Final exam

There are lots of icons used in technology that

/ðeər/  /ɑr/   /lɑts/  /ɑv/  /ˈaɪˌkɑnz/  /juzd/ /ɪn/ 
/tɛkˈnɑləʤi/  /ðæt/

 are clever and creative. I like the  house icon on the internet to represent

/ɑr/ /ˈklɛvər/ /ænd/  /kriˈeɪtɪv/. /aɪ/ /laɪk/ /ðə/ /haʊs/ /ˈaɪkɑn/ /ɑn/ /ði/ /ˈɪntər

ˌnɛt/ /tu/ ˌ/rɛprəˈzɛnt/

a homepage. It looks just like the houses that children draw.

/ə/ /hoʊm peɪʤ/ /ɪt/ /lʊks/ /ʤʌst/ /laɪk/ /ðə/ /ˈhaʊsəz/ 

/ðæt/  /ˈʧɪldrən/ /drɔ/

I like the bin, , too – that’s the place where you put the things you don’t want.

/aɪ/ /laɪk/ /ðə/ /bɪn/
/tu/ – /ðæts/ /ðə/ /pleɪs/ /wɛr/ /ju/ /pʊt/ /ðə/ /θɪŋz/  /ju/  /doʊnt/
/wɑnt/

It’s very clear icon. The symbols and the icons

/ɪts/ /ˈvɛri/ /klɪr/ /ˈaɪkɑn/ /ðə/ /ˈsɪmbəlz/ /ænd/ /ði/ /ˈaɪˌkɑnz/ 

that Messenger, Twitter and Facebook use are also fine because they are

/ðæt/ /ˈmɛsənʤər/, /ˈtwɪtər/ /ænd/ /feɪs bʊk/ /juz/ /ɑr/ /ˈɔlsoʊ/ 

/faɪn/ /bɪˈkɔz/  /ðeɪ/ /ɑr/ 

attractive and everyone recognizes them.

/əˈtræktɪv/ /ænd/ /ˈɛvriˌwʌn/ /ˈrɛkəgˌnaɪzəz/ /ðɛm/

But there is one icon which just doesn’t work these days: The

/bʌt/ /ðeər/ /ɪz/ /wʌn/ /ˈaɪkɑn/ /wɪʧ/  /ʤʌst/ /ˈdʌzənt/  /wɜrk/ /ðiz/ 

/deɪz/ /ðə/

floppy disk icon for save.

/ˈflɑpi/ /dɪsk/ /ˈaɪkɑn/ /fɔr/  /seɪv/

Computers don’t use floppy disk anymore. They stopped using them in 2002.

/kəmˈpjutɜrz/ /doʊnt/ /juz/ /ˈflɑpi/ /dɪsk/ ˌ/ɛniˈmɔr/.  /ðeɪ/  /stɑpt/ 

/ˈjuzɪŋ/ /ðɛm/ /ɪn/

Young people don’t know what they are. I think they should design
/jʌŋ/  /ˈpipəl/  /doʊnt/  /noʊ/  /wʌt/  /ðeɪ/ /ɑr/ /aɪ/ /θɪŋk/ /ðeɪ/ /ʃʊd/ /dɪ
ˈzaɪn/ 

a new icon.

/ə/ /nu/ /ˈaɪkɑn/

There must be an icon out there that’s more modern.

/ðeər/ /mʌst/ /bi/ /ən/  /ˈaɪkɑn/ /aʊt/ /ðeər/ /ðæts/  /mɔr/ /ˈmɑdɜrn/ 

Here are some ideas I came up with

/hir/  /ɑr/  /sʌm/  /aɪˈdiəz/  /aɪ/  /keɪm/  /ʌp/  /wɪð/

What do you think? Which do you like best?

/wʌt/ /du/ /ju/ /θɪŋk/ / wɪʧ/  /du/ /ju/ /laɪk/ /bɛst/

Or do you have a better idea?

/ɔr/  /du/ /ju/  /hæv/ /ə/ /ˈbɛtər/  /aɪˈdiə/?