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2nd Intermediate - Facebook

Watch this video about the origins of Facebook and choose the correct answer:

1. Mark Zuckerberg

  a. didn’t finish his degree

  b. wasn’t yet 21

  c. stars a new film

2. 7 mill … use facebook

  a. students

  b. colleges

  c. people

3. Mark invented facebook in his

  a. bedroom

  b. dorm room

  c. garage

4. On average, students

  a. create 18 profiles

  b. are 18 years old

  c. are connected 18 min a day

5. Facebook makes money from

  a. investors of big companies

  b. advertisement

  c. subscriptions

6. Mark Zuckerberg

  a. likes sports

  b. lives in Palo alto

  c. doesn’t wear suits

7. Millions of Americans want

  a. to meet people

  b. people to know about them

  c. contact people

Answers: 1a, 2a, 3b, 4c, 5b, 6c, 7b

2nd Intermediate - Internet addiction

Watch the video and say if these sentences are T/F

1. Internet addiction affects specially single men and teens
2. Internet addiction is comparable to drug addiction
3. A couple forgot to change their baby
4. Internet dependence is considered a mental illness
5. In 4 or 5 years we will know more about this addiction
6. A family lived without digital gadgets for half a year
7. A computer addiction treatment clinic was created
8. Children should avoid playing videogames

Answers written in  white: 1T, 2T, 3F, 4F, 5T, 6T, 7F, 8F

Speaking about jobs and work

2nd Intermediate - Poverty and employment

Watch the video and choose the correct option:



Do you need the script?

1. Leila Janah is founder of
a. am NGO
b. a charity organization
c. a company

2. She spent
a. 10 years living in a poor countries
b. 17 years in Ghana
c. some years visiting poor countries

3. Samasource
a. is based on the use of internet
b. was first established in India
c. started working for a firm

4. Samasource
a. is based in San Francisco
b. has branches in San Francisco
c. has no fixed headquarters

5. Samasource collaborates with 16
a. countries
b. companies
c. centres

6. Samasouce began in
a. 2005
b. 2008
c. 2009

7. Samasource helps
a. 1,500 people
b. 1,000,000 people
b. 50,000 women

Answers (select this line to see them): 1a, 2c, 3a, 4a, 5c, 6b, 7a

Advantages and disadvantages of being self-employed

Work - Get That Job

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