ETLV SMARTPHONES REPAIRS

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Smartphones Repairs ETLV Mrs Fleytoux

1/ 10 YEARS: Students A strongly believe we should use one smartphone for 10 years to help the planet; Students Bstrongly believe this is crazy. Have a conversation, debate about it, argue.

2/ REPAIR: How easy or difficult is it to fix these things? How good are you at repairing them? Complete this table with your partner(s). Easy or Difficult?

3/ VOCABULARY MATCHING

4/ a / Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

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Most of us have felt the (1) _____________________ of feeling helpless when our smartphone breaks. Phone manufacturers seem to go to extraordinary lengths to (2) _____________________ consumers from opening the back of their phones to try DIY repairs. Help is at (3) _____________________. Fairphone is a new company that has produced a self-repairable mobile phone. The (4) _____________________ is Bas van Abel, a Dutch design engineer who set out to make "the world's first (5) _____________________ smartphone". He started his company in 2013 with four basic principles. First, he wanted to use raw materials from non-(6) _____________________ mining areas. He also wanted to make a product that was recyclable, (7) _____________________ and repairable. The new Fairphone (8) _____________________ these aims.

b/ Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

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The Fairphone website outlines the (9) _____________________ that underpins the company. It says its mission is to motivate "a (10) _____________________ industry to take responsibility for its impact on the world, by establishing a (11) _____________________ market for ethical electronics". It highlights the fact that many workers who produce technology are working in unacceptable conditions. It also (12) _____________________ out the, "staggering amount of waste the electronics industry (13) _____________________ ". Finally, it says: "Communication technology is on (14) _____________________ to account for 14 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions by 2040." The Fairphone (15) _____________________ with a screwdriver and is easily repairable. The plastic used is 40-per-cent recycled, and the minerals are ethically (16) _____________________.

5/ QCM. Multiple choice quiz

6/ WRITING TASK

Write about smartphone repairs for 10 minutes. Then, read your partner’s essay and comment on it.

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