6.4 TECH TRENDS

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What do you think the words/phrases in bold
take off, breakout, pushed the boat out, take, to the fore
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mean in these contexts?
The pundits say this trend will never take off.
take off
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suddenly start being successful
increase fast in success/popularity
It's this year's breakout gadget.
breakout
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newly famous and successful
The company really pushed the boat out on this product.
pushed the boat out
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spent a lot of money celebrating something because it is very special
What's your take on these new smart watches?
take
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opinion
What's your take?
Wearable tech has been to the fore this year?
to the fore
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very noticeable
Whatch the programme. Which of the things below are mentioned? What do they say about them?
smart watch, interactive television, smart thermostat, driverless cars, drones, brain imaging, genetic data
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All the things are mentioned except interactive television and brain imaging.
smart watch
break out
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one speaker wonders if Apple's smart watch will break out
become more successful than others
smart thermostat
from afar
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can control heating from afar
from wherever you may be — provided you have an Internet connection of some kind
driverless cars
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there are more experiments with these
drones
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these have been promoted at a convenient time for Amazon (before the Christmas rush); they will fill the skies and raise concerns about privacy and surveillance
genetic data
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it defines you and is being stored and makes you vulnerable to hackers
Complete
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the extracts
It was the year when (?) technology began to take off with all sorts of devices
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It was the year when wearable technology began to take off with all sorts of devices
wearable technology: smart electronic devices (electronic device with micro-controllers) that can be worn on the body as implants or accessories.
to give you information on the (?)
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to give you information on the move.
move; progressing; advancing. Finally the market has turned around now and is really on the move. At last, we are on the move!
They (Apple) were, after all, the company that really pushed the (?) [out] on smartphones, and with their iPhones,
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They (Apple) were, after all, the company that really pushed the boat [out] on smartphones, and with their iPhones,
push the boat out
so you wonder if their take on the smart watch will be the watch that actually finally breaks (?) from gadget geeks.
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so you wonder if their take on the smart watch will be the watch that actually finally breaks out from gadget geeks.
break out
The magic of the interconnected world is that everything's going to be (?), so you may be somebody who's driving home from work
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The magic of the interconnected world is that everything's going to be connected, so you may be somebody who's driving home from work
connected
one day and using the dashboard in your car to turn on your (?) at home.
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one day and using the dashboard in your car to turn on your heating at home.
heating
There are getting to be far more savvy and malicious (?) out there who are looking to tap into your information,
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There are getting to be far more savvy and malicious hackers out there who are looking to tap into your information,
to exploit the fact that we have a lot of our (?) in the cloud.
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to exploit the fact that we have a lot of our data in the cloud.
Listen to two people discussing whether to invest in an innovation. What is the gadget and what do they think of it?
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A water carrier that purifies water. They think it's worth investing in and has potential.

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