viernes, 29 de marzo de 2013

Child of the 90's

This is a Microsoft ad about the new Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 8.

Self-study activity:
Watch the ad and complete the blanks in the transcript with the missing words, some of which are related to computers.

The activity is suitable for Básico 2 and Intermediate 1 students.




You might not remember us but we met in the 90s.
We are members of (1) ...   ... , as in yin yang, yo-yo.
Life moved a little slower.
Disks were (2) ... .
Desktop (3) ... had personality.
Extra (4) ...   ... was just a zipper away.
There is only one (5) ...   ..., but most of your friends died of dysentery.
The only thing (6) ... in your pocket was a pet.
Until that died too.
But at least the troll was still a friend.
Lunch was a (7) ..., not a picture.
You were pumping jams, water, shoes.
You didn't have to worry about a (8) ...   ... full of farm animals.
You were busy feeding wild animals.
A (9) ... didn't cost 60 dollars.
It cost four minutes.
You really had nothing to (10) ... .
Unless, of course, you were playing for keeps.
The future was (11) ... .
You grew up and so did we.

Key:
1) Generation Y 2) square 3) folders 4) storage space 5) social network 6) buzzing 7) puzzle 8) news feed 9) haircut 10) lose 11) bright