A: I'm a business manager, and I just can't figure out how my life will be if there'sno Internet. Technology and the Internet have made things easier for me in my job. For example, my team and I make use of video conferencing when I'm on a trip abroad. I can't explain why some people are against technology. My wife and I usually argue about my staring at the smartphone all the time. It's alwaysour biggest source of disagreements.
B: When my husband and I gave our children a laptop as a birthday present lastyear, we didn't expect that they could be so much into it. I wish we hadn't given it to them. They spend, in my opinion, too much time surfing the Internet and playing video games. I am afraid if this continues, their study results will be badly impacted. We have tried to warn them many times, but that just doesn't work. Iwish they were little and controllable again.
C: I'm eighty years old now, older than the Internet and any computers you'veseen. I used to be against technology. That was not because I'm slow in it, but because in our time, we didn't have to rely on such things. But that has changed! I have two granddaughters and one grandson, and all of them are studying abroad. The fastest and most convenient way for us to keep in touch is the tablet that they bought me. I love spending thirty minutes a day in front of the tablettalking with them.
1. a changed opinion on technology – ________________________________
2. things that make one's work become easier –________________________________
3. quarrels with someone over the use of a technological device –________________________________
4. a specific amount of time spent in front of a technological device –________________________________
5. inability to understand why some people hate technology –________________________________
6. regretting a past action –________________________________
7. a worry about a bad consequence that may happen – ________________________________
8. independence on the Internet and computers – ________________________________
