with yourself or with partner if you have one. There are nine questions. They ask about photos, apps, emails, songs, friends, contacts, passwords, wallpaper, and all devices. Answer each question honestly. This discussion will help you think about the topic before you start reading. I'll do this task first, of course. How many photos do you have in your phone? Are they organized into albums? How quickly could you find photo you wanted to show someone? have lot of photos. Mostly their screenshots or photos of my cat. They aren't organized into albums because don't see the point. And of course, can't find photo quickly if want to show someone. It would take bit of time and research. Do you have any apps on your phone that you never use? Yeah, think there are lot of apps that were pre-installed when bought my phone and it's impossible to delete them. Of course, you can delete them, but it would require hacker skills and lot of effort. Next, how many emails account do you have? Approximately, how many emails do you have in your inbox? Actually, have two email accounts. One is specifically for YouTube and the other is for personal business. I'm not sure about the Gmail one, but my personal inbox has about thousand emails. There is lots of spam. How many songs do you have in your phone or MP3 player? How many of them do you listen to regularly? None. As mentioned earlier, listen to YouTube playlists. That's all. don't think it's big deal to find music with all those streaming services and social media platforms. Next, how many friends do you have on Facebook? How many of them are real friends? 168 friends. Real friends, maybe 15 or so or fewer. Next, how many people in your contacts have you not contacted in the last year? think 90% of them they're just Yeah, they are there just in case, you know. You never know when you might need to contact them. How many different passwords do you use? How do you remember them? lot of passwords. use regular sticky notes of paper for some of them. For services rarely use. always just reset my password if forget it. And what's the wallpaper on your phone or computer screen? Is it one of your photos or did it come with the phone or device? on my phone. It's selfie of me and my wife. Previously, had changing wallpapers. You know, different one each time, but my wife wants to see our photo on my log screen. Speaking of my computer screen, it just huge cliff with some building on it. have no idea when or why chose it, but it is what it is right now. Okay. How many digital devices do you have that you never use? For example, old phones, cameras, MP3 players, etc. Maybe there's broken old phone gathering dust somewhere and that's all. no. have camera. Actually, my friend gave it to me for YouTube. But the thing is, it can't focus automatically, so can't film anything without cameraman. For my work, webcam is enough. So, that's all really. Wa. Now, what about you? Pause the video, go through the nine questions, answer them honestly, share your answers with partner if you have one or with yourself. Activity Now look at the title of the article, 11 ways to tidy up your digital life. Now look at the 11 headings. They are not included in this part, but you will see them in the full article. Your job is simple. Read each heading and tick the areas where you think you need to tidy up. For example, if you have too many emails, tick inbox messages. If you never delete apps, tick old software of or apps. This is called predicting. It helps your brain prepare for the reading. Activity Now read the full article. As you read, you will see 11 gaps. Next to the article, there is list of verbs. Answer, choose, click, delete, find, forget, keep, make, recycle, set up, update. Your job is to choose the correct verb for each gap. Read the sentence carefully. Think about the meaning. Which verb makes sense. Read and listen to the whole article and then complete the gaps. 11 ways to tidy up your digital life. clean, tidy room makes you feel better about your home. In the same way, tidy phone, tablet, or computer makes you feel better about your digital life. So, if your digital life is mess, try these tips. The benefits are huge. One, inbox messages. Most people have too many emails in their inbox. You don't have hundreds of unopened or unanswered letters in your house. So, why should you have hundreds of unopened or unanswered emails? If you can in the mail in less than two minutes, do it right away. If it will take longer, don't leave it in your inbox. Move it into work in progress folder and reply later. Two, old software or apps. Uninstall software or apps that you don't use. This will lot of more space on your hard drive or phone. Three, photos. You wouldn't put bad photos in physical photo album. So, don't keep bad photographs or videos on your phone. Just delete them. Having poor quality photos just makes it more difficult to good photo when you need one. Four, music and movies. One of the best things about digital media is that you have every song and movie at your fingertips. Unfortunately, one of the worst things about digital media is that you have every song and movie at your fingertips. Any music or movie files that you're never going to listen to or watch again. Five, Facebook friends. Having too many friends on Facebook makes it more difficult to in touch with ones you really care about. You can unfollow Facebook friends without them knowing so you won't hurt their feelings. Six, old contact information. Contact information regularly and delete contacts you no longer need. Most people don't do this often enough. Seven, passwords. Use password manager app like one password. This gives you as many different passwords as you need and remembers them for you. You'll never password again. Eight, email marketing. If you get too many emails from companies and organizations, don't just delete them. Unsubscribe. It should only take few seconds just on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email. Nine. Email accounts. Never more than two email accounts. Work and personal. For most people, one should be enough. 