Sentence completion How much time do you spend on the following activities? « talking on your mobile or sending text messages to your friends + downloading music and listening to your MP3 player © checking your email inbox and sending emails Compare ideas with a partner and discuss whether you think the time you spend ‘on any of these activities, individually or in total, makes you a digital addict © Listen to the frst part of a radio phone-in programme. a What is the programme going to be about? b Who are going to answer the listeners’ questions? © Listen to the second part of the programme. a What do James's parents most object to? b_ How does the last of the three experts describe James's addiction? G Listen to the whole recording again, then complete these sentences with one, two or three words. James's parents are increasingly worried because he spends so much time with his pee b- Most mornings James spends between _______ minutes checking his messages © What James's parents most dislike is the fact that he sends during meals 4. James thinks that ____"______ take things too seriously. € Inthe past James and his __________ used to play tennis together. f Evan thinks that in future James should spend —_______ with his digital friends, over to you Moods and attitudes 24 UNIT2 COMPULSION 6 ‘Are you more sympathetic towards James or his parents? What advice would you give to parents who are worried about their children's obsessions? ‘These adjectives all describe moods and attitudes, Put them into four groups according to their meaning, ‘There are three near synonyms in each group. anti-social assertive depressed determined —_ exhausted fed up impolite overtired rude sleepy stubborn unhappy Discuss these questions in pairs a Inwhat situations do you feel sleepy? b Are you ever impolite? Has anyone ever been really rude to you? ¢ Can you be stubbom if you want to be? What kinds of situations make you feel stubborn? How is being stubbora different from being determined? 4. What makes you fed up? How is being depressed different from being, unhappy? Why ate so many people depressed these days?