Collins English for Exams Speaking for ielts

Exercise U
Yes, they certainly are. 
Precisely.
6 
Technology
Vocabulary: Technology
Exercise 1
1 A technophile is someone who loves new technology. 
A technophobe is someone who dislikes and is afraid 
of new technology.
2 The w rite r of the text a technophile (we're 
busy
upgrading our MP3 players to the latest m odel
. ..).
3 Examples of 
gadgets:
sm artphones (m obile phones 
w ith Internet and com puting capabilities), e-book 
readers, night-vision binoculars, digita l cameras, 
breadm akers (a home appliance fo r baking bread)
4 s ta te -o f-th e -a rt
5 outdated
6 A rtific ia l Intelligence
7 Possible answer: I can't say it's tha t im portant to 
me to upgrade my mobile every few months. But 
it seems to m a tte r a lot to oth er people, I guess 
because they are dazzled by the new features of the 
latest model. And olde r m odels quickly begin to look 
outdated.
Exercise 2
1a blew up; 1b blew up
2a have broken down; 2b breaks down
3a tu rn up; 3b tu rn up
4a tu rn ... down; 4b Turn ... down
Answer key 
1 3 7

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5a turned over; 5b tu rn over 
6a set off; 6b set off
Exercise 3
But then again
Exercise 3
break down: 
become ineffective; separate into parts
turndow n: 
reject; reduce the volum e/tem perature
set off: 
s ta rt a journey; cause sth to operate
turn up: 
appear; increase the volum e/tem perature
blow up: 
(cause to) explode; enlarge (a photo)
turn over: 
change position; watch a different TV channel
Vocabulary: The Internet