Jen Brings the Internet to the Shareholders meeting

1 Vocabulary focus. Study the words and  word combinations, practise their translation, spelling. Check your knowledge in the test. Play vocabulary game and set your own vocabulary game record.

2 Watch the video   and put the words into the gaps in the sentences.

 Plot Summary

 Maurice Moss, his lazy colleague Roy Trenneman, and Jen Barber, work in IT department of London company Reynholm Industries. Jen is the department head and relationship manager, but she knows nothing about computers. Jen has to give a speech when she is named employee of the month, Moss and Roy decide to make fun of her in front of all shareholders.

story, boring, violence, laptop, speech, at any cost , ordinary folk, looking  forward, primeval , wonders

1.     Speaking as someone who doesn’t know the difference between a _____ … and the larger one, I’m certainly _____to hearing what she has to say.

2.     When I was asked to give a _____about what it is I do and everything, I was very excided. At last, I thought, a chance to explain the wonders of technology to _____.

3.     But then I thought: “Who wants to listen to a _____old speech? Wouldn’t it be better if I could actually bring one of these _____in to show you it?”

4.     If anything were to happen to this box, the world as we know it would fall into chaos. Planes would drop from the sky like tables. Society will tear itself apart like an angry child with a napkin, man’s _____instinct to survive _____would lead to terrible _____. So, please no flash photography.

5.     I know it’s terrible. I thought at least we’d get a good _____out of it. You know, something we would remember.

3 Grammar. Look back at the sentences in Exercise 2. Can you find examples of direct speech? Write the sentences from Exercise 2 in reported speech. Remember that we use reported speech when we want to tell somebody what another person said.

4 Grammar. Find the examples of sentences beginning with if. What tense is used in if- part of the sentence? What tense is used in the main clause of the sentence? Study the types of conditional sentences. Which type is used in the video?

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES.Structure

If-clause

,

Main clause

Or

Main clause

if-clause

Zero Conditional (Real conditional)
If-clause	,	Main clause
Present Simple		Present Simple
If you spill something sticky like your favorite soft drink on the keyboard		the  keys start to get sticky as it dries.

4.1 Open the brackets and practice Zero Type  Conditional .

1.      If you (not to specify) an email address, your license file (to be sent) to the email address in your myAltera account profile.

2.      If you (to choose) WinRT, you (to accept) big limitations on what you can do - single tasking, single windowing and lots and lots of missing features.

3.      If cleaning your mouse (not to help), it (to be) time to replace it.

4.      If virus (to sidestep) your home computer’s security defenses,  it (to rip) through your system, (to destroy) files, (to corrupt) data.

Type 1 Conditional  (Real conditional)
If-clause	,	Main clause
Present Simple		Future Simple
If the computer and IP address don’t match		packets of data will be blocked.

 

4.2 Open the brackets and practice Type 1 Conditional.

1.      If you (to be) passionate about programming, you (to find) the courses interesting, logical and more importantly memorable.

2.      If errors (to be) encountered during the installation, this manual (not to cover) those errors.

3.      If the installer (to detect) a previously installed version, the existing location

4.      (to be respected) and this screen (not to be displayed).

5.      If it (to be called) Windows, people (to continue) to buy it and the transition from the old to the new will happen without anyone really noticing.

6.      If you (not to follow) a regular schedule of backing up on CDs, an external hard drive or remote storage site, your files (to be) permanently lost in a virus attack.

Type 2 Conditional  (Unreal conditional  to talk about present or future situations)
If-clause	,	Main clause
Past Simple		Would                   +   Bare Infinitive (Infinitive without to) Could Might
If people upgraded from a 16-core to 32-core machine and they got no benefit		they would not be happy.

4.3 Open the brackets and practice Type 2 Conditional.

1.      If a smartwatch display (to wrap) around the wrist, then it  (to be) easier to convey more information, which (to become) more legible thanks to the larger surface area.

2.      If you (not to have) automatic updating turned on, Windows (not to find) a driver for your device.

3.      If you (to trudge) through a winter storm listening to some music on our new phone, you (not to have) to remove your gloves and (to poke) around your touchscreen.

Type 3 Conditional  (Unreal conditional  to talk about past situations)
If-clause	,	Main clause
Past Perfect		would have + Past Participle (3rd form of the verb)
If I had studied more last semester		I would’ve got much better grades at university

4.4 Open the brackets and practice Type 3 Conditional

1. If you (to install) an antivirus program earlier, you (not to lose) your data yesterday.
2. If your security measures (to be) effective, a virus (not to penetrate) your defenses last week.
3. If over the past week you (to get) unexpected messages, or the programs (to start) automatically, viruses (to damage) your programs.