Listening questions - mobile phones - Higher
Mobile phones
While in France, you hear a radio programme on which the use of smartphones is discussed. Choose the correct option to complete each sentence below.
First, listen to Élodie, a 23-year-old from Lyon.
Example: Élodie believes her phone is:
| A | useful |
| B | essential |
| C | fun |
| D | keeping her busy |
| A |
| useful |
| B |
| essential |
| C |
| fun |
| D |
| keeping her busy |
The answer is B.
Élodie says:Je trouve mon téléphone portable pratiquement indispensable dans ma vie de tous les jours.
I find my mobile phone almost indispensable in my everyday life.
Question
1. She uses it primarily for:
| A | work |
| B | texting friends |
| C | leisure activities |
| D | getting the weather forecast |
| A |
| work |
| B |
| texting friends |
| C |
| leisure activities |
| D |
| getting the weather forecast |
2. She also uses her phone for:
| A | watching videos |
| B | online shopping |
| C | phoning her family |
| D | keeping up-to-date with her favourite sports team |
| A |
| watching videos |
| B |
| online shopping |
| C |
| phoning her family |
| D |
| keeping up-to-date with her favourite sports team |
1. The answer is A.
Élodie says:Je l’utilise surtout pour le calendrier et pour envoyer des emails. Je peux avoir accès à tous mes documents de travail.
I use it mainly for its calendar and I send emails. I can access all my work documents.
2. The answer is B.
Élodie says: Par ailleurs, les applis me permettent de suivre les actualités, de vérifier la météo, et de faire mes courses en ligne pendant mon trajet en train.
Besides that, the apps allow me to know the news and the weather, as well as allowing me to do my shopping online during my train journey.
Now listen to Rahul, a 35-year-old from Grenoble.
Question
3. According to Rahul, mobiles are:
| A | essential |
| B | annoying |
| C | expensive |
| D | useful |
| A |
| essential |
| B |
| annoying |
| C |
| expensive |
| D |
| useful |
4. He thinks that mobile have made people more:
| A | sociable |
| B | selfish |
| C | lazy |
| D | strange |
| A |
| sociable |
| B |
| selfish |
| C |
| lazy |
| D |
| strange |
3. The answer is D.
Rahul says: C’est vrai que les portables sont utiles.
It's true that mobiles are useful.
4. The answer is C.
Rahul says: Peut-être que nous sommes devenus un peu paresseux à cause de nos gadgets ?
Maybe we have become a little lazy as a result of our gadgets?
Question
Read the transcript below and translate it into English before checking your answer.
Je trouve mon téléphone portable pratiquement indispensable dans ma vie de tous les jours. Je ne sais pas comment je fonctionnerais si je ne l’avais pas tout le temps dans mon sac à main. Je l’utilise surtout pour le calendrier et pour envoyer des emails. Je peux avoir accès à tous mes documents de travail. Je peux même rédiger des documents et préparer des présentations. Par ailleurs, les applis me permettent de suivre les actualités, de vérifier la météo, et de faire mes courses en ligne pendant mon trajet en train.
I find my mobile phone almost vital in my everyday life. I do not know how I would function if I did not always have it in my handbag. I use it mainly for its calendar and to send emails. I can access all my work documents. I can even write documents and prepare presentations. Besides that, the apps allow me to know the news, check the weather, and do my shopping online during my train journey.
Question
Read the transcript below and translate it into English before checking your answer.
C’est vrai que les portables sont utiles. Moi, je suis coupable de trop utiliser le mien, surtout quand je suis avec ma famille. Pourtant, je me souviens du temps où ils n’existaient pas et la vie n’était pas impossible sans eux. Peut-être que nous sommes devenus un peu paresseux à cause de nos gadgets ? Je suis certain que je vois moins mes amis maintenant qu’il y a dix ans, et l’autre jour j’ai téléchargé une appli pour éviter d’utiliser ma carte de crédit. C’est bizarre, non ?
It's true that mobiles are useful and I'm guilty of using mine too much, especially when I'm with my family. Yet I remember the days when they did not exist and life was not impossible without them. Maybe we have become a little lazy with our gadgets? I'm sure I see my friends less now than I did a decade ago, and the other day I downloaded an app to avoid using my credit card. That’s weird, isn’t it?
