Laptop for world’s poor children. 1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F): a. Third World children can buy recycled

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1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):

a.	Third World children can buy recycled laptop computers for $100.	T / F
b.	A university head wants developing world children to have computers.	T / F
c.	The idea came from children in a Massachusetts elementary school.	T / F
d.	The computers need lots of batteries.	T / F
e.	A wind-up hand crank gives the computers ten minutes of power.	T / F
f.	The laptops cannot do most of what more expensive computers can.	T / F
g.	Each laptop will come with a free pencil.	T / F
h.	Plans are to produce 15 million of the laptops over the next five years.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:

a.	unveiled	guarantee
b.	revolutionize	connections
c.	initiative	usual
d.	ensure	machines
e.	robust	transform
f.	crank	sturdy
g.	conventional	made public
h.	ports	contact
i.	interaction	starter
j.	devices	enterprise

3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):

a.	unveiled	en masse
b.	set up a new	by clockwork
c.	distribute the new machines	anywhere in the world
d.	Mr. Negroponte stumbled	to increase their sturdiness
e.	robust enough to be used	learning through independent interaction
f.	The laptops are powered	plans
g.	winding up a hand crank	initiative called One Laptop Per Child
h.	encased in rubber	produces ten minutes of power
i.	One laptop per child	across the idea
j.	learn	rather than per community

GAP FILL: Put the words in the column on the right into the gaps in the text.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has _______ plans to produce a laptop computer for under $100 that will revolutionize computer _______ to children in developing countries. Nicholas Negroponte, _______ of MIT’s Media Lab, has set up a new initiative called One Laptop Per Child. It is a non-profit organization that will distribute the new machines en _______ and ensure the world’s poor don't _______ up on the wrong side of a digital _______. Mr. Negroponte _______ across the idea after observing how children in a Cambodian village learned from a laptop. He decided to design a computer that was cheap and _______ enough to be used anywhere in the world and that did not need electricity or batteries.		masse accessibility stumbled divide unveiled robust head end
The laptops are _______ by clockwork. One minute of _______ up a hand crank produces ten minutes of power. They are _______ in more ways than a conventional laptop and are _______ in rubber to increase their sturdiness. They will be able to do almost everything a $1,000 model can do except store huge amounts of data. The machines have color screens, 1GB of memory and four USB _______. Negroponte is aiming at one laptop per child rather than per community as he wants computers to be personal learning _______. He said: “One does not think of community _______.” He explained: “They are a wonderful way for all children to ‘learn learning’ through independent interaction and exploration.” Plans are now in _______ to distribute 15 million of the devices over the next five years.		encased place tools winding ports powered pencils foldable

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