[00:00.95]Mobile phone functions are also being used
[00:03.38]in schools.
[00:04.90]In France, schools are using mobile phones
[00:06.82]for exam revision.
[00:08.45]In Australia, Brisbane University
[00:10.52]is using SMS to help foreign students
[00:12.81]learn English.
[00:14.62]Information that explains grammar is sent
[00:16.85]to their mobile phones between lectures.
[00:19.78]In China,the BBC has teamed up with Sina.com
[00:23.60]to probide English learners with similar
[00:25.82]opportunities so that they can learn English
[00:28.36]while traveling to work.
[00:30.96]What of the future?It has been predicted that
[00:33.23]mobile phones might soon replace our wallests.
[00:36.47]For example,instead of hading over cash
[00:38.88]to pay for groceries,
[00:40.42]our mobile phones would be scanned
[00:42.38]and the cost added to our next phone bill,
[00:45.40]the idea that in the future we won't
[00:47.04]need to carry money seems crazy,
[00:49.42]but 80 years ago,the idea that you could walk
[00:51.92]out of your house with your phone in your hand
[00:54.34]probably seemed more crazy!
[00:56.60]Mobile phones have become a major part of
[00:58.99]our lives and one wonders what
[01:00.80]the next technological advance will be.
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