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Read the text carefully:

TECHNOLOGY
Once upon a time comic books were the rage and
kids all around the world gathered excitedly at the corner
shop to get the latest copy. Nowadays they meet at places
like PC Bang, a kind of Internet caf without the caf, a
room filled with video and computer games. Seated side by
side, they spend hours absorbed in online strategy games,
building bases and launching raids against one another.
Steve, 14, sits in front of a monitor, leading wizards
and warriors in battle against the forces of hell in the action game Diablo. When he isnt at PC
Bang, hes usually at home messaging his friends on their computers or their cell phones. My
parents dont mind, he says. I dont have that much homework yet.
The world that todays teens inhabit is different from the one their parents grew up in. This
generation doesnt revolve around fashion or pop culture as much as technology. Teenagers have
never been more wired. Throughout the world childhood relationships are made or broken with a
few strokes of a cell phone keypad. Text messaging via cell phones was the new thing a few years
ago; now teens are using them to download songs. Cameras and PDAS are becoming standard items
on phones; even some clothes contain gadgets like microphones and MP3 players.
Young people are dealing with two main currents of technology. One can be called
videogames, and it includes harmless puzzles or sometimes violent action games. The second
current is messaging: anything from simple e-mail to the Internet chat rooms to text messaging on
cell phones to the exchange of images and voice recordings. Both forces are reshaping the
experiences of millions of kids around the world.
In Newsweek, 2003 (abridged and adapted)
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A. Find evidence in the text for the following statements.
1) In the past, comic books were the most important way of spending free time.
2) The society where teenagers live in is different from their parents.
3) Cell phones are no longer used just for text messaging.
4) Technology is changing childrens life.

B. Find out in the text the opposites of the given words:

1. patiently __________________
2. in favour of ________________
3. similar ____________________
4. harmful ___________________

C. Answer the following questions.

1. How do teenagers presently spend their free time?
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2. What can teenagers do with a cell phone?
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3. What are the two main currents of technology today?
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4. Do you think that cell phones are important? Why?
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B. Fill in the blanks with so and such.
1. Mobile phones are ________ important for teens.
2. Technology is ______ an amazing thing.
3. We can do ______ many things at the same time in the Internet.
4. To live without computers would be _______ difficult.
5. Text messaging is ________ fun.

C. Write a new sentence using a relative pronoun.

1. Some people start using drugs very early. They become drug addicts.
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2. The man felt miserable His family refused accepting him again.
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3. Many young people use legal drugs. They are accepted on society.
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4. The computer is damaged. It belongs to Peter.
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5. The boy has a mobile phone. He is a student.
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6. That modern equipment is very expensive. Its owner is an engineer.
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C. Put the sentences into the Passive Voice.

1. Jonathan can buy lots of videogames.
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2. She bought a computer yesterday.
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3. Todays teens meet new people in cyber cafs.
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4. The boy has played computer games all morning.
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5. Peter was listening a song on his new radio.
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6. In the future, children will use computers instead of books.
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Comment these rap lyrics and give your opinion on the subject.

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