Communication
1. Translate the following words and phrases and find them in the script of the interviews. Перевести слова, найти и выделить их в тексте.
to stay in touch –
to keep in contact –
via email -
face-to-face contact –
to take turns –
lifeline –
to mask the fear of –
communicating in an honest and open way –
instantaneously –
a technophobe –
remote communication –
isolated –
on the flipside –
to get one’s point across –
to be misunderstood –
P = Pasha S = Samuel Sa = Sarah R = Richard F = Fay
G = Geraldine J = Josephine Ja = Jasmin
P: Hi. I have too many friends to stay in touch by phone, so I use a lot of social networking sites instead. Today I’m finding out how people feel about modern communication. How do you like to stay in touch with your friends?
S: The main way that I keep in contact with my friends is via email, um, and I also use mobile phone.
Sa: I like face-to-face contact best, so that’s always my preference, but otherwise I speak on the phone, write letters, send emails.
R: I think it’s really important to stay in touch with friends, so, I’ve got a really close group of friends that we have dinner once a month. We do a kind of ‘round robin’, you know, we each take turns to cook for each other. So, we do that regularly.
F: I keep in contact with my friends via email.
G: Well, I used to use an awful lot of postcards and letters, but of course that’s now email.
J: Email, I still write letters, send text messages, and phone calls.
Ja: My phone. My phone is my lifeline. Use it for everything. I hate computers.
P: Has modern technology helped us to communicate better?
Sa: No. I think we think we can communicate better, but I think it just masks our fear of communicating in an honest and open way.
S: We’re able to make contact with someone via mobile phone instantaneously
