IS PRIVACY DEAD ?

AN INTERVIEW

ANTICIPATION:

Before you listen , which sentences do you expect to hear in Steve Metcalf’s
interview?

Select 3 sentences from the series of five that you are going to hear.

 An online privacy expert is with me in the studio.

 No personal information is available on the Internet.

 You’ve come up with 15 pages of private information about me.

 I never do my shopping on line .

 What is stored on the net will stay forever.

 GET READY ! PHONETICS:

Before listening to the interview, make sure you are able to identify the
words written in phonetics

/əˈveɪləbl/ :  /ˈprəʊfɑɪl/ :

/ˈsəʊʃəl/ :  /stɔːd/ :

 /ˈfɔːmə/ : /səʊl/ :

 /rɪˈsɜːtʃ/ : /ˌriːəˈʃʊə/

 LISTENING COMPREHENSION

PART 1

 List the 4 websites mentioned by the reporter :

 What happens when people use these websites ? :

 Steven Metcalf ‘s occupation :

 Number of pages of private information he got about the reporter :

 What private information did Steven Metcalf find about the reporter :

 His home address  His phone number  His wife’s job  His credit card
number  His social security number
  His former jobs  His children’s names  the movies he likes 
The foods he likes

PART2

 Complete these sentences (one blank = one word ) :

 Everytime people hit the Send button, personal information becomes

…………………………………………….. .

 The products you buy or rent on the Internet can be

…………………………………………….. .

The searches you do on your Facebook profile can be viewed ,

……………………………… and sometimes………………………………….. .

 The expression : “ The Internet is a window into your soul “ , means that on
the Internet people……………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………..

PART3

 True or False ? Justify orally :

T F  All the information that you have posted on the net will stay on the net.

 What did Google recently say ? (one blank = one word ) :

 It gives its …………………… ………………. the ………………………………they need to

…………………………………….. their …………………………………….. information.

 People should be more ……………………………………. about what they

……………………………………. on the web.

 According to Steven, nothing will be …………………………… than people’s own

judgment and ……………………………. ……………………………. .

 LET’S RECAP !

Use the information above (your notes ) to sum up the conversation. Make
use of reported speech and logical link words.