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اللغة الإنجليزية — Chapter 6

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Activity

UNIT 4 — The shrinking world

Discuss
1 Discuss the questions in pairs or small groups.
  • 1
    The title of this Unit suggests that the world is getting smaller (shrinking). In what ways might this be true?
  • 2
    What is the picture saying about this idea?
Practice

MODERN LIVING | COMMUNICATION

2 Read the two texts quickly. Then answer the questions.
  1. 1
    Which text gives evidence to show how young people communicate?
  2. 2
    Which text is about personal feelings?
  3. 3
    Which text includes a list of concerns?
  4. 4
    Which text suggests that we shouldn’t worry about young people’s use of technology?

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Reading

Communication today — Text A

As a parent, I’m becoming increasingly worried about the effect communications technology is having on young people. My fourteen-year-old son seems to spend hours every day texting or chatting online, or updating his social media page. He says he’s going to do his homework, but an hour or two later still hasn’t started it, and I can’t help feeling that he’s wasting so much time on this instead of doing useful things, or even just being with his friends and communicating with real people.

Is all this texting affecting young people’s ability to use language properly? Is there a danger that they could become addicted to technology? What potential dangers are out there in the online world? I don’t know enough about these new technologies to be able to answer questions like these.
Reading

Text B

Like it or not, today’s young people are the connected generation. A recent study in the US found that nearly a quarter of teenagers use social media sites at least ten times a day and 75% own mobile phones. Texting is now the main form of communication for young people. The figures obviously vary between countries, but the one thing we can predict is that they will continue to rise.

Inevitably, this has led to panic among parents, teachers and other adults. But are these fears justified? Not according to Dr Amy Lehane, who has studied exactly how young people are using technology. ‘If you look back,’ she says, ‘you find the same panic reaction from older people to the growth of the telephone or television. Often it comes from a fear of something they don’t understand, but our research indicates that young people are quite capable of telling the difference between the online world and the real world, or between the types of language used for texts and job applications. They’re also very aware of the possible negative effects of technology: they know, for example, that it’s not a good idea to post a message like ‘I’m having a party next Saturday’ on a public site.’
Vocabulary

Arabic glosses printed on this page

shrinking — يتقلص
increasingly — متزايد
worried — قلق
effect — تأثير
communications — الاتصالات
spend — يقضي
updating — تحديث
social media page — وسائل الاتصال
wasting — يهدر
communicating — يتواصل
affecting — يؤثر
ability — قدرة
language — اللغة
properly — سليم
danger — خطر
addicted to — مدمن على
potential — محتمل
dangers — اخطار
online world — الانترنت
connected — مترابط
generation — جيل
nearly — تقريبا
quarter — ربع
main form — الشكل الرئيسي
figures — الارقام
obviously — بوضوح
vary — يختلف
predict — يتوقع
rise — يرتفع
inevitably — حتميا
panic — رعب
fears — مخاوف
justified — مبرر
according — حسب
reaction — رد فعل
growth — نمو
fear — خوف
capable — قادر
difference — فرق
types — انواع
job applications — طلبات العمل
negative — السلبية

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