home phones still going strong
both scientific and sociological research indicate that, although the internet has 2 the way people work, at a more personal level the more old-fashioned ways of communication are not being 3 by the new nechnologies. 4 to statistics, a person who uses the net at home to send and receive e-mails talks on the phone for 19 minutes on sunday – a mere one and a half minutes less than someone who does not use the internet 5 .keele university’s psycology professor tim baxter says it’s all to do with how 6 the internet is, as opposed to the much greater 7 of the human voice to convey a person’s emotions. “only the greatest writers can actually put their feelings on paper” he says, “and when people talk to friends or 8 they want them to know how they feel”. things are very different at the workplace. it is estimated that corporate telephone usage in the uk has fallen 9 (by more than 40%) since 1995, indicating that tha internet is seen as a more 10 way to communicate with colleagues.
1 clear
2 form
3 threat
4 accord
5 domestic
6 person
7 able
8 relate
9 drama
10 rely
1 clearly
2 transformed
3 threatened
4 according
5 domestically
6 impersonal
7 ability
8 relatives
9 dramatically
10 reliable