Connections

2 Listen to the phone messages again.

1 Note any phrasal verbs you hear.
2 Match a phrasal verb to the definitions below.
when your voice cannot be clearly heard
Speaking connect a caller with someone else
wait end a phone call
1 Work with a partner. Discussthese questions. achieve a phone connection
I Look at the photos. How has telephone lose a phone connection
technology changed over the years?
2 List as many things as possible that you can use 3 Choose the correctoptions.
your phone for. I You have to stop using your mobile phone if
3 Compare your list with a partner. your battery runs out I you run out your battery.
2 •1.'Jl!J Listen to this anecdote. 2 Sometimes it is difficult to get back I get through
I Why did the woman want revenge? to distant or remote places on a mobile phone.
2 How did she take revenge?
3 If you can't hear someone, you may ask
to speak them up I them to speak up.
3 What message do you think the man might have
left on the woman's voicemail when he realised 4 You ring a large business and the receptionist
there will put through you I put you through to
what she'd done?
the person you want to speak to.
5 You ring a friend but he wants you to wait a
Phrasal verbs (1) moment while he answers the door. He says,
'Hangon a moment I Hang a moment on'.
1 ~1:m You are going to hear six answerphone 6 You are talking to your dad. After a few minutes
messages. For each, make notes on these points. he says, 'I'd better pass over you I pass you over
• For to your mum now:
• From (GAJl$[j(i5
• Number
• Message

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Speaking
1 Practise using phrasal verbs in phone dialogues.
Work with a partner. Take it in turns to be A and B. Vocabulary
Choose the best response to what A says.
1 Do these phrases collocate with have, do, make,
A says: or take? Sometimes there may be more than one
a I can't hear you very well. ...7.:.... possible answer.
b Can I speak to the Finance department, please?
a phone call a bath a cake a chance a go
c We're going to have to stop talking soon. My
a mistake a party a photo a shower
battery's running out.
an effort an excuse dinner fun hold of
d Well, I guess I'd better go. It's getting late.
part in the cooking someone a favour
e Hang on a moment. I'll just turn the TV off.
your best someone seriously an exam
f Did you manage to get through to the bank?
a course someone's word for it work sure
g I hate to say goodbye to you, darling.
h What's happening? I think we're breaking up.
i I think we've only got a few seconds left. We're
going to be cut off in a moment.
j Do you want to come round to my house this Be careful with [Link] with ha.v~ m1ilke,<jq and taRe. 'fhl'}
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evening? mistakes with these.
B says: forred the mistakes that exam earitilfo:lilt'es have matte in tltese
1 I'll just put you through.
2 OK, I'll try to speak up.
3 Yes, we're going through a tunnel. I'll ring back
in a few minutes.
4 No problem.
5 That'd be great. I'll check with my parents and
call you back.
6 Would you like me to call you back?
7 No, don't ring off now - there's something I've
got to tell you first.
8 OK, bye then. Thanks for ringing.
9 Me too. Shall we hang up?
10 Yes, but they put me on hold for 20 minutes.
 Reading

@Exam spot
Doing well in the Reading test - particularly Parts 6 and 8 -
means being able to skim (read a text quickly to get a general
impression of it) and to scan (look over a text quickly to find
The Immobile
1
specific information).

