People in Britain now spend more time watching TV, gaming, and using their mobile phones and computers than sleeping. Research by the British communications agency Ofcom found that Britons use technology for 20 minutes longer than they spend sleeping. The average U.K. adult uses technology for eight hours and 41 minutes a day. They sleep for an average of eight hours and 21 minutes. One of the biggest reasons for this is broadband and wi-fi. People can get online almost anywhere, so they spend more time online. Many people make telephone calls or surf the web while watching television. Television was the most popular activity. Adults watched an average of three hours a day.

The study looked at technology and different age groups. It found that six-year-olds understand how to use technology at the same level as 45-year-olds. Another finding was that people understand digital technology most when they are 14 or 15. A doctor said technology is changing the way people communicate with each other. Dr Arthur Cassidy warned that we are becoming more and more anti-social. He said we are moving away from face-to-face conversations because of technology. He added that people are becoming addicted to their smart phones. Technology also means people are working at home after they get home from work.

1. TRUE / FALSE:Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.People in Britain spend more time watching TV than sleeping.T / F

b.The average British adult sleeps 20 minutes more nowadays.T / F

c.The average British adult sleeps for over eight hours every day.T / F

d.The average British adult watches three hours of TV a day.T / F

e.Six year-olds are at the same level with technology as 45-year-olds.T / F

f.People understand technology most at the age of 24 to 25.T / F

g.A doctor said we are talking to each other face-to-face more nowadays.T / F

h.The doctor suggested that many people can't live without their phone.T / F

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.What is the name of the communications agency?

2.How much longer do people use technology than they sleep?

3.What is one of the biggest reasons for greater use of technology?

4.What do some people do while making phone calls and surfing the web?

5.Who watches TV for an average of three hours a day?

6.Who understands technology as well as 45-year-olds?

7.At what age do people understand technology best?

8.What did a doctor say is changing the way we communicate?

9.What did a doctor say we are moving away from?

10.What did the doctor say we are becoming addicted to?

答案

TRUE / FALSE

a F b F c T d T e T f F g F h T

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.Ofsted

2.20 minutes

3.broadband and wi-fi

4.watch TV

5.adults

6.6-year-olds

7.14-15-year-olds

8.technology

9.face-to-face conversations

10.mobile phones