MARYROSEM.

PASTORFI
DE

BSA1

TASK1

1.Whati
deasaboutt
echnol
ogydot
hecar
toon
pr
esent
?

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cher i
shedt heirlovefrom oneanother ,theyare
holdingeachot hershandsandt alkingabout
theirli
ves.Butaf t
ermanydecades, thecouple
seemst onotbot hereachotherscompany .
Theyspentl esst i
met ogetherasacoupl e,l
ess
satisfacti
on, l
owconnect i
onthatcancause
higherr i
sksofdepr essi
onandanxi et y
.Why ?
It
sbecauseoft heemer gingtechnologies
wher eintheydon' thavetimet ogreetand
suppor
teachotherscompanyt hatcanev entuall
yleadtobreak- upsand
miscommunicat
ion.

2.Dot
hesecar
toonspr
esentposi
ti
veornegat
ivei
deasaboutt
echnol
ogy
?

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veimpactaboutt echnologybecausei t
reall
yaffectsther el
ati
onshipoft hetwo.Ef f
ecti
vecommuni cat i
oni st
he
keyf oralongerandst rongerrelati
onship, butbecauseofusing
technologiesespeciall
ymobi lephones, theyspentl essti
met alkingwit
h
eachot her.Theyar ebrowsing,scroll
ing,andpost inginthei
nter net
i
nst eadofgivingtheirpreci
oust imetoeachot her.Lackof
communi cati
onbecauseoft echnologyreal l
yaffectstherel
ationshipof
oneanot her.Wej usthavetol i
mi toursel
v esandbeawar eont he
disadvantagesitmaygi v
e.
 TASK2

ADVANTAGESANDDI
SADVANTAGES

OFHANDWRI
TTENLETTERS

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nter
viewer
:Foryou,whati
stheadvant
agesofusi
nghandwr
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ten
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ett
ersasaform ofcommunicat
ion?

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mat ionsar ehandwr itt
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theabi lit
yt osayexact lywhaty ouwantt osay .Forexampl e,y ou
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hebestwayt oconf essy our
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I
nter
viewer
:Foryou,whatar
ethedisadv
ant
agesofhandwr
it
ten
l
ett
ersasaform ofcommunicat
ion?

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here'
sa
disadv antagewhenusi nghandwr it
tenletter sasaf orm of
communi cationFir
st,t
her e'sapossi bi
lit
yofmi scommuni cati
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becausehumorandsar casm ar ediffi
cultt oconv eyinawr i
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s.Al so, t
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vei mpact
oft hi
sf ormi st hel
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if
y
somequest ionsorrespondt oar ebuttal
,itt akesmucht i
met o
giveust heirfeedback.Allinal l
,Icansayt hatcommuni cat i
ng
witht heuseofsoci almedi apl at
formsi smucheasi erand
conv enientt ouseinsteadoft hehandwr it
tenones.

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