Рунтакс

11.09.2020 06:41 •  Английский язык

You are going to read a magazine article about how four teenagers keep in
touch with their friends. For questions 1-15, choose from the people (A-D).
There is an example at the beginning (0).
We hear from four girls who know what they want to say AND how they want
to say it!
LIFE ON THE LINE
A Lucy
SMS. Definitely! It's the only way nowadays, since everyone's got a mobile. The
great thing about texting is that you can do it anywhere (even in school if you're
careful not to get caught). It's a laugh. You can play practical jokes on people, like
sending them a text from your friend's phone, so they don't recognise your number
and pretending to be someone else. I've done that loads of times and they fall for it
every time. Once, I sent a message to my best friend, pretending to be a boy she
likes. Anyway, I told her that I would like to meet up with her, fixed a date, time,
place and everything. When the time came, and she was waiting for the man of her
dreams to arrive, we all showed up. Surprise!
Otherwise, I text people to arrange to meet, to tell my parents where I am so they
don't worry about me, to tell people that I'm going to be late. That sort of thing.
You don't have a conversation, exactly, but you can do that face-to-face, can't you?
B Belinda
I have got a mobile but I don't use it that much because I haven't had it very long.
I think I will quite soon – it's just a case of getting used to it. I'm a bit slow at
sending messages at the moment so, for now, I stick to the good old phone. Well,
it's reliable, cheap if you don't stay on all night, and you can say a lot. My record is
three hours on the phone but my friend had called me so my parents didn't
complain about the cost.
What do I talk about? Everything! School, mostly. You know, you've had a bad
day or someone said something to you and you took it the wrong way. It's times
like that mostly. I just like to talk things through with my best friend, get her
opinion, that sort of thing. I always feel better afterwards. I've got a phone in my
room so I usually lie on my bed and get some rest. I'm not one of theses people
who do a million other things while they're on the phone, like my mum, for
example. She can cook the dinner and do all the housework while she's chatting. I
don't think that's fair to the person yourve talking to.
C Catherine
I like the phone but I find it a bit annoying because there's always someone else
waiting to use it. Plus, I don't think I've got very good communication skills and
you can't always understand what people are trying to say to you. So I tend to use
e-mails. I like the fact that I can choose when – or whether - to answer them and I
can carry on surfing the net, doing my homework and so on while I'm waiting for a
reply. Also, when I write them, I can think about what to say and get my thoughts
in order, which helps if you're angry with someone. If you pick up the phone, you
can say things that you'll regret but if you write it down, you can think about it,
even wait till the next day, before you send it. I often just delete mine without
sending them!
D Sara
Person to person, over a cup of coffee, with no interruptions. Yes, I know it's not
cool to admit it, but I'm not a big fan of new technology. Or old technology for
that matter. The trouble with chat rooms, e-mails and text messages is that you
can't express your thoughts at all! What can you say in a few lines of a text
message? Hi, how are you? That's about it. I make a point of meeting up with my
friends on a regular basis. Usually it's just the two of us but then there are evenings
when a group of us get together. That's also nice but I still prefer one on one. If I
see someone once a week, say, then I not only get to catch up with their news, but I
also find out how they feel about it. And the fact that it's face to face means that I
can understand in a split second if someone has a problem. You can't always do
that on the phone and you certainly can` do it with the other methods I mentioned.
Which person states the following?
0.Most of her communication is not about serious
matters.___A
1. She expects her choice to change in the near future.
2. She believes her favourite method is old-fashioned.
3. This means of communication could be quite
expensive.
4. This means of communication is good for playing tricks on
people.
5. It is wrong to combine communicating with other
activities.
6. The way she communicates allows her to do other
things.
7. She finds it a good way to solve her
problems.
8. She sometimes communicates in
secret.
9. It allows her a deeper level of
communication.
10.She uses this to arrange her social
life.