Bill Gates launches Microsoft OS Vista. You work for Microsoft in the Department of Wows

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WOWS:

You work for Microsoft in the Department of Wows. With your wowing partner(s), develop a presentation that Bill Gates must give at the launch of the Vista operating system. Use the table below to help you.

	The biggest wow	Wow #2	Wow #3
Design and look
Security
Music
Photos
Studying English application
Your secret wow ______________

After you give your presentation to the class / other wow teams, decide on which wowers were best. Vote on a Wow Factor score of 1 to 10 (10 is the wowest wow). Perhaps one student could operate the wowometer.

Change partner(s) and give help on making your presentations better. Tell each other what is needed for extra wow. Present again.

Discuss the things you heard. What ones would be most exciting or useful in your life?

CORRECT WORD: Choose the correct words from a–d below and write them in the article.

Microsoft (1) _____ released the latest Windows operating system around the world on Tuesday. Titled Vista, the (2) _____ -awaited program was on shelves in 40,000 stores worldwide. It was more than five years (3) _____ the making, created by 8,000 people and cost over $6US billion to develop. Microsoft founder Bill Gates flew to London for the unveiling. He said his new slogan - ‘The “Wow” starts now’ - would (4) _____ what consumers should expect from the product. Gates believes users will be wowed by what’s on offer. He said: "There are chances for wows all over the product." These may come in the form of a (5) _____ new 3D interface, a digital media lifestyle focus, a quick search function, and (6) _____ up security. Vista is "dramatically more secure than any other operating system released", Gates told the BBC News.

Despite the hype and (7) _____, the new operating system does have quite a few hurdles to overcome. One is that it cannot be used on any PC that is over two years old, which will be too slow to run the applications. Another potential pitfall is that hackers have also been waiting five years to (8) _____ the software’s code. There (9) _____ well be a race to see who can find holes and start the first viruses. Many analysts have advised consumers to be (10) _____ and wait to see how secure Vista really is before buying it. A further reason why customers may not dash to the stores to buy Vista is the confusing (11) _____ of versions. Will people want Vista Starter, Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, Vista Ultimate or Vista Business? And finally, Microsoft will need to deal with people calling Vista a (12) _____ of Apple’s Mac OSX.

1.	(a)	finality	(b)	finalized	(c)	final	(d)	finally
2.	(a)	long	(b)	longish	(c)	lengthy	(d)	longing
3.	(a)	in	(b)	on	(c)	of	(d)	at
4.	(a)	essence	(b)	epitaph	(c)	epitome	(d)	epitomize
5.	(a)	licks	(b)	slacker	(c)	slick	(d)	slack
6.	(a)	beefy	(b)	beefed	(c)	beefcake	(d)	meaty
7.	(a)	fun fair	(b)	fanfare	(c)	fan belts	(d)	fan mail
8.	(a)	crack-up	(b)	crackdown	(c)	crack	(d)	click
9.	(a)	may	(b)	can	(c)	will	(d)	have to
10.	(a)	cautioned	(b)	cautious	(c)	caution	(d)	cautionary
11.	(a)	array	(b)	arrange	(c)	vary	(d)	various
12.	(a)	top dog	(b)	horseplay	(c)	fishbowl	(d)	copycat

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