Lesson 10: Technology

1. Would you consider dating someone you had met over the Internet? Why or why not?

2. Do you have an e-mail account? What do you use it for? How often do you check it?

3. Do you think that people will ever visit Mars? How about live there?

4. Imagine that you could only use ONE of the following: a computer, a telephone, or a car. Which one would you use and why?

5. Are there some things that never should have been invented? What are they and why?

6. If you had the possibility to only work from your house via computer, would you do it and why?

7. Are cell phones popular in your country? Do you own one? If so, what do you use it for and why?

8. What invention do you think has had the greatest impact on society? Why?

9. What do you think the world will be like a hundred years from now?

10. In what ways has technology improved our lives? In what ways has it made life worse?

11. How has the Internet changed the way you live?

12. Do computers save time or do they just make us waste more time?

13. How much of a risk are computer viruses?

14. Which of the following do you own: a VCR, a DVD player. a microwave oven, a computer, a cell phone, and an electronic dictionary? Which do you use most often?