ВУЗ:
Составители:
Рубрика:
63
minor spare part, you find it is no longer manufactured, and that it would be much
cheaper to replace the whole computer with the new PYX 7500.
E
This is easy, because very few people really understand how the machines they
have bought work. So you phone the software company and they will tell you it's a
hardware problem. You then phone the hardware company and they tell you it's a
software problem. Call centres are the worst. Phone the so-called 'customer care'
number, and after waiting on hold for fifteen minutes you will be told you need the
sales department. The sales department assure you that it's the technical
department you need, but surprise, surprise, the technical department put you
back through to customer care. People can spend weeks of their lives like this.
F
Apparently, teenagers now do so much texting and e-mailing that their thumbs are
getting bigger. Unfortunately, they are also forgetting how to spell. One schoolgirl
recently wrote her entire essay on 'My summer holidays' in text speak.
G
A recent survey showed that more than eight out of ten young people would rather
text their friends or family than actually speak to them in person. And according to
the same survey, 25 percent of people would answer their mobile phone even
during a moment of passion. I ask you, is this really a better world?
(New Cutting Edge Intermediate by S. Cunningham and P. Moor © Pearson
Education Ltd)
LISTENING
2 Listen to two visitors to the Computer World exhibition being
interviewed and complete the chart.
Interview 1 Interview 2
Name
Occupation
Type of PC
used
Reasons for
choice
Страницы
- « первая
- ‹ предыдущая
- …
- 61
- 62
- 63
- 64
- 65
- …
- следующая ›
- последняя »
