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Yahoo also to offer 1GB mailbox

WHILE READING ACTIVITIES

1. GAP-FILL: Put the words on the right into the gaps.

BNE: The __________ to provide bigger, free email storage is on. Yahoo has just announced it will quadruple its inbox space to one gigabyte from April. This is the third time Yahoo has __________ increased its storage space in the past nine months; its inbox was four megabytes last summer, and then increased to 100MB, and later to 250MB. Its big __________, Google’s Gmail, started the storage war last April by __________ the world with a massive 1GB, which was 250 times bigger than Yahoo’s __________ 4MB. Microsoft’s Hotmail will now need to increase its storage, currently at 250MB, to keep up with the 1GB providers. Gmail has so far been in a testing period, but is predicted to __________ the ante by offering a beefed-up 2GB to stay ahead of the pack when it starts offering email accounts through its website. Joining Gmail is still by invitation only. Yahoo has __________ its 1GB upgrade is in response to Gmail, saying it was to __________ in line with what Yahoo users wanted from the company. A Yahoo spokesperson said people are now storing things like photos in their inboxes, which requires a larger capacity.

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2. TRUE/FALSE: Check your answers to the T/F exercise.

3. SYNONYMS: Check your answers to the synonyms exercise.

4. PHRASE MATCH: Check your answers to the phrase match exercise.

5. QUESTIONS: Make notes for questions you would like to ask the class about the article.

6. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. Pool unknown words and use dictionary to find the meanings.

1. GAP-FILL: Check the answers to the gap-fill exercise.

2. QUESTIONS: Ask the discussion questions you thought of above to your partner / group / class. Pool the questions for all students to share.

3. VOCABULARY: G o over the vocabulary you circled above.

4. STUDENT-GENERATED SURVEY: Write down 3 questions based on the article. Conduct your surveys alone. Report back to partners to compare answers. Report to other groups / the whole class.

5. ‘STORAGE’ / ‘SPACE’: Make questions based on your findings from pre-reading activity #1.

6. DISCUSSION:

a. What was interesting in this article?

b. Were you surprised by anything in this article?

c. How much space do you need?

d. Which email provider do you use and why?

e. Would you change provider (and address) if they offered 2GB?

f. How important is email to you?

g. What would life be like without email?

h. How often do you write real letters – with a pen?

i. Do you prefer receiving real letters (from the post office) or emails?

j. Do you send birthday cards or e-cards?

k. What do you do with spam mail?

l. How angry do you get with spam?

m. Do you ever open attachments?

n. Do you chat online?

o. Have you ever had a phishing mail?

p. What’s the best thing about email?

q. What’s the worst thing about email?

r. Would you prefer voicemail (no need to write, just record your message and send)?

s. Have you ever used Microsoft’s Messenger or Apple’s iChat?

t. How about video mail, where a webcam videos your message and then you send it to your friends or bank manager?

u. What are the dangers of email?

v. Do you mind if your mail contains advertising?

w. Teacher / Student additional questions.

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