The key answer of exercise 3
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 05 - Reading and speaking for the textbook Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education
Question
Work in pairs and summarise how communication media affects the topic below.
Answer
- Daily routine: In the morning, he checks his email, texts and Twitter feed before getting up, then again when he gets out of the shower. At work, he is in a constant state of distraction. It's the same in the evening: he misses the pub because he's sitting on his bed thumbing online.
- Social events: He goes to parties, pubs and dinners, but he is there only in spirit. When he organises a dinner party, he thinks nothing of his friends being on the phone or Twitter throughout. At a festival, one of his friends spent his time trying to recharge his phone, then reading about the gig he was actually attending.
- Relationships: He feels more lonely than ever. He hasn't met up with his housemates from university in a long time, doesn't make it to the pub in time to see his friends and neglects his girlfriend.