Take one minute to skim the article. Then answer

these questions.
Phone
I Which statement best summarises the article?
A The writer feels that the best way to
communicate is to talk to someone directly.
B The writer is making the point that phone
technology has changed very rapidly.
C The writer believes that progress in phone
technology has made communication simpler.
2 Which word best describes the writing:
historical, satirical, sociological or futuristic?
2 Now scan the article to answer these questions. Try
to answer them all in one minute. . irst of all; you needed to find your 'mobile
I What does the writer think now seems
'unimaginably primitive'?
2 What does the writer say sometimes led to
F phone', This in itself could take some time.
You should remember that these were the days
before telephones were attached to the wall, so the
repetitive strain injury? chances of losing them were very high. Once you
3 What is there said to be in the town of Sutton found your phone, you had to use your fingers to type
Coldfield? a message into a tiny window. The messages often
4 What is described as one of 'the great came out wrong, because everyone's fingers were
breakthroughs of the age'? bigger than the keys, and even when they came out
5 What was discovered 'out of the blue'? right it was hard to work out what they meant, as it
became traditional to leave out all the vowels in order
6 What do the initials 'PFC' stand for?
to save time. You would then send, or 'snd', your
3 Underline the phrasal verbs in the [Link] you message, or 'msg' to your rea:der.
replace any of them with a more formal word or But ~ and this is what seems so strange - you had
phrase? absolutely no way of knowing whether the text had
reached its destination, or whether the recipient had
4 Lookat the highlighted verbs. What nouns do they
read it. Only if the recipient texted back - a process
collocate with? which would also take time ~ did you know whether
5 Lookat the [Link] in small groupsand
your original message got through. This process, of
course, became longer and even more drawn out if
discuss these questions.
any form of 'conversation', texting to and fro, was
I What do you think the writer of the article required. In fact, some people needed to 'text' for
would think about the things that these photos such lengthy periods that they developed a form of
represent? repetitive strain injury.
2 How often do you use the things shown and Then came the invention of a telephone thar
how do you use them? allowed people to speak and be spoken to. Suddenly,
3 In what ways have they influenced how people conversations could take place between two people
live nowadays? Try to think of positive and without any need for the tedious process of type..
negative consequences. send, wait, read, type, send, and so on. It goes withou;
saying that 'texting' soon turned into a thing cl

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the past, though today you can sometimes still see
people doing it in old movies and period dramas,
and there is even a Museum of Texting in the town
of Sutton Coldfield, in which performers dress up .as
old-fashioned teenagers in period costume ('jeans',
"'I'-shirts' and 'trainers') and 'text' one another.
After the invention of the 'speaking' mobile phone,
people started to long for a phone that would be
::mpossible to lose. Thankfully, someone came up
~ the bright idea of inventing a telephone with a
ire linking it to the wall, so that it always remained
::::; tfle same place.
"Ihe invention of the Immobile Phone was one of
~ great breakthroughs of the age,' says a leading
rian, 'For the first time, people could speak on
telephone without worrying about losing it, or
battery running down.' Another veteran of the
~od recalls the sense of freedom people felt at the
re:nfion of the Immobile Phone.
"You should remember that, before the Immobile
~ people felt chained to their mobile. They were
1e to leave their home or office without it, and felt
1!!lf need to carry it with them even when they were
:wing, or going for a walk.
~bu even saw people walking around with them
~heads. The Immobile Phone changed all that,
.-.::. gave the opportunity, for the very first time, to
~ ood switch off.'
-:cl there was still room to make more progress.
it possible to come u~ith a way of talking
~ people that did not involve talking into a
·•a:ne? Some of the greatest scientists of their day
~minds to coming up with a solution.
d then - out of the blue - came the discovery
~o-face conversation. 'It was extraordinary,'
•mn!!![Link] someone who was there at the time. 'The
-~ race was suddenly given this marvellous gift
'[Link] to one another without needing to use a
..-,,.. or a gadget.
~ world suddenly seemed so fresh. We had
~so used te-texting, and then to talking through
~""-"!;> ... and then to talking through Immobiles, that

~ no idea just how exciting it would be to talk

eJlli.J:: other face-to-face, And there was no toSt
mt no batteries, no problem with reception - it
great!'
then, PFC, or 'phone-free conversation· mm
!fall over the world. It seemed a bit ~at
'!:ct now people are completely used to ta~kmg
face', and they wouldn't have it any olhe!'Wa}.
 3 In the exam, you may need to add a prefix to
Paper 1 Part 3 the root word. Add a negative prefix to each
Word formation of these words.

