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755 - Rejecting Newer Technology
Posted: January 13th, 2012, 9:00am EST by Center for Educational Development
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pPut away that Commodore 64 computer you’re using long enough to listen to this episode on new technology./p pSlow dialogue: 1:15 br /Explanations: 3:17 br /Fast dialogue: 16:30/p pDarlene: Thanks for agreeing to take a look at my computer. It’s been acting up lately./p pChris: Sure, I don’t mind. Is this it?/p pDarlene: Yeah./p pChris: How long have you had this computer? It looks like it belongs in the ice age./p pDarlene: I admit it’s a little dated. I must be one of the last holdouts in switching to a newer model./p pChris: What are you waiting for? It seems to me that all of your computer problems would be solved if you spring for a new one./p pDarlene: I have a lot of old programs on this computer that aren’t compatible with the newer models. I’m kind of attached to them./p pChris: They probably aren’t compatible because there are now better, more efficient programs that have overtaken the ones you currently use. Your programs are probably obsolete. Which programs are they? Maybe I can show you how to use the newer versions./p pDarlene: Well, there’s one particular program.../p pChris: Yes?/p pDarlene: It’s a game I like to play./p pChris: You’re refusing to buy a newer, better computer just because you’d have to give up a game?/p pDarlene: It’s a really fun game and I’m keeping this computer until they make a version for the newer computers./p pChris: Okay, but you know what they say: live by the sword, die by the sword./p pDarlene: So you won’t help me fix my computer?/p pChris: I’ll try, but I’m telling you now. It’s a lost cause./p pScript by Dr. Lucy Tse/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EnglishAsASecondLanguagePodcast/~4/eBh1je355Us" height="1" width="1"/
