Lesson 7 · Cyber Security

Cyber Security

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1What do the pictures of a warning on a screen, thieves forcing a password, a bullied girl and a pair of handcuffs show? Talk about them.
2Has anyone faked or bullied you on social media? Share with the class.
3What precautions do you take in order to avoid being faked or bullied?
4Choose from munching, ridiculous, window shopping, stammer, obsessed, lurking, outfit, leer, swerve and stamp, and match each to its definition: remaining hidden so as to wait for somebody secretly; preoccupied with something continually to a troubling extent; looking at goods in shop windows without intending to buy them; bringing one's feet down heavily on the ground; deserving disapproval, absurd; a set of clothes worn for a particular occasion; to turn aside abruptly from a straight line; eating something hard steadily and noisily; look or gaze in an unpleasant and offensive way; speaking with difficulty, repeating sounds and often stopping.
5Rewrite these sentences in chronological order: Her father accompanied her to meet the friend. They saw a car on the other side of the road. Anuja told father that she wanted to see her new friend. She revealed her secret e-identity to her father. She told her father about her new e-friend. Anuja's father shared the incident with his friend. He observed that Anuja was looking like a boy in her new dress. They waited for Anuja's friend for ten minutes.
6Why do you think Anuja was unwilling to take her father along with her to meet her new friend?
7How does she criticise her father?
8Describe Anuja's e-friend.
9What did Anuja's father propose in order to go with her?
10What was the shocking news for her father?
11Why did they return without meeting Anuja's friend?
12Why do you think Dhurva laughed at the story of Anuja's father?
13How did the girl's mother see Anuja's father? Why didn't they talk to each other?
14What can be the consequences of faking your identities and bullying other people on social media and the internet?
15Read these sentences with the correct pronunciation and write their intonation patterns: I'm going to meet my e-mail friend. Why? Is it because I'm 60 years old? God! I tried to digest this new information. Is it because I'm 60 years old? Or is it because I've a big belly? She knows me as a boy, doesn't she? Do you know what she said about you? They came out of the car, waited for the girl and finally returned home. You are obsessed dad.
16Both Anuja and her father were embarrassed after Dhurva revealed they were spotted by the girl's mother while waiting for Anuja's e-friend. Say what the father and daughter should and shouldn't have done to avoid the guilt. For example: Anuja shouldn't have introduced herself as a boy to her e-friend.
17Work in pairs. Criticise your partner in these situations: your partner has lost his or her money; got low grades in English; has forgotten to do homework; somebody has hacked his or her email; was lost while visiting the market; is feeling drowsy in class; cannot remember the password of the computer.
18Say whether the words in these sentences express advice, moral obligation or compulsion: You should raise your voice against discrimination. You must abide by the traffic rules while driving. You ought to be fair in your judgment.
19Complete with should, ought to or must, using negative forms where necessary: Every child ... take good care of their aging parents. If you want to lose weight, you ... exercise regularly. Someone picked my pocket. You ... inform the police about it. It was great. You ... go and see it. We ... disrespect our nation at any cost. You look ill. You ... see a doctor. In order to maintain healthy habits, we ... go to bed early and get up early. You ... offend people with your harsh words. We ... learn to apologise with people to build trust and cooperation. If you find someone's goods, you ... try to return them to the respective person.
20Imagine that you are Niti and that you were unable to attend the function. Write a reply email to Sambridhi apologising for your inability to attend her brother's wedding due to urgent family business.
21What do the pictures of a lock on a shield and a laptop surrounded by security symbols show?
22What precautions should we take while using the internet?
23Match these words with their meanings: possession, intertwined, integration, avoid, sensitive, proliferated, shielding, promptly, authentication, transaction. Meanings: to prevent something bad from happening; quick to detect or respond to slight changes or signals; an act of buying or selling, a deal; protecting something from danger or harm; something that you own or have with you; the act of proving that something is real or true; the act of combining two or more things together; closely connected with somebody or something; increased rapidly in number or amount; without any delay.
24State whether these statements are true or false: It is a good idea to use the same password in different accounts for safety. Teenagers are more vulnerable than any other age group regarding internet safety. It is not safe to let the computer remember our passwords. A cheap debit card is safer than an expensive one. It is not safe to enable auto update of software on our devices. We should never enter our financial details on websites.
25Write the correct paragraph name, A to H, against these headings: Keep your Personal Data Safe; Keep Personal Information Private; Set up Two-factor Authentication; Make Sure your Devices are Secure; Be Careful about WiFi; Pay Attention to Software Updates; Back up your Personal Data; Protect your Personal Information with Strong Passwords.
26How do we try to protect our physical property?
27What should we do to keep our passwords secret?
28Mention any two safety measures for shopping with debit cards.
29How can we secure our accounts even when someone finds our password?
30Why do you think we should make online friends only with familiar people?
31What can we do to keep our online data safe?
32Have you ever lost your personal data and information while using the internet? Share your experiences in the class.
33How often do you use the internet? What do you use it for?
34Tick each internet safety measure if the speaker mentions it and put a cross if not: secure connection; firewall and antivirus; strong email password; not sharing your password with anyone except parents; not saving your password on devices; closing unused accounts; being careful where you click; being careful what you post from cyber cafes; informing parents about violent content.
35Answer in not more than four words: What does the internet allow us to do? What protects a computer from virus attack? What should you do after using email? Why should we not click on ads or links? Whom should we consult for any internet-related problem in the cyber cafe?
36Share a problem that you have faced while using the internet. How did you solve it?
37Complete with a or an: I have ... fever and I feel dizzy. Would you like to be ... actor in the future? What ... lovely garden you have! We spent half ... hour in complete silence. Please keep ... eye on our house while we are away. Mr. Napit has brought ... ewe in his farm. Ms Sharma's opinion was criticised as having ... one-dimensional perspective. We had to catch ... early bus to be here on time.
38Fill in the gaps with a, an or the: Could you open ... window, please? Did you read ... book I gave you last week? All the desks were full, so we had to sit on ... floor. Can you play ... flute well? You have ... lovely house. I am particularly impressed by ... living room. ... president is elected every five years in Nepal. No, she looks like ... European. This is ... biggest fish I have ever caught in my life. Bhartmani is known to be ... man of action.
39Fill in the blanks with the correct articles, putting a cross where no article is used: Mrs. Paudel went to ... school to meet her son's teacher. What time did you get ... home yesterday? ... Netherlands consists of twelve provinces. ... Everest is the pride of our country. ... Nile is the longest river in Africa. ... New Road is a financial hub in Kathmandu. ... Aarohan Gurukul Theater was founded in 1982. What did you have for ... breakfast this morning? Braille system was developed to help ... blind for reading and writing. Do you always play ... badminton at school?
40Write a newspaper article on "Internet and Cyber Security" covering: introduction to the internet and technology; use of the internet in our daily lives; the abuses of the internet; need and ways of data privacy; conclusion.
41Prepare a pamphlet depicting cybercrime and awareness for it and display it in the class.
42Why is the story called "Parents" and not "Father"?
43What is the difference in meaning between "You should call her" and "You should have called her"?
44Why do we say "an hour" but "a European"?
45Where does the voice fall in a list, and why?