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UNIT 3
TO DEPEND ON TECHNOLOGY– IS IT BAD OR NOT?
READING
1 Read the article written by someone who is a technophobe. Then
match the headings (1 – 7) with paragraphs (A – G).
1 It does things you don't need
2 It doesn't save you time
3 It was out of date before you bought it
4 It's anti-social
5 It's destroying the English language
6 More choice doesn't mean better
7 No one takes responsibility when things go wrong
Everyone, it seems, has a mobile these days, even children in kindergarten.
Billions of text messages fly round the world every day, and computers and call
centres run every aspect of our lives. But is all this really making life better? Here
are seven good reasons to hate modern technology.
A
(2) It doesn't save you time
Many people make the mistake of thinking that technology is there to save you
time. Wrong. It is there to give people new ways of filling their time. Take personal
computers. Learning how to use all the features of a new PC uses up all the time
that having a computer saves. And what about all the hours you spend staring at
incomprehensible instruction manuals for your new phone/TV/digital doorbell?
B
Of course it's wonderful to have a CD player, a mobile, a home computer, or an
electric toaster. But do you really want to play computer games on the 4-cm
screen of your mobile phone? Do you need your computer to answer the phone,
or your TV to make toast?
C
Digital TV is a perfect example. When it arrived, we were promised a better quality
picture and more choice. But at 11 o'clock at night, as you flick through the 97
channels you can now get, it is not the quality of the picture that you worry about.
More the fact that not one single programme is worth watching.
D
After several frustrating weeks of finding all the right software for your new PC,
then phoning 'help' desks when it doesn't work, you will proudly show off your new
machine to friends only to hear 'Oh, are you still using that one? I'm thinking of
buying the new PYX 5000, myself.' A few months later, when you try to buy some
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