Unit7 What's this for

Posted 2020-10-12 Jinggo

CA:

Can I borrow your phone to call my boss?

I cann‘t believe you still don‘t have a cellphone. Here you go.

Thanks. Now, what do I need to do?

First of all, be sure to turn it on. And don‘t forget to dial the area code.

OK. I can see the number, but I can‘t hear anything.

That‘s because you haven‘t pressed the "call" button.

Oh, good! It‘s ringing.

Try not to get too excited. You‘ll probably get his voice mail.

You‘re right. It‘s a recording.

Make sure to hit the "end" button, or else you‘ll leave our conversation on his voice mail.

 

CB:

That was fun. Let‘s call somebody else.

Is there anyone you need to call?

Well, not really. But I‘d like to see if there are any messages on my answering machine at home. Can you show me how to check?

I don‘t think I have that many minutes left.

 

Listening:

We‘ve all heard stories about how Internet users growing. Today, however, we‘re talking with someone who has studied people who don‘t use the internet. Let‘s welcome Dr.xxx to the program.

Thank you. It‘s nice to be here.

Thanks for coming. Now I understand that many people still don‘t use the internet. Is that right? What can you tell us?

That‘s right. My research has reviewed that about fouty two percent of population never uses the internet.

fouty two percent ! That‘s pretty high. And why is that?

Well. They tend to be old people or people living in more rumal areas. But there are also these who are worried about the privicies, or who think that the internet isn‘t nessary in their life. Some of these people are even pround to be indepent from the online world.

Interesting!

In your new book you mentioned "    ". Can you explain what you mean by this?

Well, lots of people lived with someone who surf the net, but they still don‘t net on themselves. I call this group the "   ". What I found in talking to these people is that they sometimes ask family members to send emails for them, or to browser websites, but they don‘t want to do it themselves.

I know someone like that.

Yes, and then there‘s another group of people I called "Internet Dropouts".

"Internet Dropouts", what exactly does it mean?

It refers to people who once use the internet but have stopped useing it for some reason. They may not have a computer anymore, may not have enough time, or simply may not be interested.

I see. Well, thank you very much for sharing that information with us. Dr...

 

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