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8Read the text and answer.

a.Were your assumptions in activity 1 correct?

b.Whatis a smart home?

C.Do smart homes help us save energy?

d..What do people need to turn their houses into smart homes?

8Take turns with your partner to ask opinion questions about the text.

8Discuss the following questions.

a. Would you like to turn your house into a"smart home"?

b. What would you like to control remotely?

C.Do you think homes should fully control themselves? Why?

SMART HOME INFOGRAPHIC

LET'S REFLECT

• What are the pros and cons of a smart home? Discuss.

LANGUAGE IN USE

Introducing relevant information (Relative Clauses)

1. Read these sentences. Pay special attention to the sections in blue and orange.

• These are the energy-efficient light bulbs which were sold out.

• That is the salesman who recommended me my wonderful robot vacuum.

• Smart watches contain a small computer that runs on its own operating system.

Discuss.

a.. How many parts do these sentences have?

b. What do the parts in orange indicate?

c. What do the parts in blue represent?

3. Read the text once more and find the relative clauses.

47Look at the pictures and finish the sentences with your own ideas.



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UNIT 3·Technology & Innovation ·LESSoN 2