Internet
1. Tell us about your favourite websites and why you like them.
2. Which websites do you follow for your work or profession?
3. Which Facebook, Instagram and YouTube pages do you follow? Why do you follow them?
4. On which internet pages do you do your online shopping? When did you last buy something on the internet?
5. When did you start using the internet?
6. Which websites did you follow when you started using the internet?
7. Do you have any favourite Facebook or Instagram celebrities, and why do you follow them?
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EXAMPLE ANSWERS: Hello. I am Mehmet. I am one of the students of Spoken Cafe. Internet:
1. I like YouTube because I can watch funny videos and learn new things.
2. I don’t work; I am a student, but I use Google for homework.
3. I usually follow technology pages
4. I use Trendyol and Hepsiburada. I bought a book on Trendyol last week.
5. I started using the internet when I was in secondary school
6. I followed YouTube and Facebook. There were no other social media pages at that time
7. I don’t like social media celebrities. I follow some good artists or singers.
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Sultan Kösen (born 10 December 1982 in Mardin) is a Turkish man who holds the Guinness World Record for the tallest living male at 251 centimetres in 2009. Kösen’s growth resulted from the condition of acromegaly. He describes the advantages of being tall as being able to see a great distance and being able to help his family with domestic tasks like changing light bulbs and hanging curtains. He lists disadvantages as not being able to find clothes for his legs measuring 126 centimetres and for his arms with a sleeve length measuring 97 centimetres, or shoes that fit, as well as finding it difficult to fit into an average-sized car.
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Do you know any interesting people? What’s interesting about them? Would you like to be as tall as Sultan? Why/why not?
A Japanese proverb meaning the child will be like his/her parents. It’s close to the English saying, ‘the apple does not fall far from the tree’
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Do you look more like your father or your mother? In what ways do you resemble him/her?