You will hear a story about the origin of the word “spam”. Listen and mark the sentences YES or NO.
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LISTENING
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| YES | NO | ||
| Spam means any necessary information. | |||
| The word “spam” first appeared as a name for a particular kind of cold meat. | |||
| The word “spam” became very fashionable in the 70s and 80s. | |||
| “Spam” has a very narrow application. | |||
| The word “spam” is used for the most part in the Internet context. | |||
| It was just Monty Python who made the word “spam” up-to-date. | |||
| ‘I've been spammed' means “I was been sent a nice “e-mail” | |||
| Spammer is a person who distributes holiday congratulations by Internet. | |||
| Quite a large number of new words have come into English vocabulary since the last 7 years. | |||
| The world wide web came into being10 years ago. |
14 With your partner make a dialogue about:
a the origin of the word “spam”
b your attitude to having spam by e-mail
c your treatment of spammers
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