LOOK UP by Gary Turk

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6!"#$
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- (atch the video again and comp)ete the b)an!s on the sc&ipt with wo&ds &e)ated to techno)ogy.
* have +,, &iends- yet * am )one)y.
* spea! to a)) o them eve&yday- yet none o them
&ea))y !now me.
'he p&ob)em * have sits in the spaces between-
)oo!ing into thei& eyes- o& at a name on a
........
* too! a step bac!- and opened my eyes-
* )oo!ed a&ound- and then &ea)ised
that this ......... we ca)) socia)- is anything but
when we open ou&..........- and it/s ou& doo&s
we shut.
0)) this techno)ogy we have- it/s 1ust an i))usion-
...............- companionship- a sense o
inc)usion
yet when you step away &om this ..........o
de)usion-
you awa!en to see- a wo&)d o conusion.
0 wo&)d whe&e we/&e s)aves to the techno)ogy we
maste&ed-
whe&e ou& ............. gets so)d by some &ich
g&eedy basta&d.
0 wo&)d o se)-inte&est- se)-image- se)-
p&omotion-
whe&e we sha&e a)) ou& best bits- but )eave out the
emotion.
(e a&e at ou& most happy with an e2pe&ience we
sha&e-
but is it the same i no one is the&e.
3e the&e o& you& &iends- and they/)) be the&e too-
but no one wi)) be- i a g&oup message wi)) do.
(e edit and e2agge&ate- we c&ave adu)ation-
we p&etend not to notice the socia) iso)ation.
(e put ou& wo&ds into o&de&- unti) ou& )ives a&e
g)istening-
we don/t even !now i anyone is )istening.
3eing a)one isn/t the p&ob)em- )et me 1ust
emphasi4e-
that i you &ead a boo!- paint a pictu&e- o& do some
e2e&cise-
you a&e being p&oductive- and p&esent- not
&ese&ved o& &ec)use-
you/&e being awa!e and attentive- and putting
you& time to good use.
5o when you/&e in pub)ic- and you sta&t to ee)
a)one-
put you& hands behind you& head- and step away
&om the............
$ou don/t need to sta&e at you&.............- o&
at you& ............ .............-
1ust ta)! to one anothe&- and )ea&n to co-e2ist.
* can/t stand to hea& the si)ence- o a busy
commute& t&ain-
when no one wants to ta)! th&ough the ea& o
)oo!ing insane.
(e/&e becoming unsocia)- it no )onge& satisies
to engage with one anothe&- and )oo! into
someone/s eyes.
(e/&e su&&ounded by chi)d&en- who since they
we&e bo&n-
watch us )iving )i!e..............- and thin!
it/s the no&m.
*t/s not ve&y )i!e)y you wi)) ma!e wo&)d/s g&eatest
dad-
i you cant ente&tain a chi)d without using an
................
(hen * was a chi)d- * wou)d neve& be home-
*/d be out with my &iends- on ou& bi!es we wou)d
&oam.
(e/d wea& ho)es in ou& t&aine&s- and g&a4e up ou&
!nees6
we/d bui)d ou& own c)ubhouse- high up in the
t&ees.
7ow the pa&!s a&e so 8uiet- it gives me a chi))
to see no chi)d&en outside and the swings hanging
sti)).
'he&e/s no s!ipping o& hopscotch- no chu&ch and
no steep)e-
we/&e a gene&ation o idiots- ..........
............ and dumb peop)e.
5o )oo! up &om you& ...........- shut down
that ............-
ta!e in you& su&&oundings- and ma!e the most o
today.
9ust one &ea) .................is a)) it can ta!e-
to show you the die&ence that being the&e can
ma!e.
3e the&e in the moment- when she gives you the
)oo!-
that you &emembe& o&eve&- as when )ove
ove&too!.
'he time you i&st ho)d he& hand- o& i&st !iss he&
)ips-
the time you i&st disag&ee- but sti)) )ove he& to
bits.
'he time you don/t need to te)) hund&eds- about
what you/ve 1ust done-
because you want to sha&e the moment- with 1ust
this one.
'he time you se)) you&....................-
so you can buy a &ing-
o& the gi&) o you& d&eams- who is now the &ea)
thing.
'he time you want to sta&t a ami)y- and the
moment when-
you i&st ho)d you& baby gi&)- and get to a)) in
)ove again.
'he time she !eeps you up at night- and a)) you
want is &est-
and the time you wipe away the tea&s- as you&
baby )ees the nest.
'he time you& )itt)e gi&) &etu&ns- with a boy o&
you to ho)d-
and the day he ca))s you g&anddad- and ma!es you
ee) &ea) o)d
'he time you ta!e in a)) you/ve made- 1ust by
giving )ie attention-
and how you& g)ad you didn/t waste it- by )oo!ing
down at some invention.
'he time you ho)d you& wie/s hand- and sit down
beside he& bed
you te)) he& that you )ove he&- and )ay a !iss upon
he& head.
5he then whispe&s to you 8uiet)y- as he& hea&t
gives a ina) beat-
that she/s )uc!y she got stopped- by that )ost boy
in the st&eet.
3ut none o these times eve& happened- you neve&
had any o this-
(hen you/&e too busy )oo!ing down- you don/t
see the chances you miss.
5o )oo! up &om you& phone- shut down those
................-
we have a inite e2istence- a set numbe& o days.
(hy waste a)) ou& time getting caught in the
..........- as when the end comes- nothing/s
wo&se than &eg&et.
* am gui)ty too- o being pa&t o this
...........-
this ......... .............- whe&e we a&e
hea&d but not seen.
(he&e we type and don/t ta)!- whe&e we &ead as
we ............-
whe&e we spend hou&s togethe&- without ma!ing
eye contact.
:on/t give in to a )ie whe&e you o))ow the hype-
give peop)e you& )ove- don/t give them you& )i!e.
:isconnect &om the need to be hea&d and deined
Go out into the wo&)d- )eave dist&actions behind.
Loo! up &om you& phone- shut down that disp)ay-
stop watching this video- )ive )ie the &ea) way.
VOCABULARY
- ;atch the wo&ds &om page < with the deinition. 'hey have been unde&)ined o& you to &ead in conte2t.
<- :e)usion
,- G&eedy
=- 3asta&d
+- >&ave
?- 0du)ation
6- G)isten
7- 5ta&e
@- >ommute&
"- *nsane
<A- Bngage
... 5omething that shines
... 5omeone who &egu)a&)y t&ave)s between wo&! and home
... 0n unp)easant pe&son
... 'o )oo! at someone o& something o& a )ong time and not move you& eyes
... >&a4y o& ve&y si))y
... 'o inte&est someone in something and !eep them thin!ing about it
... 'o have a st&ong ee)ing o wanting something
... 3e)ie in something that is not t&ue
... Ce&y g&eat admi&ation o& p&aise o& someone
... (anting a )ot mo&e ood- money- etc. than you need
- Labe) the pictu&es with the unde&)ined wo&ds in the te2t.
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