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Was life simpler when apples and blackberries were simple fruits?

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Was life simpler when apples and blackberries were simple fruits?

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Way before the words ‘apple’ and ‘blackberry’ become associated with telephones, they were just simple fruits. And life was simpler. Today, the fact that we think of technology instead of a delicious snack when we hear these words shows how much impact the mobile phone has had on our lives.

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Media and communications student, Marcella Purnama, says, “While technology has brought us into the next level of living, it also changes everything.” What does she mean? She goes on to explain that before mobile phones, communicating with people was meaningful. It was something we did to create and maintain authentic connections with people we cared about. It was precious.

Today, however, connections are quick, easy, superficial and often unnecessary. Everyone is accessible all the time. There are no boundaries to when and how you can be contacted. It’s not unheard of for a patient to answer a phone during a medical examination, for couples to break up by text message or for your phone to ring in the middle of the night because your BFF wants to chat. It’s gotten so far-fetched that even when you’ve silenced your notifications, a sender can override your wish, if they think the situation is important, and have a message delivered to your phone with notifications!

Luckily, it’s not all bad. Although life was simpler pre-mobile phone, a lot of things are easier to accomplish today because of mobile phones. How so? Take out your mobile phone. You’re looking at instant banking, instant Internet, instant connection, top-of-the-range photography, audio and video recording, TV and music. But that’s not all. You also have access to a calculator, maps, notepad, scanner and anything else someone can invent an app for. And it’s all in the palm of your hand! This would have been the stuff of science fiction for your grandparents. Today, Blackberry phones are history.

Perhaps the question shouldn’t be, “Was life simpler when apples and blackberries were simple fruits?” but “How many portions of apples and blackberries should we be consuming a day to stay healthy?”

The mobile phone is 50, check our article in the rubric ‘The News in Depth’ of Go English No123, November-December 2023.

way: (ici) bien

a level: un niveau

meaningful: significatif

to care about: se tenir à

however: (ici) en revanche

a boundary: une limite

to not be unheard of: n’est pas sans précédent

a text message: un sms

a BFF (Best Friends Forever): un meilleur ami pour la vie

far-fetched: tiré par les cheveux

to override: passer outre à

top-of-the-range: haut de gamme

the stuff of: (ici) ça relève de…

Marque: B2-c1
Publié dans: Actualité

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