Task 5 Figuring It Out Match the italicized words in Column A with their meanings in Column B. Write the number of your answer in the hagic square.
A. A_ B_ C_ D_ E_ F_
1. Evidently, the untethered electronic voice is preferable to human contact.
2. The driver shushed us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone
3. Every advance in communications technology is a setback to the intimacy of human interaction
4. I am no Luddite. I own a cellphone, an ATM card, and an email account.
5. The communications revolution makes us stop talking to one another. This makes me cringe.
6. I've put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging to people near me.
B.
a. hindrance b. one who opposes technological change c. unlimited resources or endurance d. ordered to be silent e. shrink in fear f. limit g. to wish or long for
A. A_ B_ C_ D_ E_ F_
1. Evidently, the untethered electronic voice is preferable to human contact.
2. The driver shushed us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone
3. Every advance in communications technology is a setback to the intimacy of human interaction
4. I am no Luddite. I own a cellphone, an ATM card, and an email account.
5. The communications revolution makes us stop talking to one another. This makes me cringe.
6. I've put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging to people near me.
B.
a. hindrance b. one who opposes technological change c. unlimited resources or endurance d. ordered to be silent e. shrink in fear f. limit g. to wish or long for
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1.Evidently, the untethered electronic voice is preferable to human contact. --c. unlimited resources or endurance
2.The driver shushed us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone -- d. ordered to be silent
3.Every advance in communications technology is a setback to the intimacy of human interaction -- a. hindrance
4.I am no Luddite. I own a cellphone, an ATM card, and an email account. -- b. one who oppose technological change
5.The communications revolution makes us stop talking to one another. This makes me cringe. -- e. shrink in fear
6.I've put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging to people near me. -- f. limit
1.c
2.d
3.a
4.b
5.e
6.f