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Exercise: the 90's - technology

Tony Thorne

1990's

Do you know the meaning of the following? Try this exercise and check your answers afterwards:


	1: Tony uses the word 'start-up' to mean...					'the moment a car's engine begins to work'
						'a small company that has been started recently'
						'the money needed to start a new business'

	2: The arcade games of the 70's can be described as 'crude' because...					they were always based on rude, offensive subjects
						they were much less sophisticated and made in a simpler way than today's computer games
						they would not run on any fuel other than unrefined oil

	3: If someone is called a 'misfit', it means they...					are not easily accepted by other people, because they behave differently from others
						always have to stand up on a bus because they are too big for a seat
						have an irregularly shaped body

	4: 'Software' is a generic term for...					all computer programmes
						mattresses, pillows and blankets
						all fabrics used for making clothes, curtains, sheets, etc.

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