Oxford Online Skills Program B1+ Bundle 1

NAME: Marisel Selene Gutierrez Garcia.

Profesor(es): Denisse Mera

CONTENTS:

1.1. Reading

R2: A day in the life.

a. Engage

The modern radio is a means of communication that arises from the need to transmit
information was invented in 1991 by Trevol Baylis and serves to transmit information over
long distances.

The GPS was born in 90 and serves to determine the location of an object on the ground,
it is useful because we can know where we are if we get lost, or locate a street from the
car, etc.

The world network, evolved communications, was created so that people from different
parts of the world could communicate and adseder to the Internet faster, now it is
essential, from studies, to do international business without being precent, to know
what is happening in other places At the moment it subsides, and at a low cost.

The iPhone is a phone that serves more than to call and send messages, it organizes your
life, and puts in our hands camera, radio, video, mail, internet and everything you want
and need at speed.
b. Explore:

c. Task 1
d. Task 2
e. Reflect

I believe that the INTERNET is the number one of modern inventions, the one that has
changed modern life in a 180º turn, making the world a much bigger and richer place,
at the same time accessible and small, where everyone can connect. The Internet has
definitely put us to live in a world without borders.

Obviously, our life is different from the arrival of the Internet, which has its advantages
and disadvantages. If, on our part, we use this instrument in a positive way we improve
possibilities in the individual and the social, but if we allow it to absorb us, the opposite
will happen: we will isolate ourselves from what happens in our environment.

f. Preserving the past

Add your opinion on preservation. Read the other opinions. Are they the same as
yours?

I agree with my partner Danny, I add that for me the INTERNET is the biggest invention
because it makes possible the existence of social networks and blogs, instant messaging.
Instant messaging, with WhatsApp in the lead, and social networks, with Facebook, have
generated a new way of relationship and communication between individuals, and
between them and companies.
1.2. Listening

L4: Education:
a. Engage

Explore the images. Which of these fictional crime-fighters do you recognize? Are they famous
in your country?

I recognize the first three characters as they are: Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes in the
second image to James Bond who has many movies with different actors and George Clooney in
Batman The Knight of the Night Asiende. These characters are famous in my country and fill the
cinemas.
b. Explore:

1. Scotland
2. 1854
3. Science
4. 221B
5. 1881

c. Task 1
d. Task 2

e. Reflect

I think the series and movies about crime and detectives are very popular today because
they have an interesting plot that fills you with curiosity to solve the problems they face,
with a huge amount of researchers solving so many cases, that one might think that, all
allying in the same universe, there would be no such thing as crime, other movies we
like because we are curious, we admire the detectives and in my case I hate injustice.
f. Preserving the past

Add your opinion on books and TV programmes about crime. Read the other
opinions. Are they the same as yours?

For me the TV shows, movies, books, etc. on crime are interesting and good, because
they put my common sense, insight and memory to work, and I also enjoy an interesting
story. They keep me consentrada from start to finish because I always want to know
how it ends and sometimes I think that the end will be one way and it is another .. Also
when they solve the case they explain step by step how they did it.