expendable to (2) _________ expendable to (3)

_________

Hard drive (4) _________

500GB
capacity
• DVD SuperDrive
Hardware
• (5) _________
Price (6) ________ £1,029

• Wireless networking
Connectivity
• (7) ________
Operating (8) _________
system
• (9) ________
Software
• Editing programs for photos, music and (10) ________

Activity 3: Role Play

• One student is a customer, who wants to buy a laptop for gaming. The other is a
shop assistant at FPT shop.
• Use the prompts and product description below to make a conversation.

Dell Inspiron Lenovo Legion

Display 15-inch Full HD 15.6-inch Full HD

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Processor 2.5-Ghz Intel Core i5 2.8-GHz Intel Core i7

RAM 8 GB 16 GB

Hard drive 1 TB with 256 GB SSD 2 TB with 128 GB SSD

Battery life 11 hours 6 hours

¤ Backlit keyboard ¤ Backlit keyboard

Other ¤ Spacious touchpad with ¤ Awkward touchpad with

features smooth texture & nice clicky upside-down trapezoid shape &

response, accurate gestures pieces of plastic, pain to use

Price $899 $1199

Shop Assistant Customer

Greet and offer help

E.g. Good morning! Can I help you?

Explain what you are looking for

Show two possible models

Ask for some technical specs

(display, processor)

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Give technical specs (display, processor)

- Compare two models

- Ask for further technical specs
(storage capacity, battery life)

Give the information required (RAM,

hard drive, battery life)

- Compare two models

- Ask for the price

Give the price

- Compare the price

- Ask for further features

Mention any further features that might

persuade the customer to buy the laptop.

Decide which laptop to buy or leave

the shop

Retrieved from http://www.laptopNo1.com

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