Question

信息归纳

My grandmother is over eighty years old. She always complains about how greatly things have changed, and she often says that life used to be better.

Families aren’t families the way they used to be. If a husband and wife are having problem with their marriage, they don’t stay together any more. They choose to divorce. Mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now everyone is busy working; no one has time to look after children at home.

And the cars! No one walk any more; people get richer and richer, and more and more people buy cars and drive. We used to walk five miles to school every day, even in winter. But now children don’t.

And in school, children don’t have to think any more. When I was at school, I used to add, subtract, multiply and divide using my head in math class, but now, children use calculators instead.

Most families have computers and TVs now. In the past we didn’t have computers or TVs, we spent a lot of time talking with our family members. But now, people are too busy to talk to each other. If they have time, they’d watch TV or surf the Internet rather than talk to family members. They are even too busy to eat and think.

Life used to be simple, but it isn’t any more.

Information Card

	Used to	Now
Family	Mothers used to stay at home and 1.__________________________	Everyone is busy working
Transportation	On foot	2._____________
Study	Using heads to do math exercises	Using 3.____________ instead
Life	Talking with 4._____________a lot	Watching TV or 5.__________Instead.

Answer 1