Cover of the textbook English File Elementary - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 11C - How smart is your phone? for the textbook English File Elementary - Student's Book with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden and Jerry Lambert from Oxford University Press

Question

  1. Look at photos 1-6. What can you see?
  2. Read the article and check. What did people use each thing for?

Answer

  1. Encyclopedias → people used them to look up information.
  2. Teletext → people used it like a basic internet on their TV.
  3. Fax machines → people used them to send printed messages over the phone.
  4. Walkmans → people used them to listen to music.
  5. The Yellow Pages → people used them to look up the names and contact details of local businesses.
  6. An A–Z → people used them to find streets in their city.