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Task 2. Read the article about mobile phones and do the tasks.
Mobile Fever
Why are we so addicted to mobile phones? There are now over forty million people in Britain
with mobiles and if the present trend continues, every man, woman and child in Britain will soo-
have one or two, or three!
They can be expensive and are possibly bad for us. You can spend a lot of money if you use you
mobile a lot. According to some scientists, if we go on using mobiles, we'll cook our brains.
Some people even say that radiation from mobiles causes cancer.
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Teenagers are among the biggest users of mobiles, and 'texting' is creating a new language full
of abbreviations such as 'How RU?' in Japan, Surveys show teenagers are reading less and
mobile use is affecting the marks of secondary school learners. A big problem in Britain is
crime. Last year half a million British teenagers were victims of mobile phone theft.
As technology improves, mobiles can do more and more. If you have one of the new multimed
mobiles, you can log on the net, pay for things, play games, interact with TV programs and tak
photos to send to your friends.
Read the text again and complete the sentences using no more than THREE WORDS.
1.Nowadays about .......... people in Britain have mobile phones.
2. Radiation from mobile phones can be the reason of.........
3.The biggest users of mobile phones are.........
4. When teenagers use mobile phones much they ........less.
5.In Great Britain mobile phone thefts steal.......... Phones.
6.New multimedia mobiles can do ........ (6 points)
Writing
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Відповідь:
1.
. There are now over forty million people in Britain with mobile phones.
2. If the present trend continues, every man, woman, and child in Britain will soon have one or two, or three!
3. You can spend a lot of money if you use your mobile a lot.
4. According to some scientists, if we go on using mobiles, we'll cook our brains.
5. Teenagers are among the biggest users of mobiles.
6. 'Texting' is creating a new language full of abbreviations such as 'How RU?' in Japan.
7. Surveys show teenagers are reading less, and mobile use is affecting the marks of secondary school learners.
8. Last year, half a million British teenagers were victims of mobile phone theft.
9. As technology improves, mobiles can do more and more.
10. If you have one of the new multimedia mobiles, you can log on to the net, pay for things, play games, interact with TV programs, and take photos to send to your friends.
2. 1. Nowadays about forty million people in Britain have mobile phones.
2. Radiation from mobile phones can be the reason for cancer.
3. The biggest users of mobile phones are teenagers.
4. When teenagers use mobile phones much, they read less.
5. In Great Britain, mobile phone thefts steal half a million phones.
6. New multimedia mobiles can do more.
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