6. a. put these sentences in the correct order to make a conversation. 1. oh, i see. and what about thursday? are you working then? 2. are you very busy next week? 3. would you like to have chinese, indian or italian food? 4. would you like to come for a meal with me next wednesday or thursday? 5. let’s have chinese. 6. no, i’m not. that would be great. 7. i’m quite busy. why? 8. yes, i’d love to, but i can’t on wednesday. i’m working that evening.

1.  Are you very busy next week?

2. I’m quite busy. Why?

3. Would you like to come for a meal with me next Wednesday or Thursday?

4.  Yes, I’d love to, but I can’t on Wednesday. I’m working that evening.

5. Oh, I see. And what about Thursday? Are you working then?

6. No, I’m not. That would be great.

7. Would you like to have Chinese, Indian or Italian food?

8. Let’s have Chinese.

I remember when I was a kid and the TV remote control consisted of the numbers for the channels, the power button, and the volume buttons; that was it. Now there are buttons for everything including a menu button which allows you to fine tune even more options. Check out this slick new remote

What other devices can you think of? My microwave has two settings defrost and cook? pretty self explanatory. You turn the time knob and presto the microwave starts whirring. Granted, I got it in college and not much else I could have done with it then? but I go over to other peoples houses to use the microwave and I feel like a technotard searching for the GO button. Another device that pops into my mind is my cell phone. Just when I think I got all cozy and feature happy with my Nokia, I go to get a new cell phone, and it takes 5 minutes just to find the talk button!

Here is the catch, as more and more appliances are unified or professional features are brought in to the home, the devices become more complicated. Manufactures have to strike a balance. They have to pick what features a consumer would most likely want to use and put those in the face of the customer first. For example, on your digital camera, how many of the settings do you actually use? Or on your TV? Or when was the last time you played with all the options on your receiver or tweaked every desktop setting on your computer?

I dont see the trend of high end features making their way in to consumer devices slowing down anytime soon. More and more devices are coming our way with a myriad of features. So, what is a consumer to do? For the most part we have to become pseudo experts. This is having very limited success. For example, I?m pretty sure that I have my home theater system set up correctly, but unless I have an expert come in and show me, how am I going to tell? Also, most consumers need to RTFM. That is a given. But, those manuals are getting thicker and thicker. And why should I have to learn all about every setting on the microwave, just so I can heat a burrito? The buttons should be clearly marked and with only the few choices a consumer would actually use!

1) The book which you gave me yesterday is very interesting.

2) Michael is the only one student who had written this dictation with mistakes.

3) The girl of whom he spoke there is my sister’s friend

4) He refused to help his friend and it was surprised me very much.

5) The man who we met in the corridor is the director of our institute.

6) This is the student the writing of whom I gave you.

7) The student whom I borrowed my dictionary would bring it the following day.

8) The student whose dictionary I used asked me to return it the following night.

9) This is the very interesting book I have ever read on the subject.

10) We passed the room, the door of which was open.

11) He helped me to carry my suitcase and it was very nice of him.

12) There were a lot of trees in the forest the leaves of which were quite yellow.

13) Train from Leningrad, that is scheduled to arrive at 5:30,  is late.

14) Is this the book that you are looking for?

15) This is the house where I lived as a child.

16) The tree from which the furniture is made is very hard.