Technology_ The Telephone_ 7th Form (Cecilia)

Reading

1   Read the introduction of an encyclopedia entry. 

Telephone

Telephone, an instrument designed for the simultaneous transmission and reception of the human voice. The telephone is inexpensive, is simple to operate, and offers its users an immediate, personal type of communication that cannot be obtained through any other medium. As a result, it has become the most widely used telecommunications device in the world. Billions of telephone sets are in use around the world. This article describes the functional components of the modern telephone and traces the historical development of the telephone instrument. In addition it describes the development of what is known as the public switched telephone network (PSTN). For discussion of broader technologies, see the articles telecommunications system and telecommunications media. For technologies related to the telephone, see the articles mobile telephone, videophone, fax and modem. BORTH, David E. Telephone. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Extracted from: <https://www.britannica.com/technology/telephone>.

Check (ok) the correct statements about it.

According to the encyclopedia entry:

a.   The telephone transmits images and sound.                                                    (    )

b.  The telephone costs a lot of money.                                                                 (    )

c.   It is easy to use a telephone.                                                                            (    )

d.  The telephone is the most popular equipment to communicate with others.   (    )

e.  Billions of people use the telephone around the world.                                   (    )

2   Read the introduction of the encyclopedia entry again. Can you find the information below in the rest of the entry? Circle YES or NO.

a.   The parts of the telephone.                 YES          NO

b.  The history of the telephone.               YES         NO

c.   How the PSTN was invented.             YES         NO

d.  How the Internet works.                      YES         NO

e.  The invention of the cell phone.          YES         NO

Vocabulary

3   Complete the descriptions with the names of the devices.

computer  /  smartphone  /   camera    /   video game    /    VCR    /  cassette player

 1. _____________________: a piece of equipment used for taking photographs.

 2. _____________________: a piece of equipment used for playing a small flat plastic case with audiotape.

 3. _____________________: a machine that stores programs and information in electronic form and can be used for a variety of tasks.

4. _____________________ console: a piece of electronic equipment that plays digital games. You connect it to a screen and game controllers.

5._____________________: a cell phone that also works as a small computer, allowing you to store information and write letters and reports.

6. _____________________ (videocassette recorder): a piece of equipment used for showing films recorded on videocassettes, recording television programs etc.