Speak about the advantages and disadvantages of mobile phone.

????? ?17

1. Let?s talk about modern means of communication. How do people communicate today?

When we think about modern means of communication, we cannot understand how people who lived some fifty years ago, were able to keep in touch. Nowadays, with a mouse in one hand and a mobile phone in the other one, we cannot imagine human contacts without modern technology devices.

Thanks to the new technologies people are communicating more than ever before. Modern means of communication have made the distance between people unimportant.

Unlike 20 years ago, we usually call someone, not visit. This traditional way of keeping in touch has suffered a lot as people choose quicker and easier phone calls. Mobile phones are portable and let us contact others wherever they and we are. Furthermore, mobile phones offer the possibility of texting. Text messaging is the most convenient and the cheapest form of communication when we need to pass a quick note containing only a few words.

E-mails have replaced letters and postcards almost completely. People prefer e-mails, which are quicker to write and send, and more sure to reach the addressee.

Business people still use fax and telegram in offices, but they have started creating special websites for communicating with partners. Video conferences are often used and business people do not need to travel to remote places.

To keep in touch with our families and friends that live abroad we use video chats. Thanks to them we can talk with our relatives for free and without time limits.

All in all, it is mostly the Internet and mobile phone that we use to communicate.

2. Are you for or against the Internet?

The internet is without doubt one of the most important inventions in history. It promises a world of information, entertainment, on-line shopping and e-mail services. Using the Internet offers many advantages. Firstly, all of the latest information is available to you, in your home, at any hour of the day or night. It is much faster and easier to surf the net in search of information from all over the world than to travel to libraries in many countries. Secondly, on-line shopping makes it possible to look through catalogues to find exactly what you want at the best price, saving both time and money. By joining a chat group, you can share your hobbies and special interests, and perhaps make friends all over the world. What is more, e-mail is popular because it is faster than sending a letter and cheaper than a telephone conversation.

On the other hand, the Internet has some disadvantages. With so much information available, finding of what you want can take you time. There are a lot of multimedia web pages with photos, music and video; they make downloading slow and boring. Moreover, there is too much advertising instead of real information. As for the Internet friendship, sitting at home in front of a computer is not the same as meeting people.

All in all, the Internet has both good and bad points. The system is improving all the time and I think that any problems that we have ban be solved. Whether we like it or not, the Internet is here to stay, so we have to make the best possible use of it.

3. What questions would you ask about a new gadget you are going to buy?

1. First of all I would like to know what new functions it has.

2. It would be interesting to know what size it is.

3. I would also ask in what way it differs from other devices of this kind.

4. I?d like to know how much it costs.

5. And finally I would ask if it?s worth buying.

4. What would you recommend a person who spends much time watching TV?

Television is one of the greatest inventions of all times. There?s probably no such a person on Earth that doesn?t know what television is. It?s not the invention itself that?s important, but what it gives us. It gives us information, which is everything. Having information today means being successful. And communicating information is something that the television is designed for in the first place. Besides communicating information education is one of the primary functions of television. Educational television makes life both easier and more interesting.

Unfortunately, television today is getting more and more dangerous. The worst thing is that violence on TV is being absorbed by children?s immature minds and is then transformed into their behavior. Sometimes low-quality and aggression-promoting TV programmes instruct young people how to do illegal things, steal, injure or even kill people.

Watching TV is not always good and watching TV non-stop is really bad. Everything should be done within reasonable limits. Parents should keep an eye on their children and never let them sit in front of the TV the whole day long.

Speak about the advantages and disadvantages of mobile phone.

The mobile phone has become the most important way of communication for teens. Modern phones offer lots of possibilities including talking, texting, playing video games, listening to music, surfing the Internet and watching videos. What is more, it can be very helpful in case of emergency.

But teenagers spend hours on their mobile phones and sometimes become addicted and forget about important activities, studies, friends and families. Sometimes teenagers sitting together with peers prefer talking with faraway friends on their mobiles rather than talking to each other.

As you see, there?s a sad situation developing and we must do as much as we can to change the way things are.

Date: 2016-06-13; view: 520