BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY

Unit 6

Which item do you think is the most/least useful?How often do you/your parents use these items?What other pieces of equipment do you use daily?

CCTV

a mobile phone

a credit card

ATM

a laptop computer

a satellite dish

a robot

Match the columns to make sentences:

CCTV (closed circuit TV) cameras

ID cards Radars Security systems Satellites ATMs Microchips Computers

to store and organise information

to store large amounts of information on circuits

to monitor roads and public places

to identify you to locate ships and planes

when we can’t see them to collect and send

information to and from space

to protect a building from burglars

to allow you to take money out of the bank

No More Secrets

surveillance to be aware of the price we pay convenience to operate security mugging shoplifting to keep track of finger scanning fingerprinting

to identify face recognition footstep identification via satellite to be located ID card birth certificate automatically to commit crimes privacy to be willing to pay

How can surveillance

increase public safety? In what ways can ID technologies offer

greater convenience? What is the disadvantage of increased

surveillance?