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Week 32, lessen two.

EVERYONE IS TALKING

Can anyone under the age of 20 remember a time when the dial telephone was the only method of voice communication over long distances?

What a bizarre concept this must seem for today’s youth.

It has become an antiquated cultural form of personal contact.

The instrument for the modern communicator is the cell phone, which has usurped the wire-connected stationary model.

With cell phone companies competing for customers, they eschew offering a paltry number of minutes of talking time.

The cell phone user can take advantage of a plethora of special deals and carry on with significant or trivial conversations for seemingly endless time, and in almost any location.

Often, these personal talks are held in the most public places, and those within hearing find it difficult to condone the inconvenience caused by the indiscriminate use of this ubiquitous instrument.