In Part 3 of the Reading and Use of English test, you are Verbs Adjectives Nouns
given a text. Most of the lines contain one gap. At the end wrap safe appearance
of the line is a word in capitals. You have to form a word ice loyal security
from the same root as the word in capitals to fit the gap in
tie sane comfort
that line.
engage comfortable balance
Some of the greatest of SCIENCE understand responsible mobility
their day set their minds to coming
up with a solution.
It is clear from the context that the gap has to be filled by
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a noun (i.e. science, sciences, scientist or scientists). In Take care when usir:\g negati11e prefixes. The Cambridge
English [Link] that exam candidates often make
this case, it is also clear that the noun required is a person mistakes with these,
noun in the plural. The answer is, therefore, scientists. They were v..ety impolite aild cmfriemily.
. NOT They vve1e veiy.-unpo/ite andt:i1.1f1.te1~tf/y.
1 Read the text below. Each gap needs to be filledby a word [Link] sentences written by 'E!xam candidates.
beginning with the letters [Link] type of word is 1 t atn writing to expsess m:y i:msat!sfacrtior;r with the
hqteL .
needed to fill each gap (a noun, a verb, etc.)? 2 The [Link] tour was dissatisfact9ry.
3· Y0ur ~erVice-was unaeleq1;1ate ar:ld should be
2 Now decide which words you thinkfill each gap. imr;irove¢l.
4 It was unor§lanisedfrom the l:)egh;1;r:1in(!l,
~ Th·e fOqd was good, and it was ur-iexpen~iVe.
The development of mobile phones has a
(1) surpris long history. In 1916,
there were tests of mobile phones on some 4 List as many words as you can based on
(2) milita trains and in 1926 public trains these words.
between Hamburg and Berlin offered a telephone Lawful, unW..Nful, lawyer, lawlessness
service to first-class (3) travel... The mobile I law
phone first appeared in (4) liter in 1931. 2 hope
This was in a children's book called The 35th of May 3 act
or Conrad's Ride to the South Seas. In the story, 4 press
the author (5) descri., a situation that 5 centre
would have seemed quite fantastical at the time: 6 head
'A gentleman who rode along the sidewalk in front 7 office
of them, (6) sudde. stepped off the 8 broad
conveyor belt, pulled a phone out of his pocket,
(7) enter a number into it and said:
'Gertrude, I'll be an hour late for lunch because I
want to go to the laboratory.' Conveyor belt sidewalks
are so far only to be found in some large airports but
that type of phone (8) convers can be
heard every day in every city in the world.

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f Here is some more of the article on the history of mobile phone technology from
:e::ercise 1. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word
that fits in the gap in the same line.

The first (O) «J.f!!~ .... automated mobile phone system for vehicles came COMPLETE
into (1) in Sweden in the 1950s. This allowed calls to be made and BE
received in a car. Calls which were made from the car were direct dial whereas
(2) calls required an operator to determine which base station the COME
car was (3) closest to. Several different companies CURRENT
(4} in producing the different pieces of equipment that were PART
necessary to provide this service, the switchboards and the handsets, for
example. During the1960s and 1970s, technology (5) advanced and STEADY
mere were substantial improvements in the (6) of these early car RELY
phones. The system that was developed was popular with customers and went
on to enjoy not (7) commercial success. Drivers continued to use CONSIDER
me network until the early 1980s when it closed to make way for the
{8} of new technologies. INTRODUCE

'5 Hew complete the text below.

Nine years ago, Philip Fletcher was a (1) married man with three HAPPY
children. He had a responsible job as a highly (2) chemical worker. SKILL
Then an accident changed his life beyond (3) He was plunged into a RECOGNISE
surreal and totally (4) world when the accident left him with a serious FAMILIAR
head (5) This resulted in him being unable to remember anything INJURE
of the previous 15 years. In the accident a metal pole fell from a considerable
height onto his head. Fletcher survived only thanks to his safety helmet. He was
taken to hospital but was (6) after only four hours. He seemed fine, CHARGE
apart from his memory loss, and everyone expected his memory would gradually
return. (7) , it never did. For a number of years it was FORTUNE
(8} very difficult for Fletcher and his family, and his breakthrough PSYCHOLOGY
only came once he learned to accept his own limitations. Only then was he able
to start rebuilding his life.