Unit 5.5 exercise 2a page 138.0:00
Science of the Times Parents often feel that they have to crack some kind of complex code in order to understand what their children are texting their friends.0:12
Text language keeps teens parents in the dark about their conversations.0:25
Some text abbreviations are now part of everyone's text vernacular.0:31
Think lol, laughing out loud and c u l8r see you later.0:36
But others, like Paw An Lmirl, let's meet in real life are a way to KPC keep parents clueless.0:44
Traditional person to person trading, which used to take place at flea markets, car boot sales and collectible shows, has been transformed through technology.1:07
Online auction sites like ebay, which appeared in the 1990s, have become a global phenomenon.1:16
From the beginning, they were designed to enable individuals to sell their own unwanted goods through online auctioning.1:23
Now a huge trading community has developed in which buyers and sellers are brought together on the World Wide Web.1:29
You may have seen them on tv.1:45
Capsule hotels in Japan are the accommodation of choice for Japanese businessmen who have missed the last train back to the suburbs or for travellers on a tight budget.1:48
They consist of tiny sleeping compartments, about 2 meters long, 1 meter high and 1 meter wide that serve as one's room.1:57
You may want to try a one night novelty stay, but don't even think about it if you're claustrophobic.2:06
Fast food has become one of the great conveniences of modern life, but one would be hard pushed to call it a civilized eating experience.2:23
A new patented paper carrier bag invented by Advent Global, aims to change all that.2:31
Called Breakaway, the bag is a detachable sheet of paper on either side.2:38
These sheets become a small tablecloth when removed, providing a clean surface on which to lay out one's food.2:42
At any airport, you can see people sleeping on the seats, in departure lounges and even on the floors.3:00
Weather conditions or mechanical problems can cause delays.3:07
And then there are the stopovers.3:11
Many passengers cannot leave the airport and must simply wait it out.3:14
In Stockholm, they have taken an old Jumbo and turned it into a hostel.3:18
Parked on the edge of the airport, it provides basic accommodation in 25 rooms with shared facilities.3:24
Supermarkets use calculated strategies to lure you into purchasing items you had no intention of buying.3:40
The big chains spend millions of dollars each year researching just what will increase your impulse buying.3:47
This includes having the smell of freshly baked bread hit you to make you buy from the bakery counter and spacing regularly bought items across the entire store so that you need to pass by many tempting goodies in order3:53
to complete your shopping.4:05
Technology is advancing far quicker than anyone could have imagined.4:19
Global communication has never been easier thanks to social media such as email, Internet forums and blogs.4:23
Meetings now take place between people who are scattered all over the world via conference calls and video link ups without a second thought.4:31
Even the news is being brought to us by people capturing the moment on their mobile phones and sending it by mms.4:39
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