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(In a survey of 2000 people in the UK [1], three-quarters of the respondents said they have sent text messages, blogged or surfed the internet while on the toilet. :-)

In just a few years, technologies have radically transformed the way we work, communicate, or reach out to friends and family. In our daily lives, many pieces of technology have become indispensable.

Many think that our dependence on technologies is a threat to society, but many others think that it is an inevitable development that we should not resist. In our discussions today, we will not judge whether using a particular technology is good or bad. Instead, we’ll only share and observe our daily habits. Then, we’ll try to predict the consequences or effects that the use of technologies will have on our lives.

Discussion Questions:

1. What technologies? Make a list of all the pieces of technology you use on a daily basis. (A piece of technology can be an electronic equipment, a gadget, a software, a website, etc.)
2. How important? In the list above, what pieces of technology are really indispensable (i.e. you cannot live without them)? What pieces are really hard to give up, but you still can live without them? And finally, what pieces are merely habits and you can make an effort not to use them?
3. Our daily habits. Do you want to access Facebook whenever you go? Can Google be your shopping assistant? Can the internet replace TV as the main entertainment platform? How do you discover hot new stuffs to talk about with your friends?

Vocabulary:

survey (verb/noun):

khảo sát, thăm dò; một bản khảo sát/điều tra/thăm dò/nghiên cứu

respondent (noun):

người trả lời

indispensable (adjective):

không thể thiếu được, không thể loại bỏ được

inevitable (adjective):

không thể tránh khỏi, tất yếu

resist (verb), resistance (noun):

chống đối, cưỡng lại

assistant (noun):

người trợ lý, trợ giúp

merely (adverb):

chỉ đơn giản là, chỉ thuần túy là

References

Will the topic this week (23/05) be much hotter than the previous, bro?;))