Are you always on your phone?

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Ex 1) Order the sentences

Put the sentences on the right in the most logical order for writing an essay about technology
according to the paragraph headings on the left.
1. Introduction 1

2. Introduction 2

3. Introduction 3

4. Paragraph 2

5. Paragraph 3
6. Conclusion 1
7. Conclusion 2

Its used as a source of

communication and relaxation.
Technology can have other
disadvantages. For example...
However there are other skills which
are also important...
We should use it appropriately.
It's going to be a huge part of our
lives in the future and will be an
advantage for us to use.
Technology is, as I said, a wonderful
thing.
Technology is important.

Ex2) Listen and fill in the gaps

Use - absorbed advantage appeals appropriate believe development engrossed
examples However impinge Increasingly integral opportunity serious technology
Technology is (1)____________ to our lives. It's a wonderful thing. (2)____________ it's used
as a source of communication and relaxation. It really (3)____________ to some types of
mind. My eldest daughter would play on a tablet type computer for many hours at a time if I let
her. It's going to be a huge part of her life in the world she's growing up in and it will be an
(4)____________ to her to be able to use it.
(5)____________ the need to be conversant in public, able to communicate in the spoken
and written word and learn from people around her is, I (6)____________, vital to her future. I
won't let technology spoil the (7)____________ of that aspect of her life.
We went to a wonderful woodland area near Plymouth last Sunday. We took bicycles and met
up with friends. It was a clear sunny day. The scenery was beautiful. We were all
(8)____________ in our time together. We had fun. We got physically tired. We were better
for it. Whilst we were out, we saw two young girls on bicycles waiting for their father to catch
them up. He was walking (9)____________ in his mobile handset. He'd lost that
(10)____________ to be engaged with his daughters because of (11)____________. We all
see (12)____________ of this from time to time. Ive been to dinner parties where people
keep checking their handsets. We have had houseguests who constantly look at their phones.
Last week my niece was supposedly having a (13)____________ conversation with me on
the phone when my other niece told me she was texting whilst I was talking.
Technology is, as I said, a wonderful thing, so are the people and the world around us. We
should all realise the (14)____________ time to use technology and not let it
(15)____________ on the physical and human world around us.

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1) ----------Key---------1. Introduction 1
2. Introduction 2
3. Introduction 3
be an advantage for us to use.
4. Paragraph 2
5. Paragraph 3
6. Conclusion 1
7. Conclusion 2

Technology is important.
It's used as a source of communication and relaxation.
It's going to be a huge part of our lives in the future and will
However there are other skills which are also important...
Technology can have other disadvantages. For example...
Technology is, as I said, a wonderful thing.
We should use it appropriately.

2) ----------Key---------Are you always on your phone?

Technology is integral to our lives. It's a wonderful thing. Increasingly it's used as a source of
communication and relaxation. It really appeals to some types of mind. My eldest daughter
would play on a tablet type computer for many hours at a time if I let her. It's going to be a
huge part of her life in the world she's growing up in and it will be an advantage to her to be
able to use it.
However the need to be conversant in public, able to communicate in the spoken and written
word and learn from people around her is, I believe, vital to her future. I won't let technology
spoil the development of that aspect of her life.
We went to a wonderful woodland area near Plymouth last Sunday. We took bicycles and met
up with friends. It was a clear sunny day. The scenery was beautiful. We were all absorbed in
our time together. We had fun. We got physically tired. We were better for it. Whilst we were
out, we saw two young girls on bicycles waiting for their father to catch them up. He was
walking engrossed in his mobile handset. He'd lost that opportunity to be engaged with his
daughters because of technology. We all see examples of this from time to time. We go to
dinner parties where people keep checking their handsets. We have had houseguests who
constantly look at their phones. Last week my niece was supposedly having a serious
conversation with me on the phone when my other niece told me she was texting whilst I was
talking.
Technology is, as I said, a wonderful thing, so are the people and the world around us. We
should all realise the appropriate time to use technology and not let it impinge on the physical
and human world around us.