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Letter of the alphabet for 'the' invented (11th July, 2013)

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	letter	a.	letter on their keyboards
2.	a capital "T"	b.	of the alphabet
3.	The man thinks people	c.	so interested
4.	get it	d.	and a small "h"
5.	computer makers will put the	e.	change the world
6.	He spent $35,000	f.	will like it
7.	Apple isn't	g.	on his app
8.	He said it won't	h.	from iTunes

PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	it replaces	a.	common word
2.	save	b.	"the"
3.	typing one key	c.	time
4.	other words	d.	systems
5.	the fifth most	e.	have symbols
6.	a limit	f.	companies will change
7.	experts don't think	g.	instead of three
8.	operating	h.	on characters

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

An Australian businessman (1) ___________________ letter of the alphabet. It is (2) ___________________ word "the". It looks like a capital "T" and a small (3) ___________________. However, it looks like a letter from the Serbian language. The man thinks people will like it. People (4) ___________________ iTunes. The guy hopes computer makers will put the letter on their keyboards. He spent (5) ___________________ app, but Apple (6) ___________________. He said it won't change the world, but will be useful.

The man thinks the new letter (7) ___________________ it replaces "the," which is (8) ___________________ English word. He said people will (9) ___________________ one key instead of three for "the". He said other words have symbols. For example, the word "and" ((10) ___________________ common word) has the ampersand (&). The man thinks the letter (11) ___________________ is a limit on characters. Computer experts don't think companies will change their keyboards       (12) ___________________.

PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE

AnAustralianbusinessmanhasmadeanewletterofthealphabet.Itisasy
mbolfortheword"the".Itlookslikeacapital"T"andasmall"h"joinedtoge
ther.However,itlookslikealetterfromtheSerbianlanguage.Themanth
inkspeoplewilllikeit.PeoplecangetitfromiTunes.Theguyhopescompu
termakerswillputtheletterontheirkeyboards.Hespent$35,000onhisa
pp,butAppleisn'tsointerested.Hesaiditwon'tchangetheworld,butwill
beuseful.Themanthinksthenewletterisusefulbecauseitreplaces"the,
"whichisthemostcommonEnglishword.Hesaidpeoplewillsavetimety
pingonekeyinsteadofthreefor"the".Hesaidotherwordshavesymbols.
Forexample,theword"and"(thefifthmostcommonword)hastheampe
rsand(&).Themanthinkstheletterwillhelpwherethereisalimitonchara
cters.Computerexpertsdon'tthinkcompanieswillchangetheirkeyboa
rdsoroperatingsystems.

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

a)	________________________________________________________
b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
f)	________________________________________________________
g)	________________________________________________________
h)	________________________________________________________

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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

a)	________________________________________________________
b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
f)	________________________________________________________
g)	________________________________________________________
h)	________________________________________________________

WRITING

Write about the alphabet for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

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