Номер 1, страница 113, часть 2 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс учебник Демченко, Юхнель

1. a. Work in three groups: A – parents, B – teenagers, C – scientists. Prepare to speak about your attitude to mobile phones.

b. Work in the same groups. Read your article, discuss the meaning of the words in bold. Prepare to retell the article to your classmates. What does your article tell you about: the advantages of the mobile phone or its disadvantages?

Text A

My teenage daughter got a new mobile and I’m totally confused. Emily’s new phone plays music and videos. It has games and a navigation system. It connects to the Internet. I cry out for olden times, when a phone to a teenager meant having his / her own extension in the bedroom. Now things are much more complex, and a parent can’t even eavesdrop.

When mobile phones appeared, we thought they were just a passing fad. However, they have become more important to young people than schoolwork, following dress codes, and writing thank-you notes, all put together.

I was out-of-my-element as we entered the busy phone store. We approached the counter, and a shop-assistant interrupted her conversation on (what else?) a mobile.

“We just want a simple phone,” I stated.

The woman asked, “What do you mean?”

Emily elbowed me. “What she means is we want a new iPhone.”

“We simply want a basic phone with no fancy downloads, no downloads, no uploads, no extra features, no ringtones, no dial tones, no Sudoku, no nothing. Just simple. And cheap.”

My voice had got loud, and I found myself growing warm as people turned to look at me. Emily covered her face with her hands.

“I’m sorry,” I said, recovering myself. “Go ahead and give her the iPhone, and throw in a hamburger, please.”

I left the store nostalgic for the time when you could pick up a big black receiver and an operator said, “Number please.” Then you recited three numbers and a letter, and the call went through. And if you had a party line, you could listen to other parties talk.

Why on earth must we improve on what is already perfect?

By Karen Williams

Text B

Hold on while I just download some games for my mobile phone!

Na, seriously, I am a teenager and we have a right to mobile phones. We are living in this world and mobile phones are the future of technology.

All the old people reading this, just think back to when you were in high school. I’m sure you had some trendy thing that old people play with. Maybe it was a yo-yo or some weird thing you old people play with and then you just throw it away?

They are useful in more ways than you could even dream of, a lot more useful than your favourite Yo-Yo. Primarily they connect us to our friends that we can’t always talk to. Secondly they have games – ENTERTAINMENT! It could just be better than your old Yo-Yo! They also play music. Amazing, isn’t it!

That is the same with mobile phones: we love them even if older people disagree. Power to the future!

P.S. The new iPhone is a great phone!

By Vincent Moore

Text C

The mobile phone has become the most important way of communication for teens and that’s why they often avoid contact with peers that don’t have mobile phones. “Next time a teenager says, ‘Mom, Dad, if I don’t have a phone, I’m going to be a nobody,’ they are being serious,” said Robbie Blinkoff.

Blinkoff and his colleagues studied the behaviour of 144 mobile phone users between the ages of 16 and 40 from several countries and found that teenagers often saw little difference between talking and meeting face to face and on the phone. They often saw groups of teenagers sitting together, talking with faraway friends on their mobiles rather than to each other.

Can we say that mobile phones are wolves in sheep’s clothing?

40% of young adults use their mobile phones during more than four hours a day to talk or send text messages. If they miss a call or a message, it makes them feel “deeply upset and sad”.

“I’m going to Grandma’s house to show her how to check her e-mail for the ten millionth time. If you don’t bite her, I will!

The main difference between this kind of addiction and alcoholism or drug-addiction is that mobile-addicts can be seriously affected psychologically but, as they don’t show any physical symptoms, others don’t see their problem. In fact, addiction to mobile phones is part of a greater group – that of addiction to new technologies.

Mobile-addicts forget about important activities (studies), drift apart from friends and close family, and think about the mobile phone constantly when they do not have it with them. There was once a teenager who had 14 mobile phones. She spent sleepless nights in the company of phantom chat partners and finally dropped out of school.

A huge number of teens use their mobile phones during school. The survey also revealed that on average, teens spend almost as much time on their mobile phones as they spend doing physical activity.

One half of those surveyed said they would rather have their TV privileges cut down than their mobile phone use, while more than a quarter (27%) indicated they would prefer to have Web access limited rather than have their mobile phones taken away.

c. Moving activity “Meeting in the street.”

Что ваша статья говорит вам о: преимуществах мобильного телефона или его недостатках?

Ответ:

Text A: This article highlights the disadvantages of modern mobile phones from a parent's perspective. It portrays them as overly complex, a source of generational misunderstanding, and a departure from a simpler, preferred past. The author feels that what was once a simple communication tool has become a passing fad that is unnecessarily complicated.

Text B: This article champions the advantages of mobile phones from a teenager's viewpoint. It argues that teenagers have a right to mobile phones, which are described as the future of technology, essential for connecting with friends and for entertainment.

Text C: This article focuses on the significant disadvantages and dangers of mobile phone use among teenagers. It discusses issues like addiction, social isolation where users drift apart from family, avoidance of face-to-face contact, and negative impacts on studies, even leading a student to drop out of school.

Перевод:

Текст A: В этой статье освещаются недостатки современных мобильных телефонов с точки зрения родителя. Они изображаются как излишне сложные, являющиеся источником межпоколенческого непонимания и отходом от более простого, предпочитаемого прошлого. Автор считает, что то, что когда-то было простым средством связи, стало проходящим увлечением, которое неоправданно усложнено.

Текст B: Эта статья отстаивает преимущества мобильных телефонов с точки зрения подростка. В ней утверждается, что подростки имеют право на мобильные телефоны, которые описываются как будущее технологий, необходимые для связи с друзьями и для развлечений.

Текст C: Эта статья фокусируется на существенных недостатках и опасностях использования мобильных телефонов среди подростков. В ней обсуждаются такие проблемы, как зависимость, социальная изоляция, когда пользователи отдаляются от семьи, избегание личного общения и негативное влияние на учебу, что даже привело к тому, что один из учеников бросил школу.