A Week Without Technology - Unit 8

C1 Advanced · Listening Matching · Ready for C1 Advanced 4th Edition Workbook, Macmillan Education

You will hear five short extracts in which people talk about an experiment in which they were not allowed to use any modern technology for one week. While you listen you must complete both tasks.

taking photographs

reading ebooks

keeping up with current affairs

playing games

keeping in touch with clients

doing research

keeping in touch with friends

making bookings

For questions 1–5, choose from the list (A–H) the aspect of each speaker's life that was most affected by the experiment.

regretful about taking part

bored while commuting

jealous of workmates

frustrated that others were not sympathetic

angry to be so technology-dependent

anxious about former colleagues

stressed about family members

disappointed in himself/herself

For questions 6–10, choose from the list (A–H) how the experiment made each person feel.

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