MOBILE PHONES

I am standing in a queue at the supermarket. The women in front of me is talking on her mobile while the shop assistant is filling her bags. I'll say something if she doesn;t stop soon. No, I won't. My phone's ringing now. It's my boyfriend, I'll tell him he's late again! 'Oh, it's you Mum. Well, I'm just...' - мысли дуры из магазина

Why are we so addicted to mobile phones? There are now over forty million people in Britain with mobiles and if the present trend continues, every man, woman and child in Britain will soon have one - or two, or three! - каждый человек будет иметь по мобу

They can be expensive and are possibly bad for as. You can spend fortune if you use your mobile a lot. According to some scientists, if we go on using mobiles, we'll cook our brains. Some people even think that radiation from mobiles causes cancer. Psyhologists say we are becoming dependent on mobiles. Dr Oliver James Talks about 'phoneliness' - in modern society we are lonely, so if people ring us up or send us text messages, we feel wanted. - плохой мобильник и почему он нужен

Teenagers are among the biggest users of mobiles, and 'texting' is creating a new language full of abbreviations such as 'How RU?' In Japan, surveys show teenagers are reading less and mobile use is affecting the marks of secondary school students. A big problem in Britan is crie. Last year half a million British teenagers were victims of mobile phone theft. - новый язык, плохая учеба, мобильные воры.

As technology improves, mobiles can do more and more. If you have one of the new multimedia mobiles, you can log on to the Net, pay for things, play games, interact with TV programmes and take photos to send to your friends. - новые способности моба

Very tenpting, isn't it? If I have money next month, I'll get one of those new ones with a camera... I'll be able to send photos of the supermarket queue to my boyfriend. And if I get  one with an Internet connection, I won't hare to come to this supermarket at all. I'll sit at home and oder everything with my mobile. What a good idea. - опять мысли псих больной