Lesson 3 Flashcards
When you were a teenager did your parents worry that you were watching too much television, Sam?
🌸 were
🌸 too much television
They used to tell me that watching too much TV would turn my eyes square - but they were only joking.
🌸 used to tell me
🌸 would turn
When I was growing up there were only three or four television channels. For parents today, there are hundreds of TV channels to worry about, not to mention the internet, video games and social media – and all of it is accessible through a smart phone. No wonder parents are worried about the impact of technology on young people!
🌸 when i was growing up
🌸 to worry about
🌸 it is accessible through a smart phone
📝No wonder
It is not surprising or unexpected at all.:
No wonder the children are excited - this is the first time they’ve been abroad.
“If brutal killers like these two are at work, it is no wonder that so many Iraqis have fled,” he said.
no wonder the waiters looked tired”
You just worked a 20-hour shift? It’s no wonder you look so tired.
No wonder. This wire is completely frayed. I’m surprised the TV kept working as long as it did.
Have you ever had the misfortune of playing catch with him? Yeah, it’s no wonder he didn’t make the baseball team.
I’m not convinced, Sam. Think about how much time youngsters spend staring at screens every day.
📝convinced
Certain:
My boyfriend says I’d like going on a camping trip, but I’m not convinced.
[ + (that) ] I’m convinced (that) she is lying.
“He says he’s doing it for our benefit.” “Hmm, I’m still not convinced.”
Her husband was not convinced by her argument that they needed a bigger house.
He seemed convinced that the US would prosecute the war to its end.
🌿
a convincing argument/explanation
convincing evidence
The end of the book wasn’t very convincing.
True, but unlike passively watching television today’s technology is interactive, connecting teenagers to their friends around the world.
📝unlike
📝passively
📝different from:
Dan’s actually very nice, unlike his father.
Unlike you, I’m not a great dancer.
She was a small, dainty child, unlike her sister who was large and had big feet.
Man’s ability to talk makes him unlike any other animal.
I really enjoyed the film - it was unlike anything I’d seen before.
Tom’s a rather shy child, unlike his younger brother!
📝
He tends to wait passively for his boss to tell him what to do.
They will not passively accept what is presented to them.
The students in this school do not sit passively in classrooms learning theories. Eating in class was passively ignored rather than actively allowed. Children should be outside playing instead of passively watching TV.
On average how many hours per day do British teenagers spend on their screens?
That sounds a lot to me!
Not really, because I think we’re at a point where teenagers are much more savvy than many adults think, so we are at risk…
But Ghislaine doesn’t think this is true. Actually, she calls teenagers savvy, meaning that they have practical knowledge of technology and a good understanding of how to use it.
One example of teenagers being technologically savvy is their use of app blockers - software that prevents unwanted apps and websites from popping up and allows users to set timers which limit screen time.
Which was the correct answer! Very savvy of you, Sam!
📝savy
having or showing practical knowledge and experience:شم زیرکی
If you are savvy, you have a good practical understanding of something:
Teenagers are savvier about handling their digital information than adults.
Children today are much savvier than they used to be.
Many savvy consumers expect discounted prices.
She has shown herself to be politically savvy.
Gareth asks Ghislaine whether she was expecting to find a smoking gun in the report.
📝smoking gun
The expression a smoking gun means evidence that proves something is true, for example, evidence proving that technology is harmful to young people.
And reducing screen time is important because nowadays most video games and social media are designed for addiction – intended to manipulate human psychology to make the user want to keep playing.
📝manipulation
Her success is partly due to her ability to manipulate the media.
They have been accused of fraud and stock market manipulations.
There’s been so much media manipulation of the facts that nobody knows the truth of the matter.
But it seems that today’s adolescents are savvy enough to know how to use electronic devices sensibly.
📝 sensibly
based on or acting on good judgment and practical ideas or understanding:
Acting with or exhibiting good judgment; reasonable:
a sensible answer/approach/compromise/option
a sensible person
I think the sensible thing to do is call and ask for directions.
It would be sensible to take an umbrella.
That would be a more sensible way of dealing with the problem.
Wouldn’t it be more sensible to eat now before we go?
It would seem more sensible to do the research now before we start on the project.
That was a very sensible decision.
He called teenagers digital natives, meaning someone who is very familiar and comfortable using computers and digital technology because they’ve grown up with them.
We often hear the term, digital native, you know you grow up with a device in your hand almost, and then it’s not a surprise that you are skilled in using those technologies to your benefit.
goosebumps
small raised areas that appear on the skin because of cold, fear, or excitement:
You’re cold - look, you’ve got goosebumps!
She got goosebumps whenever her crush whispered in her ear.
The audience got goosebumps when they heard the haunting opera singer’s beautiful voice.
Children today are much savvier than they used to be.
Used to be
