Units 3 -6
Librarian:
Okay. The biographies are on the third
floor. I'll te write the aisle num ber down
for you.
John:
Thanks.
I might use the Internet too and
look for resources on there.
Librarian:
That's a good idea. If you're going
to use
the Internet, have a look on the Great
British Authors website.
John:
Thanks.
I w ill I'm g o ing te .
I haven't
heard of that site before. Thanks very
much for the information.
Librarian:
That's quite all right. Feel free to come
and a sk me any questions and
I wornfe-
w ill do my best to help.
Exam practice
8 B
5 The Internet
Exercise 1
1 'II be watching
Tense: Future continuous
OR
’m watching
Tense: Present continuous
2 will have moved
Tense: Future perfect
3 "m changing
Tense: Present continuous
U will have become
Tense: Future perfect sim ple
5 will have started
Tense: Future perfect sim ple
Exercise 2
In the late 1990s experts predicted that online
shopping would not be able to compete with in-store
shopping yet the recent rise in online sales figures
su g g e sts that their predictions were wrong. In fact all
evidence points to the fact that online shopping will
have outstripped in-store shopping within the next
five years. This rapid increase has been driven by a
num ber of factors including price, convenience and
choice. Most online retailers use a delivery service and
as a result of tracking retailers shopping habits, many
will soon be introducing specific delivery tim ings so
that custom ers can ensure their goods are delivered
when they are at home. Online com panies are already
working on innovative w ays to attract custom ers. For
example, later this year one of the country's largest
electronics retailers, Browns, is launching a 24-hour
replacement products service for custom ers who need
to return faulty goods. Brow ns hopes that by 2015 over
9 0 % of its custom er base will have graduated to online
purchasing.
A s well a s consum er goods another growth area
is the travel industry. Travel experts estimate that in
as little as five years’ time travel agencies will have
disappeared from our shopping centres and alm ost all
travellers will be buying hotels and flights from online
agencies.
Exercise 3
1 C
E
A
B
D
Exercise 6
1 over 50s
2 networked
3 Asia
U (interactive) movies
