FROM BRIAN'S BOOKSHELF: GENTECH - THE NEW TEEN GENERATION

ARE YOU A TECH ADDICT? Are you addicted to (can't live without) technology? Tick the answers that are true for you. Which of the words are related to computers, music, mobile phones or the Internet? Sort out the words. COMPUTERS a virus a gigabyte a laptop a password a hacker a tablet MUSIC an MP3 player to download YouTube an iPod MOBILE PHONES texting a smartphone a gadget THE INTERNET online cyberspace Wikipedia a website Twitter a blogger Facebook Match the following words from boxes A and B to get the phrases from the text. to top up a mobile phone (to pay more money so you can make more calls) free of charge a long-lasting friendship personal information facilitate (make easier) learning share problems exposed to harmful content PRE-READING: NEW VOCABULARY to top up - nadoplatiti (račun) facilitate - olakšatito ban - zabraniti long-lasting -trajanbilingual - dvojezičan a stalker - osoba koja vreba drugecontent - sadržaj to addicted to - biti ovisan o nečemucyberspace - virtualni svijet te exposed to - biti izložento browse - pretraživati to boost self confidence - podići samopouzdanjefree of charge - besplatno to hand out - dijeliti Listen and read the text about the GenTech - the new generation of teenagers. Complete the sentences with the missing words. If someone wants to use their computer or a mobile phone they have to type in their passwordfirst.New technology has more positive than negative effect on the lives of teenagers today.Mobile phones should be bannedin schools because they are used for cheating in tests and bullying.Teenagers spend too much money on topping up their mobile phones.It is better to download films from the Internet free of charge than spend money on cinema tickets.Teens are exposed to lots of harmfulcontent on the Internet.It is best not to reveal any personal information on Facebook because of the stalkers. This is the end of today's lesson. Well done!Goodbye. :)