Give short answers to the following questions.
The Joy of TXT
1. 
Listen to the text and choose the correct answer: a, b, c or d.
| 1) The British send more than ____ texts every month. a) 2.5 million b) 2.5 billion c) 25 billion | 2) A British teenager spent ____ on texts. a) £ 400 b) £ 4,500 c) $ 4, 500 |
| 3) He was also addicted to ____ a) sending texts. b) sending letters. c) sending e-mails. | 4) James Trusler is ____ fastest texter. a) the world’s b) the England’s c) the America’s |
| 5) James set a new world record on ____ TV. a) African b) Australian c) American | 6) It took him ____ seconds to text. a) 76 b) 67 c) 66 |
2. 
Listen to the text once more and tick () the following statements “True” (T) or “False” (F).
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| T | F | |
| 1) The British hate sending texts. | ||
| 2) When a Scottish student wrote an essay ‘in txt’, his teacher gave him ‘B+ 4 f4t’. | ||
| 3) Texting is a cheap and convenient method of communication. | ||
| 4) One British teenager sent 8,000 messages in one year from his computer at work. | ||
| 5) His treatment is working well. | ||
| 6) James Trusler sends nearly 2,500 text messages every month. |
3. 
Complete the sentences with the information from the text.
1) Nowadays most people understand the __________________ of
text.
2) Texting can bring a lot of _____________________________.
3) A British teenager addicted to text messaging is _____________
years old.
4) For some people, _______________________ has changed their lives.
Give short answers to the following questions.
1) Who is the first person in the world to receive treatment for an
addiction to text messaging?
_______________________________________________
2) How many messages was he sending a week?
________________________________________________
3) How much money a week does he spend on texts after the
treatment?
________________________________________________
4) Where does James Trusler work?
________________________________________________
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| Name _____________________________________________________ | Date____________________ |
Listening V - II
The Joy of TXT
1 
Listen to the text and choose the correct answer: a, b, c or d.
| 1) The British send more than 2.5 billion texts ____. a) every month b) every week c) every year | 2) A British ____ spent £ 4,500 on texts. a) teenager b) boy c) student |
| 3) He was sending e-mails from his computer ____. a) at home. b) at school. c) at work. | 4) ____ Trusler is the world’s fastest texter. a) Jack b) Jane c) James |
| 5) Trusler set a new world ____ on Australian TV. a) record b) prize c) goal | 6) It took him 67 ____ to text. a) minutes b) symbols c) seconds |
2 
Listen to the text once more and tick () the following statements “True” (T) or “False” (F).
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| T | F | |
| 1) The British love sending e-mails. | ||
| 2) When a Scottish student wrote a test ‘in txt’, his teacher gave him ‘C+ 4 f4t’. | ||
| 3) Texting is a cheap and convenient method of staying in touch with your friends. | ||
| 4) One British teenager sent 8,000 messages in one week from his computer at work. | ||
| 5) He received treatment for an addiction to texting. | ||
| 6) James Trusler sends nearly 2,000 text messages every month. |
3 
Complete the sentences with the information from the text.
1) 
Nowadays most people understand the language of text, with its ___________ and missing letters.
2) Texting is very convenient and __________, but it can bring a lot
of problems.
3) A British teenager addicted to__________________ is nineteen
years old.
4) James Trusler from Sussex in ____________ travels around the world.
Give short answers to the following questions.
1) When did the British teenager become the first person in the world to receive treatment for an addiction to text messaging?
_______________________________________________
2) How much money did he spend on texts?
________________________________________________
3) How is the treatment working?
________________________________________________
4) Does James Trusler get bills for texting?
________________________________________________
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Text for listening
The Joy of TXT
The British love sending text messages. They send more than 2.5 billion every month. And most people now understand the language of text, with its numbers and missing letters. In fact, when a student at a Scottish school wrote an essay entirely ‘in txt’, his teacher gave him ‘C+4 f4t’ (‘C+ for effort’).
Although texting is a convenient and cheap method of staying in touch with your friends, it can also bring problems. In 2005, a British teenager became the first person in the world to receive treatment for an addiction to text messaging. In one year, the nineteen-year-old spent about £4,500 on texts. (He was sending about 700 texts a week.) He was also addicted to e-mail, and sent 8,000 messages in one month from his computer at work. The treatment is working well, however, and he now spends no more than £10 a week on texts.
For some people, text messaging has changed their lives. For example, James Trusler from Sussex in England travels around the world taking part in texting competitions and TV shows. He’s the world’s fastest texter and recently set a new world record while he was appearing on Australian TV. He texted: ‘ The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human.’ It took him 67 seconds. (That’s fast. Try it!) James sends a lot of text messages – about 2,500 a month. Fortunately, he doesn’t get big bills because he works for a large mobile phone company!