3 71,000,740 71,470 71,740 17,740 71,740 – – – – 4 33,365,000 nearly 34 billion 33,365,000 33 trillion 365,000 33 billion 365,000 – – – – Track 28 – Focus on language – Exercise E 1 The great thing about texting is that you can do it from anywhere and no one can hear what you are saying. 2 Well, there are too many limitations. I mean, you write more than 160 characters in mustn’t one message, and so on. 3 I have a mobile phone, I believe in it because I want to be available all the don’t don’t don’t time. But the short message service, well, I think it could be quite practical. I might think about getting a phone for that reason in the future. 4 Short messages? Paah, they ruin my language skills and spelling. I allow children’s don’t them to text each other. They can use the phone, the and easy. Plus I can landline’s free control them better, you know. 5 I love having long dialogues through texting. one of the greatest inventions. But I think That’s short texts should be free. I mean, the phone company might ruin me one day! Track 29 – Task B – Exercise E Did you know that German was almost the official language in the United States of America? Now actually no official language in the US. here in Manatee County, in Florida, there’s I’m and although I to use my German here, fun to do so. There are 1,383,440 don’t have it’s German speakers in the US and about 74,000 of them live here in Florida. Many of them are second-generation Americans and most of the German speakers in the US today live in Pennsylvania or Texas. Tomorrow I return to Switzerland for a few weeks, but be off back I’ll to the US again soon. On my next trip, have to brush up on my Italian for a trip to New I’ll
3 71,000,740 – 71,470 – 71,740 – 17,740 – 71,740 4 33,365,000 – nearly 34 billion – 33,365,000 – 33 trillion 365,000 – 33 billion 365,000 Track 28 – Focus on language – Exercise E 1 The great thing about texting is that you can do it from anywhere and no one can hear what you are saying. 2 Well, there are too many limitations. I mean, you mustn’t write more than 160 characters in one message, and so on. 3 I don’t have a mobile phone, I don’t believe in it because I don’t want to be available all the time. But the short message service, well, I think it could be quite practical. I might think about getting a phone for that reason in the future. 4 Short messages? Paah, they ruin my children’s language skills and spelling. I don’t allow them to text each other. They can use the phone, the landline’s free and easy. Plus I can control them better, you know. 5 I love having long dialogues through texting. That’s one of the greatest inventions. But I think short texts should be free. I mean, the phone company might ruin me one day! Track 29 – Task B – Exercise E Did you know that German was almost the official language in the United States of America? Now there’s actually no official language in the US. I’m here in Manatee County, in Florida, and although I don’t have to use my German here, it’s fun to do so. There are 1,383,440 German speakers in the US and about 74,000 of them live here in Florida. Many of them are second-generation Americans and most of the German speakers in the US today live in Pennsylvania or Texas. Tomorrow I return to Switzerland for a few weeks, but I’ll be off back to the US again soon. On my next trip, I’ll have to brush up on my Italian for a trip to New
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