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    This document summarizes communication preferences from a survey of 5 individuals: 1. Jeff cannot live without his mobile phone and uses it constantly to text, call, listen to music, take photos and read emails. 2. Kate uses Facebook to keep in touch with friends from the UK since moving to Canada 6 months ago and likes seeing photos and updates. 3. Mark loves YouTube, uploads his band's music videos hoping for fame, and discovers new music by downloading clips.

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    This document summarizes communication preferences from a survey of 5 individuals: 1. Jeff cannot live without his mobile phone and uses it constantly to text, call, listen to music, take photos and read emails. 2. Kate uses Facebook to keep in touch with friends from the UK since moving to Canada 6 months ago and likes seeing photos and updates. 3. Mark loves YouTube, uploads his band's music videos hoping for fame, and discovers new music by downloading clips.

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    This document summarizes communication preferences from a survey of 5 individuals: 1. Jeff cannot live without his mobile phone and uses it constantly to text, call, listen to music, take photos and read emails. 2. Kate uses Facebook to keep in touch with friends from the UK since moving to Canada 6 months ago and likes seeing photos and updates. 3. Mark loves YouTube, uploads his band's music videos hoping for fame, and discovers new music by downloading clips.

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    Reading Skills 1

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    Zuzana Avocroks
    This document summarizes communication preferences from a survey of 5 individuals: 1. Jeff cannot live without his mobile phone and uses it constantly to text, call, listen to music, take photos and read emails. 2. Kate uses Facebook to keep in touch with friends from the UK since moving to Canada 6 months ago and likes seeing photos and updates. 3. Mark loves YouTube, uploads his band's music videos hoping for fame, and discovers new music by downloading clips.

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    READING SKILLS

    1 Read the text and match the people to what they said about communication. There are two
    extra sentences that you do not need.

    1 ‘I like to read about my friends and what they’re doing.’ 

    2 ‘I wonder if the postman has brought anything.’ 

    3 ‘I think message boards are a great way to communicate.’ 

    4 ‘I couldn’t do my job without it.’ 

    5 ‘I hate it when I forget to recharge the battery!’ 

    6 ‘Installing new programmes can be difficult.’ 

    7 ‘It could help me to fulfil my ambitions.’ 

    /5

    WHAT KIND OF COMMUNICATION CAN’T YOU LIVE WITHOUT?


    Read the results of our survey and find out more.
    A Jeff
    I can’t imagine life without my mobile phone! I can’t stand it when the battery goes dead or when I
    can’t get through to a friend or someone in my family. I always get the latest model, as soon as it
    comes out. I use my phone all the time. It’s like an extension of myself. Anyway, 5 billion people in
    the world use mobiles, so I’m not alone! I probably text about twenty times a day, but I don’t make
    that many calls because it’s expensive. I listen to music when I’m bored, I take photos to send to
    my friends and I read emails and post comments on my blog.

    B Kate
    I live in Canada now, but I’ve only been living here for 6 months. I use Facebook to keep in touch with al
    l my friends from the UK. I signed up when I arrived in Canada. I think it’s the best social networking
    site - well, there are over 200 million active users (400 million if you listen to some people).
    It’s really nice to see photos of my friends and read what they’ve been doing. I really miss them! I like
    the fact that it’s instant too. You just have to write something and click on the button and it’s there.
    C Mark
    I love YouTube!! It’s only been going since 2005 but about 100 million people use it every day! I’m in a
    band and I upload videos of our songs. Maybe someone will hear them and we’ll become famous.
    It’s happened to other people, so why not us? I love listening to music. You can find anything you want t
    here. I’ve discovered lots of new singers and bands that are really cool. I download lots of clips too.

    D Ruth
    The Internet, definitely. I’m one of the 1.5 billion people who use it every day. I’m a reporter and I use
    it to find information. I hate it when my computer crashes and I can’t get online. I send a lot of emails
    too. I follow some forums. They’re useful to find out what people are thinking. I love the
    fact that I can be sitting on a train and still be connected to the Internet. When I started we only
    used pen and paper – what a difference!

    E Thomas
    Letters. I think they’re the best way to communicate. I know they’re becoming increasingly rare
    these days, because they’re not instant like email or texts. However, I think they’re more honest. I
    read a report that said that people lie 50% more in emails than in hand written letters.
    That doesn’t surprise me. I love receiving letters and opening them. I read them over and over again –
    I don’t think that’s true with emails.

    2 Read the texts again. Are the statements true (T) or false (F)?

    1 Jeff and Kate both send photos to their friends. 

    2 Kate has been using a social networking site for six months. 

    3 Mark thinks YouTube should have more variety of videos to download. 

    4 Ruth has changed the way she finds information for her job. 

    5 People are more truthful in emails than in letters. 

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