Unit1LivingwithtachnologyUnit1LivingwithtachnologyProjectProjectMakingalistofprosandconsMakingalistofprosandconsUnit1LivingwithtachnologyUnit1LivingwithtachnologyProjectProjectMakingalistofprosandconsMakingalistofprosandconsLead-inquestions1.Howmanyofyouhaveamobilephone?2.Whydoyouusemobilephones?3.Canyoulistsomefunctionsofmobilephones?DifferentfunctionsofmobilephonesmakingaphonecalltakingphotoslisteningtomusicSurfingtheInternetsendingshortmessagesMobilephoneshavebecomepartofpeople’slifeanddobringuslotsofadvantages,buttherehavebeenanargumentaboutthesafetyofusingthemformanyyears.What’syourideaonthisissue?Doyouthinktheuseofmobilephonesisdangerousornot?Why?Nowlet’sreadanewspaperarticleaboutthepossiblenegativeeffectsofmobilephoneuseonpeople’shealth.ReadingstrategyanewspaperarticlethetitlethefirstparagraphReadthetitleandthefirstparagraphcarefullyandanswerthefollowingquestions.Whatmightbethewriter’sattitudetowardsmobilephoneuse?Whydoyouthinkso?Hemightbeworriedabouttheuseofmobilephonesbecausehesays,‘Scientistshaverecentlyprovideuswithsomeworryingfindings.’MainpointsSupportingdetailsNowlet’sreadthearticleandfindoutthemainideasofthearticletofillthefollowingform.1.Usingamobilephonedoublestheriskofdevelopingbraincancer.2.Digitalmobilephonesareanactualdanger.3.Thereasonswhythereisnodefinitescientificevidenceavailablenowabouttheeffectsofmobilephonesonpeople’shealth.Mainpoints•Mainpoint1:•Usingamobilephonedoublestheriskofdevelopingbraincancer.•Supportingdetails•ThereportisbasedonthefindingsofresearchthatwascarriedoutinSweden,comparing1,617patientsfoundtohavebraintumoursbetween1997and2003withthesamenumberofhealthypeople.•Mainpoint2•Digitalmobilephonesareanactualdanger.•Supportingdetails:•Thestudy,conductedwith200mice,ofwhichhalfwereexposedtoradiationwhiletheotherhalfdidnotreceiveanyradiation,showsthatthefirsthalfwerefoundtohavemorethantwicethecancerrateofthesecondhalfaftereighteenmonths.•Mainpoint3•Thereasonswhythereisnodefinitescientificevidenceavailablenowabouttheeffectsofmobilephonesonpeople’shealth.•Supportingdetails:•Enormousprofitfromthetelecommunicationsindustrypreventsthebadresultsoffindingsfrombeingexposed.•Readthearticleagain.Askquestionsabouttheplacesthatyoudonotunderatand.Questions
