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A.
1. F When I was a child TV was still new in Australia and life didn't revolve around it.
2. T - ...most people have a mobile with them constantly (...) far more than anything else they
carry.
3. F Many couples don't even see the need to get married at all.
4. F Many families are rarely, if ever, together (...) they gobble down while fixated on the TV.
5. T- When they're home they're likely to be glued (...), and so communication suffers further.
B.
1. Children used to spend their free time outside playing with friends. Instead of watching TV all day,
they played with their toys, or read and made drawings.
2. Parents have less time for their children nowadays because both, the father and the mother, have
a job. They are working long hours every day and are thus more absent from home.
3. The author has a more negative opinion about the impact of technology on peoples lives. First
technological advance has nearly destroyed socialisation. Children now spend more time alone in
front of any form of technological entertainment. Also TV rules meal time, leaving no time for any
kind of conversation. Even the way people communicate has been affected. Text messages, for
example, have replaced face-to-face contact. And finally, life has become more frenetic people are
more stressed out and depressed because of their jobs. In many ways technology has made our lives
much easier however, we dont have time to enjoy it.
C.
1. fast rate
2. TV 2. mobile
3. marriage
D.
1. explode (verb) + sion. The suffix is used to form a noun.
2. im + person (noun) + al. The prefix is used to form the opposite. The suffix is used to form an
adjective.
3. rare (adjective) + ly . The suffix is used to form an adverb.
E.
1. This means that through technological development it has become easier for people to
communicate with each other, to share and exchange information and to have access to all sorts of
data and information without the constraints or restrictions of geography or time zones. People now
live in a global village in which everything is easily accessible, even if it is happening on the other
side of the planet.
2. This means that relationships are becoming more impersonal and mechanical, since people almost
dont communicate with each other face to face anymore. Instead, they connect using all sorts of
technological means: e-mails, text message, etc.
F.
1. difference 2. incapable 3. popularity / accessible
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4. fascinating
5. unbelievable.
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