People+the+great+communicators

**Pre-reading tasks ** **1.Think of as many ways of communicating as you can. You may use the pictures below as ideas: **
 * People the Great Communicators **
 * 2.Think of as many ways as you can ANIMALS communicate. **


 * Read the text quickly and match the headings to the paragraphs. **


 * A HISTORY OF COMMUNICATION **
 * HOW WE COMMUNICATE **
 * COMMUNICATION TODAY **
 * DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PEOPLE AND ANIMALS **


 * Match the pictures inside the PDF-file to each of the four ancient societies mentioned in paragraph three. **


 * Which of the words in the text are new to you? Try to guess their meaning. **


 * Read the text again and answer the questions: **
 * 1. Which animals are mentioned? What can they do? **
 * 2. What is special about human communication? What can WE do? **
 * 3. Which four forms of media are mentioned in the last paragraph? **
 * 4. What is good and bad about information technology today? **


 * <span style="color: #ff003a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What words from the article mean the same as the following: **


 * <span style="color: #550606; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1) a method or manner of doing something **
 * <span style="color: #550606; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2) to make someone willing (wanting) to do something by giving good reasons, by arguing, by repeatedly asking, etc. **
 * <span style="color: #550606; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3) the largest animal in the sea **
 * <span style="color: #550606; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">4) any of the five natural powers of sight, hearing, feeling, tasting ans smelling which give a person or animal information about the outside world **
 * <span style="color: #550606; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">5) without limits or end **
 * <span style="color: #550606; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">6) an effect on someone or something **
 * <span style="color: #550606; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">7) the newspapers, television and radio **


 * <span style="color: #ff003a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">What do YOU think? **
 * <span style="color: #550606; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1. What can animals do that people can't? **
 * <span style="color: #550606; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">2. How do YOU like to communicate? **
 * <span style="color: #550606; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">3. What is happening in information technology now? **