IN THIS UNIT YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO ‘match features of the passage identify the writer's views + write first conditional sentences. o1 02 How much do you know about the internet? 1 Name two search engines. 2 Name two news websites. 3 Name two social media sites, 4 Name website thathas factual information on many topics. What do you use the internet for? 03 ONE ‘Skim read the passage MINUTE. What isthe purpose of the passage? A to give the advantages and disadvantages ofthe internet 8 toadvise people how to become famous on the internet € toexplain how beginnerscan start to use the internet First ofall, you need to dacide what you are going to write or speak ‘about: hair and makeup, comedy, sport, news and current afta, raising money for a charity or something specialist Ike Keeging tropical fish, Then choose a site to post on. Some stes are intemational and some may be particular o one country, such as Weiboiin China, YouTube is a good site to chaose if you make your own videos. itis easy to upload your short fms, and many people use it I you want to become famous on YouTube, you should make lots of videos and release one every day. YouTubers who become popular are often those who present tips, advice, ‘how to’ guides and opinions on entertainment or stores in the news. If you allow advertisements in yo. videos, you will make money when people view the adverts. Facebook is ‘a good platform for those who want to make money, but not for those. \who want to be farnous. To earn money through Facebook, yau need a very original and/or funny page, with interesting photos which can get you a few hundred thousand ‘ikes’. I you achieve fame on Facebook, it probably won't last. ‘Twitter is a social media site where people can communicate through short messages. It works well for those who want to be well-known but are not 0 interested in making money. If you want to become known on Tuite, you will need to post lats of entertaining content. Instagram isa site where people mainly put up photos and videos. It is a site which can make you well-known, particularly if you want to become a famous photographer.MATCHING FEATURES 0.4") Read the instructions and statements (1-6) and the list of websites (A-E). Then follow the steps in the box below and complete the task. © W Cr yougeta istof people places or things Choose the correct website (A-E) for each statement. You may choose any anda listof sentences. You need tomatch each sentence with aperson/placefthing website more than once. 1 You want tobe rich and become famous. 2 Youwant to take photographs as a career. on 3 You want people to know you but don’t care about money. Inthis task type the questions will 4 Youwant to make money but not be famous. ir veintheconeoniescthe 5 Youcan post a new film daily. passage but the options e.g. people/ 6 You want to show people how to do something, places willbe intext order. You wll reed to ‘jump around’ the passa oe eed to jmp around’ the passage abitratherthanreadingit rom OGRE beginning to end € Twitter D Instagram E your own blog 04 + Scan the text for thewebsitesAto€. possible, underine them. Only useinformation from + Find the key words n sentences 1 to and undertine them. the passagetoanswerthe + Find everytime YouTube’ is mentioned inthe passage. Read all question, evenif you tink the information aboutit some informationin the passageis incorect, + Which of sentences 1 to 6refers to YouTube? Write & next to that sentence. + Dothe same for websites BoE. Creating your own blog is possibly the best way to become interet famous and make money, through advertising, especially once you have become known on one of the sites above. You need to be aware of the topics and issues that are ‘trending (that are popular right now) and post about those ideas. Leam to create ‘vines’ (a series of short extracts from videos put together in a creative way) and become an expert on photo esiting, With these few easily eamnt skills and some imagination, you can achieve the fame you've always dreamed of - online atleast05 06 IDENTIFYING THE WRITER’S VIEWS Look at statements A to C. all ofthem give information about social media. Only one of them contains the writer’s personal view. Which one? © _Wistosktestsyourabiityto decide statements represent ‘A ‘Weibo’ is the Twitter of China, but actually has twice as many users as Twitter. ‘the writer's views, Theviews B Inthe United States, over 70% of the population have a social media account. ial vate siames cect C Over 1S billion people waste theirtime on Facebook Does the writer directly state his/her opinion? How can you identify his/her opinion? Read this short text about whatitis lke tobe famous. Then answer the questions below. Being famous is not as much fun as it sounds. I am only a little bit famous. About two or three times a day people stop me to ask me to sign a piece of paper or to have their photo taken with me. For me, it s not at all enjoyable, as it often makes me late. However, [feel I should be polite to the person and have a chat with them. Sometimes | wonder how it would feel to be very famous. You ‘wouldn't be able to get a quick coffee with a friend or go to a movie. I don't think life would be very easy Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer? Write YES ifthe statement agrees with the claims of the writer NO ifthe statement contradicts the claims of the writer NOTGIVEN ifitisimpossibleto soy what the write thinks about this 1 The writer considers herself to be very well known, 2 It is inconvenient for her to be stopped by people she doesn't know. 3 She would like to drink more coffee. 4 Being very famous would be enjoyable.Read the instructions and statements and look at the passage ‘Becoming rich and famous throughthe internet’ again. Then follow the stepsin the box below ‘and complete the task. When you have found the part of the text which contains the answer, Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer ofthe passage fil easy eo ta ‘Become richand fomous through the internet’? Write eaten attri ves ifthe statement agrees withthe claims ofthe writer change the meaning completely. No ifthe statement contradicts the claims ofthe writer For example ithe writersays people are ‘too friendly, the positive adjective trendy? becomes negative NOTGIVEN iitisimpossible to say what the writer thinks about this, 1 Before the internet, you didn't need any special skils to become famous. 2 Ifyou choose a specialist subject, you are more likely to get known. 