10. Desktop background or wallpaper. simple background or wallpaper for your screens. This will improve your productivity and attention span more than you think. 11. Old digital devices. If you've been using technology for any length of time, you probably have small collection of devices that you no longer use. Cameras, memory sticks, MP3 players, and mobiles. If you can't give them to somebody who would use them old devices properly. Activity The prefix un means not or to reverse an action. For example, unopened, not opened, unfriend, remove someone as friend. In this activity, you will search the article to find five words with un. Read the four tips carefully and write the missing words. This will help you understand how un works in English. It is very common especially with technology words. Why should you have hundreds of unopened or unanswered emails? Uninstall software or apps that you don't use. You can unfollow Facebook friends without them knowing. Click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email. Activity Now you will practice making new words. Look at the list of words below. Add the prefix on to each word to make new word with the opposite meaning like clear, unclear, unclear, comfortable, uncomfortable and so on. Then complete the eight sentences with your new words. For example, un plus read unread. So sentence one, why do you have over 100 unread emails? Take your time. Some of these words are very common in everyday English. One, why do you have over 100 unread emails? Two, if you want to undo what you've done, press Ctrl + Three. What the difference between to unfollow and to unfriend somebody on Facebook? Four. can't unlock my phone. I've forgotten the password. Five. The IT support person was very unhelpful. still can't print anything. Six, didn't answer the phone because it said caller unknown. Seven, can't set up the new routter. The instructions are really unclear. Eight, hate earphones. find them really uncomfortable. Activity Discuss. Finally, it is your turn to speak. Look back at the 11 tips in the article. Choose three tips that would be most useful for you. Then share your ideas or share your choices and explain why. For example, chose tip one because have too many emails and never answer them quickly. chose tip five because follow too many people on social media and it's distracting. chose tip eight because get spam emails all the time and need to unsubscribe from them. Try to use the new vocabulary you learned unread and subscribe and follow and install in the quantifiers too many lot of not enough of you and so on. Good luck with it. Now I'm going to translate this article for you. Let's hunt for vocabulary. It's possible to tidy up. makes you feel better about your home. Computer Inbox messages. electronic. Work in progress. Work in progress. Reply. We'll make lot more space. at your fingertips. Fore keep in touch. Keep in touch. Fore won't hurt their feelings. feelings. Old contact information. Often enough. One password as many markets. Subscribe. account. No account desktop background or wallpaper. Attention span. No longer. no longer use. Recycle old devices properly. Part six, writing an article. Read the article about the advantages and disadvantages of Wikipedia. then cover it and answer the questions from memory. What are the three advantages of Wikipedia? What are the two disadvantages in general? is the writer for or against Wikipedia. Yeah. Let's take look at the answers. Question one, what are the free advantages of Wikipedia? It has first, it has information about more or less everything and the information is easy to find. So, Wikipedia covers huge range of topics. You can type almost anything into the search bar and find an find an article about it. The layout is simple, so you don't need to be an expert to find what you need. Next, it gives good basic introduction to topic. If you know nothing about the subject, Wikipedia is great place to start. The first paragraph usually explains topic in simple terms. It gives you the main facts before you go deeper, and it gives links and references to other sources. At the bottom of each article, there are links to books, websites, and academic papers. This makes it easy to find more information if you want to learn more. Question two, what are the two disadvantages? the information is sometimes inaccurate. Yeah, anyone can edit Wikipedia. This means that sometimes people add false information either by mistake or on purpose. You cannot always trust that everything you read is 100% correct. And you don't know who is written the articles. Articles do not have named author. You do not know if the person who wrote it is an expert or just someone with an opinion. Sometimes articles can be biased because the writer has personal or political point of view. And finally, question three. In general, the writer for or against Wikipedia generally for the writer lists both advantages and disadvantages, but the language shows positive attitude. Words like wonderful resource, excellent place to start and easy to find out more are all positive. The conclusion says Wikipedia is good place to start, but advises using other sources too. This is balanced but generally positive view. Next, find and correct 10 mistakes. Now, read the article again. This time, look very carefully. There are 10 mistakes. Some are grammar mistakes, some are vocabulary mistakes, some are punctuation mistakes, and some are spelling mistakes. Your job is to find all 10 and correct them. For example, in the first sentence, it says online encyclopedia, but online starts with vowel sound. So, it should be non online encyclopedia. That's mistake number one. Read slowly and check every word. This is excellent practice for improving your writing