Upper Intermediate Portfolio - Straightforward

12c Scam
Date:
Can do (tick ✓)
I can guess the meaning of idiomatic expressions in an article.
I can use the causative to talk about something that someone is doing for me.
I can discuss email scams and other contemporary crimes.
I can propose and discuss appropriate punishments for crimes.
Scam & spam
Which sorts of spam emails do you most often receive Do any of them try to scam you Have
you or anyone you know fallen for any internet scams
The internet
The internet is a wonderful new field for criminals. Do you agree Which crimes are most
worrying Should the response be more regulation and management Should there be new laws
Causatives
Think of three things you have had done over the last year and three things you need to get done
over the next year.
the history of spam
• Not many people outside the UK, the US and Korea
realize that Spam is something other than unwanted
email! It’s actually a rectangular tinned pre-cooked
processed meat product. The name is an abbreviation
of Spiced Ham (although some unkind jokers insist it
means Spare Parts of Anonymous Mammals).
• So, how on earth did it become the word for
unwanted emails advertising cosmetic surgery and
the like Well, it seems to be because it was one of
the few unrationed items in Britain after the war.
So it was everywhere and people got a bit sick of it
– just like spam email!