3 Having your own blogis an excellent way to find fame. + ead each statement careful. The statements comeinthe order ofthe text + Sometimes you wil need toread the whole passage quicly to decide for other statements you only need to read a sentence or two. + Rememberthestatementmight not use exactithe samewordsasin the passage ‘Check your answers, and the reasons for them, in thenotes below. 1 The answer's at the beginning ofthe text: In the past, to become famous you needed. ‘talent’, another way of saying ‘special skills’ The text states thatit is now easier to become famous ‘because of the internet’. So the answer's No. 2 Specialist subjects are mentioned in the second paragraph, along with other possible things to write about. The writer does not say if writing about a specialist subject is more likely to make you famous than writing about the other topics mentioned (comedy, sport, etc.) so the answer is Not Given. 3 To answer this, you only need to read the last paragraph, about blogs. The writer states that blogs are possibly the best way to become internet famous. Ths isthe same as saying that blogs are an excellent way to become famous, so the answers Yes. You shouldbe abletotellfrom the statement which partof the textto read in order to find the answer. fyou can't answerves CorNofor that pat ofthe text, the answeris Not Given. You do not need to continue searchingin therestofthetext. ‘Now follow the same steps for statements 4 to6. 4 You can get famous easily through Facebook 5 It is not worth the effort needed to get famous through Twitter. 6 Learning to make vines’ could help you, if you are aiming to become famous, sothe answers Yes. ‘Look at this sentence from the passage ‘Become rich and famous through the internet’ !fyou want to become known on Twitter, you wil need to postlot ofentrtaining content. This is called a first conditional. It has two clauses, an ‘/f' clause and a result clause. The ‘if clause is in the present tense. The result clause has ‘will / won't + infinitive’. [Z]ol) Findthree more sentences from the passage which begin with ‘I. Complete the table. clause Result clause Whatis used instead of will / won’tin one of the result clauses?EXAM SKILLS [1 Read the passage and answer the questions below. @ Like people, animals each have their ow personality and talents, And like some people, some animals achieve fame. Some of them become famous through films, TV or advertisements, and others through their work, for example rescuing people or playinga role in a war Stil others have done something special or been the frst todo something @ There have been many famous dogs in history. One of them is Hachiko, a dog remembered for his loyalty to his owner. Hachiko was born in Japan in 1923 and was owned by Hidesaburd Ueno, a professor at Tokyo University, Every day, Hachiko waited for Ueno at Shibuya station and the pair walked home together. One day in May 1925, Ueno died suddenly while he was at work. For the next nine years, nine months and 15 days, his faithful dog continued to meet the train his owner used to take every day. At first the station staff did not welcome him, but gradually people understood his loyalty and began giving him food and treats. Hachiko did not stop waiting for Ueno until his own death in 1935. There have been films and books about Hachiko, and every year there isa ceremony to commemorate him at the railway station in Tokyo, where he waited so faithfully (Questions 1-7 Choose the correct animal (A-C) foreach question. You may choose any animal more than once, Which animal. 1 never forgot their human friend? A Hachiko 2 lived part oftheir life in the wild? B Knut € Elsa 3 made large profits for the humans who cared for them? 4 was not wanted by their parent? 5 hashad valuable work done in their memory? 6 is formally remembered at regular times? 7 had souvenirs of them made?© One animal that achieved famein the twenty-first century is nut the polar bear. Knut was born in Berlin Zoo in December 2006, Sadly, Knut was rejected by his mother, Tosca, and was raised by 2ookeepers. Knut was extremely popular with the public, not only in Germany, butacross the world, Knut’ story increased attendance atthe 200 by about, 30% and increased the 200's revenue by five million euros. The 200 made substantial amounts of money by selling Knut toys, candy and other products, There were even songswritten about him. By the time he was a year old, Knut weighed almost, 300kgand itwas too dangerous for him to be handled by humans. Poor Knut missed his favourite keeper. Knut suffered inhis short life without his mother, and later without human died ofa virusat the age of four wild animals have become famous. One of them is lioness, born in 1956. Eisa’s m skilled by agame ‘person whose job it was to protect wild animals. The warden, George Adamson, had killed the lioness to defend himself, but he felt guilty about the orphaned cubs. He and his wife, Joy, took them home and brought them up. They trained £sa, one ofthe cubs, to live in the wild. Duringher adult fein the wild, she had three cubs and took them to visither human fost parents, Joy Adamson told Elsa's story in a book called 8orn Free, Born Free was made into 2 film, which was popular with both adults and children n 1984, the actors who had starredin the film started the Born Free Foundation, an organisationthat protects wildlife in many ways, The Foundation’s important work includes improving conditionsin 00s and circuses, stopping hunting for'sport’ and working against the kiling of elephants for ivory Many of us enjoy learning about famous animals. They can inspire us with their characters and stories, just as human celebrities can. Some of them are remembered for years through books, films, toys and other items created in their memory. Butin the end, itis humans and not the animals, themselves who benefit from that fame. Questions 8-16 Do the following statements agree with the claims ofthe writer in the reading passage? Write YES ifthe statement agrees with the claims ofthe writer No ifthe statement contradicts the claims of the writer NOTGIVEN ifitis impossible to say what the writer thinks about this 8 All animals are very much the same. 9 There are many different reasons why animals might be remembered. 10 Ueno died after along illness. 111 After some time, the people who worked at the railway station were kind to Hachiko. 12 The songs written about Knut were very popular. 13 Knut hada happy life because of his fame 14 The Adamsons made money from Elsa. 15 The Born Free Foundation does useful work 16 Famous animals get many advantages from their fame.