skills. So let's take look at the answers. Mistake one, we have already discussed it. So let's get mistake two. Okay, some kind of it has become the main information source for two millions of people every day. Actually, it's 2 million people every day without at the end. When we use specific number like 2 10 or 500, the word million does not add We say 2 million, 10 million, 500 million. We only use millions when there is no specific number. For example, millions of people go outside that day. Something like that. Mistake three. Okay. Wikipedia usually gives good basic introduction. you see usually it's spelling mistake. Usually contains double Mistake four. In the other hand there actually it's on the other hand the correct fixed expression is on the other hand. This phrase phrase introduces contrasting contrasting point. Sorry. in the other hand is incorrect and it sounds strange actually. Mistake five, there is also disadvantages. Actually, it's there are also disadvantages. The noun disadvantages is plural. In English, we must use are with plural nouns. There is only for singular nouns like there is problem. The rise for plural nouns there are problems. Mistake six. it's without an apostrophe. Actually, it's with an apostrophe. It's contraction of it is or it has without an apostrophe. It's possessive noun like his or her. Here's the meaning is it is your only source. So we need it with an apostrophe. Mistake seven. Okay. So written it's spelling mistake. The word written contains double Mistake eight. to conclusion. If actually it's inconclusion, the correct phrase to begin the final paragraph of of an essay or article is inconclusion. To conclusion is not used in English. And mistake nine, if you're looking for information, you see if you are looking for information, you're it's with an apostrophe. So with an apostrophe, it's contraction of you are. Your without an apostrophe is possessive adjective like my, his, her, and so on. So here the meaning is you are looking. So we need your with an apostrophe. And mistake 10, it's important to get your information. Similar pattern. Okay. After the pattern it is plus adjective, use the infinitive. For example, it is important to study. It is easy. use it to ease. No, it is easy to use and it is difficult to understand. So here we need to get activity Brainstorm ideas for your article. Now it's your turn to write. You'll write an article called smartphones essential for modern life. Before you write, you need ideas. In this activity, you'll make list. Draw table with two columns advantages and disadvantages. Think about smartphones. What are the good things? What are the bad things? Write down as many ideas as you can. For example, advantages. Easy to contact people. Many useful apps. Camera is always with you. Or disadvantages can be addictive. Screen can be too small. Battery doesn't last long. Okay, they're actually spoilers. So, take 5 minutes and fill your table or whatever it takes. Just work with advantages and disadvantages of these sorry of smartphones. Activity Choose your best ideas and learn useful phrases. Now look at your list. Choose the three biggest advantages and number them one, two, and three. Number one is the most important. Do the same for disadvantages. Next, look at the writing about advantages and disadvantages box. It gives you useful phrases for your article. So something like to list advantages first, firstly, secondly, thirdly, and so on. to list disadvantages. On the other hand, there are also some disadvantages. For example, also to write conclusion. In conclusion, to sum up, think these phrases will help your article sound organized and professional. And finally write your article. Now it's time to write. Your article has four paragraphs. Paragraph one, the introduction is already given to you. Start with most people today have smartphone. But are they really essential for modern life? think there are both advantages and disadvantages. Paragraph two. Write about two or three advantages. Use your numbered list in the phrases from the box. Paragraph three. Write about two or three disadvantages. And finally, paragraph 4, write your conclusion. Do you think smartphones are essential for modern life? Essential? hope you know what it means. It's very important. Why or why not? Take your time. Write clearly using new vocabulary and grammar you learned in this lesson. But again, writing tasks are optional. If you want, you can skip it. It's up to you. Anyway, good luck with your writing. now. Let's take look at your workbook tasks. So, what to do for your homework? work. 9.2 Two 9b pronunciation One, switched it on. Two, updated it. Three, turned it down. Four, deleted it. Five, plugged it in. Six, switched it off. Seven, unplugged it. Eight. turned it up. to boost workbook keys here. What's this? English file intermediate English file intermediate. Okay, well done. You have completed unit 9b digital detox. Let's take moment to look back at everything you achieved in this lesson. In this lesson, you learned the names of electronic devices. charger, router, mouse, keyboard, memory stick, and phrasal verbs like plug it in, switch it off, turn it down, and so on. You listened to journalist's real experience of 3-day digital detox, her panic, her loneliness, and finally her sense of freedom. Studied quantifiers, words like too much, not enough, few, lot of. So you can talk about how much time you spend online and how many apps do you use. practice the tricky pronunciation of words with and like enough though can't laugh and learned that spelling and sound don't always match in English unfortunately read an article with useful tips to tidy up your digital life from deleting old apps to unsubscribing from spam emails and you wrote your own article about the advantages and disadvantages antages of smartphones. That is lot of progress in one unit. 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