A) Work in pairs or small groups. Discuss the questions. Use the words from the box.
a video recorder a computer. a microwave oven • a CD player
a television • a telephone • a digital camera . a photocopiera washing
machine a mobile phone • a refrigerator a security system a playstation
a vacuum cleaner a ventilator (an electric fan) an electric kettle a toaster
1. Which objects (inventions) can't you live without? Why?
2. Do you think that inventions are actually making our lives better or
more complicated?
3. Are you afraid of or excited about technology? Which items in the
box above do you most or least like using?
4. Do you feel that we are more and more controlled by machines?