Презентация "Cell Phones Turning Teens Into Chimpanzees" 8 класс
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- Cell Phones Turning Teens Into Chimpanzees
- «Мobile phones making a monkey out of Japanese».
- [Mainichi. Daily News]
- Well, this is certainly news. Looks like a professor at
- the Kyoto University Primate Research Institute has
- accused Japanese teenagers of acting like monkeys—
- all because of their overuse of mobile phones.
- Basically, younger folk are mocking the behavior of
- chimpanzees by losing the ability to discern between
- public and private space.
- "They don't eat meals at home with family
- members and you can clearly see with your
- own eyes the large increase in young people
- who hang about on the streets together with
- the same old friends," Masataka says.
- "They make places like Shibuya their territory and rarely head even to places like (nearby entertainment
- and shopping districts) Shinjuku or Harajuku. They get tired going to new places or meeting new people.
- If they get hungry while they're strolling around,
- they simply get food by going into a convenience
- store, buying something and sitting down outside
- on the curb to eat it. If not that, then they just hang around for hours in fast food joints."
- Masataka says these behaviors closely resembles the behavior of chimps which tend to travel in groups, walking around for a long time without going to any specific place, then eating and disposing of their wastes in the same place before bedding down on piles of grass whenever and wherever the inclination takes them.
- And this intense loitering happens because of
- cellphones.
- He believes parents allow their kids out later
- because they can reach them easily, and this
- is actually cutting down on the communications
- within families. And of course, let's not even
- get started on the whole text messaging thing
- limiting conversations.
- Now can someone please tell the Creationists
- about this?
- Cell phone most hated, needed invention
- Love it. Hate it. Need it.
- Americans are ambivalent about their
- cell phones, TV sets and the like. They
- rely on such everyday technology, but
- it drives them nuts.
- At the top of the list.
- The cell phone.
- An annual Massachusetts Institute of
- Technology survey, known as the
- Lemelson-MIT Invention Index, found
- that among adults asked what invention
- they hate most but can't live without,
- 30 percent said the cell phone.
- Microwave ovens, computers and answering machines also earned spots as detested technology.
- The survey has been conducted for the past eight years to gauge public opinion toward inventions, inventors and technology.
- Alarm clocks were a close second,
- with 25 percent, followed by the television with 23 percent
- and razors with 14 percent.
- "The interconnectedness you get from the cell phone is a very positive thing, and I think that's one of the most important things, the bringing together of people.
- The downside of that is that you sometimes want to be alone," said Lemelson Center Director Merton C. Flemings.
- The telephone survey of 1,023 adults and 500 teenagers was conducted by Princeton, New Jersey-based Taylor Nelson Sofres Intersearch and was released.
- Ninety-five percent of the adults surveyed felt that inventions had improved the quality of their lives.
- Bleau said it was hard to find fault with the technology keeping her in constant touch with her daughter, and Dillon did not find much to criticize about cell phones, other than their pesky habit of going off in public places.
- Dillon said he had a love-hate relationship with television.He ditched his television years ago. Now, he, Bleau, and Bleau's daughter have a TV in their Latham, New York, home, but it is used only for watching movies.
- "It's not hooked into any kind of broadcast or anything like that, primarily because it's so invasive, and can take over your life," he said. "But it's a double-edged sword. I miss the History Channel."
- Jaime Wasserman, 26, of Boston, walked through Quincy Market with her cell phone pressed to her ear.
- "I love technology. There's really nothing that irritates me. I love it all. Computers, television," she said. "An alarm clock? You need an alarm clock. People who hate it are probably lazy people who just don't feel like getting up in the morning."
- LOVE HATE RELATIONSHIP
- Those surveyed said these are the inventions they hate most but can't live without:
- • Cell phone -- 30% • Alarm clock -- 25% • Television -- 23% • Shaving razors -- 14%
- -- Lemelson-MIT Program
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- Which gadget do you hate the most, but also can't live without?
- Cell phone
- Alarm clock
- Television
- I could not imagine my life without my phone or I should say phones because I have got a mobile too. I need a telephone to get in touch with my friends or to call the police or an ambulance.
- I could not imagine my life without my phone
- It is almost impossible for me to live without my phones. At home I have got a cordless telephone, I think it saves time when you have a receiver just at hand.
- But my mum was against buying a cordless phone because if there is some problem with electricity it would not work and you will be totally lost. She also thinks that it is a luxury to have a mobile, it is too expensive, and it is more trouble than it is worth. Besides she says that mobiles are dangerous for health. The rays may cause headaches and even more dangerous diseases. I don’t believe her. For me my telephones are really invaluable.
