TED+Talk+on+Laptops+for+Schoolchildren

This listening lesson idea comes from tesolfrance: []

Who is Nicholas Negroponte travelling with? How many laptops are they delivering? What description does Nicholas give of the children they're going to give the laptops to? What's the purpose of the initiative?
 * Listen to the talk and answer the following questions in your own words**

Fill in the following gaps: 1 billion children, ..................................... don't have electricity at home or at school and in some ....................................let me pick Afghanistan ....................... of the little girls don't go to school. I don't ...................................they drop out of school on the .............................or fourth grade they don't go.

How many laptops have not yet been delivered? How many are being ordered? In Colombia how many laptops are there? Which minister are they working with? What is the explanation given for the fact that they're working with this minister? Which minister is mentioned next? What is said about it? What is said about reading skills linked with the new laptop? What is the inversion in the usual process mentioned? Write down the countries mentioned in the entire talk.

Write the Arabic equivalent in the context of the talk and write a sentence using each word.
 * Vocabulary:** Look up the following words in an electronic dictionary (chttp://dictionary.cambridge.org/ or http://www.wordreference.com/fr/)

utmost to drop off a delivery otherwise a laptop rough an issue leap frog an engine growth to sky-rocket


 * Writing**: What do you think of this initiative? Write a five line-paragraph giving your opinion on the subject.