Name: Milana Alsabekova Grade: 8D Date: 15.04.14
How does technology influence the way we spend our leisure time?
As you know, 21st century is century of high-tech. Look around. This boy is sitting with computer and playing online games. That girl is standing near the window and chatting with her friends. Way of spending our leisure time changed completely almost. Interests of people change every day. Technologies develop day by day. We cannot say now is it good or bad for us. To answer the main question of our essay we did a survey that contains seven questions about interconnection between people and technology. Based on the results of the survey, people have become to spend more and more time with technology.
In our days we have many different types of technology: mobile/cell phones, music players, iPads, iPhones, radio, 3D TV, touch screens and others. Every person has at least one of them.
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