ENGLISH LESSON FOR APPLICATION DEVELOPERSSTUDENT’S BOOKLET

By Miss Mo

Introduction

This booklet is designed to help you improve your English skills in a fun way. You are on the brink of becoming a professional application developer and your always on the lookout for the next best thing. Black Mirror unveils how modern technologies can backfire and be used against society. There are certain ethical dilemmas that come with artificial intelligence which we need to be aware of. This is the main reason why we are devoting a lesson to this topic.

Lesson goals:

- You learn what the possible effects of modern technology on our society could be. - You improve critical thinking skills.- You improve your English listening skills. - You improve your English reading skills. - You improve your English speaking skills. - You improve your English vocabulary.

1. Have you ever watched Black Mirror, if so what is your favorite episode?

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2. First watch a few minutes of The Entire History of You episode of Black Mirror (0.00-3.27) than try to match the following words/ definitions?

a) boundaries b) job interview c) knowing right from wrong d) a good person won’t go unnoticed

Appraisals ………………..Cream floats ………………..Ethically and morally ………………..Parameters ………………..

3. If a chip like the Grain would exist, would you have one or not? Why?

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4. In The Entire History of You Liam is a lawyer without a job. If everyone’s lives would always be recorded, what effect could this have on job opportunities for lawyers?

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5. What do you think would be the effect on crime?

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Let’s watch another extract from The Entire History of You (3.27-4.17). Try to answer questions 6- 8 afterwards.

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6. What do you think of the effect that this grain implant has on the airport security check?

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7. Assume traveling by plane is not possible without the Grain. Is it a free choice to get the implant? Why?

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8. Nowadays, do we have the choice to own a smart-phone? Please explain your answer.

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9. Read the summary plot and fill in the gaps.

flight brief job reaction love confronts chip

In the future, most of the population has a ……1……. called Grain implanted to record and replay each and every memory. After a …2…… interview, British lawyer Liam Foxwell takes an earlier …..3…… to meet his wife, Ffi, at a dinner party with her old friends. When he unexpectedly arrives, Ffi is talking to her friend Jonas and Liam finds her ……4…… strange. Then he watches her flirting with Jonas during the dinner and he suspects they are having a …..5….. affair. When Liam presses his wife for information on Jonas, she admits to a ….6…. relationship with him in Marrakech before she met Liam. Liam spends the night drinking and reviewing the reunion. The next morning, he drives to the house of Jonas and ……..7……… him. What will be the price of his obsession?

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10. Every time someone decides to go back to a certain memory, they disconnect from their surroundings. Try to draw other parallels with smartphone usage in modern society.

Parallel one ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Parallel two ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Parallel three ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Parallel four ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

11. What are the drawbacks of disconnecting continuously?

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12. Liam discovers that his wife cheated on him with Jonas. He makes her watch her chip history and then he breaks up with her. Have a look at the final extract (43.17-48.00) to see what he decides to do in the end. What do you think of this decision?

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13. Which of the following modern technologies have the most in common with the Grain technology? You have to choose one of the following options and stand in the corner of the classroom which corresponds with your choice. You will be asked to explain your choice?

Corner one: Google glassesCorner two: Smart phones (taking pictures of each moment)Corner three: Instagram and Facebook (history of your timeline)Corner four: Reality TV

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