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Charts 4 LISTEN.
5.1–5.9
A Look at the words in the box. Put a check (✓) next to the words you know. Ask your teacher
about any words you do not know.

coworker cubicle social media software

B Listen to part of a radio call-in show about changes in the workplace. Which caller is more
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positive about technological change at work? Circle your answer.
a. Caller 1 b. Caller 2

C Listen again and complete the sentences from the radio show with the words you hear.
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Caller 1

1. The way we work has changed a lot in recent years, but young people like
me often feel that it enough.

2. Well, for example, we social media since it first
.

3. Some of their programs on the market before I was born!

Caller 2

4. I six e-mails in one hour from the same coworker.

5. The strange thing was that this person was sitting in the cubicle next to mine, and she
one word to me the whole time!

6. For one day each week, she down the company’s e-mail system.

7. Since the experiment, the change in the office amazing.

Charts 5 SPEAK.
5.1–5.9
A Think about how technology has changed your life. What are some positive and negative
changes? Complete the chart with your ideas.

Positive Changes Negative Changes
easy communication not enough face-to-face contact

B Work in a small group. Talk about how technology has changed your lives. Use your notes
from exercise A to help you. Ask follow-up questions for more information. Use the present
perfect, the present perfect progressive, and the simple past.
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