A2.2. Technology
Nowadays children have better access to modern technology than their parents when they were young. Most children have a mobile phone and some of them have even smartphones, that are more advanced, but they also cost more. A typical smartphone has a huge display and a touchscreen where you don’t need any keys or buttons.
Almost no one have a desktop PC. Kids prefer notebooks, because they have no wires and you can take them with you wherever you want. Those who like smaller devices, choose tablets because they have almost all functions of a laptop. You can search the Internet, browse websites, and use apps that offer you games or educational information. All those functions are offered by a smartphone as well. The huge advantage of tablets and smartphones is that they have a built-in camera, therefore they replace more than one device. You don’t need to buy a laptop to use the Internet and a digital camera to take pictures, because you can do all that with your tablet or phone.
Familiarize yourself with the vocabulary below:
mobile phone – telefon komórkowy
smartphone – smartfon
digital camera – aparat cyfrowy
tablet – tablet
device – urządzenie
notebook – laptop
desktop PC – komputer stacjonarny
wire – kabel
display – wyświetlacz
touchscreen – ekran dotykowy
website – strona internetowa
app – aplikacja na urządzenia przenośne
Answer the questions:
1. When our parents were young, they had the same phones as we have now.
2. Smartphones are more expensive than standard mobile phones.
3. You need access to electricity to use a notebook.
4. You can’t replace a digital camera with your tablet.
5. It is enough to touch a screen of a smartphone with your finger to use an app.