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out of the room in order to get some privacy. I think that most of the time, phone calls are very
annoying, especially in meetings, or in class, or during a speech. Nowadays there are no more
problems with the reception; you can even talk on your mobile phone in the subway in Shanghai.
2. Compare talking on the phone and talking face-to-face
It is very different. Face to face, you can see your interlocutor's (=conversational partner's) facial
expressions and body language. I think that meeting your friends is always more fun than having
the conversation over the phone, because our dialogue can always be more vivid, you know,
livelier. But the advantage of having a phone is that we don't need to meet in person to share good
news or important information. It is very practical (=convenient) and a big time-saver.
3. In what ways do you think people might use telephones in the future?
Well, they just came up with this new generation of mobile phones they call 3G. You can talk to
your friend, and you can see each other at the same time. In the future, I believe that many people
will use a very small blue tooth receiver stuck on top of their ear. I think in a few years, people
might not carry a phone anymore; they might just have a special watch, which includes every
function a phone offers now along with the tiny ear receiver. People will definitely have their
hands free at all times. For example, when someone gives you a ring, you can see the name of the
person who's calling you on your wrist watch, you press one button, or maybe you just say "accept
call" (voice recognition would be cool too), and you can start your conversation. I think this is
likely to happen very soon.
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