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イワン・プピレフ:身の回りのものすべてがコンピューターになる

QUESTIONS



Part 1 (Comprehension Questions):


  1. According to the lecture, what is so disappointing about the way people use computers?
  2. What was he title of the book that the lecturer read when he was a teenager?
  3. In the particular example of an orchid which can communicate to you through images and sounds, what didn’t it want?
  4. What was the idea called “Can a tailor make a wearable?” about?
  5. DO tailors who are traditionalists, particularly in Savile Row, use computers?
  6. What do traditionalist-tailors use?
  7. What was the example of wearable technology that the lecturer      presented and wearing?
  8. So, what have the audience and the lecturers proved after presenting the example of a wearable technology?
  9. When this technology happens, what would be the makers of things start to think about?
  10. How long have the lecturer and his team been working on this project?


 Part 2 (Express Yourself Questions):


  1. How often do you use computers and what do you use them for?
  2. Are computers very important to people? Why?
  3. What are the common things you do with computers?
  4. How do you see computers 50 years from now?
  5. What are some of the greatest technological achievements you can observe in your city?
  6. What are the advantages of technology?
  7. What are the disadvantages of technology?
  8. Do you think technological advances are always good?
  9. How can they sometimes be bad and harmful?
  10. Does this technology prevent great “analog” thinking and learning?
  11. What do you think has been the most important new invention in the last  100 years?
  12. What is your favorite piece of technology you own?
  13. Give some examples of technology that have made the world worse.
  14. Talk about how technology has changed in your lifetime.
  15. How can countries help to create more inventors?
  16. Are there any new gadgets that you really want to get?
  17. What do you think will be the next biggest technological advance?
  18. Do you like new gadgets or do you prefer to use technology you are comfortable with?
  19. How have technological advances affected communication/ how we receive news/ the medical field/ education?
  20. Is there a piece of technology that you really want that doesn’t exist? (i.e. flying cars, teleportation, etc.)


Part 3 (Activity):

Vocabulary Match