Hello, Lovely, I'm Maria.

And my name is Rory and we are the hosts of the IELT Speaking for Success podcast, the podcast

that aims to help you improve your speaking skills as well as your listening skills along the way.

We started this podcast to give you a look at how an educated and experienced native speaker

would answer some of the most

common ILD speaking questions. Rory, are you listening to me or what? Rory. Oh, sorry, Maria.

I was just checking my phone there. What a coincidence on this podcast again. Today we're going

to be talking about how awful mobile phones are. Yes, the

listener, in speaking part three, they can ask you questions about mobile phones. Actually,

they can ask you questions about mobile phones in speaking part one, but today Rory is going

to answer some questions from speaking part three. I'm going to rant about mobile phones.

Rory, do you think we should set up laws and regulations on the use of mobile phones?

Well, on the face of it, it seems like a good idea, given the negative effects they sometimes have, but I'm not sure it's something that you could legislate for very well,

given how, well, they're pretty much endemic at this stage.

So it's probably easier to work around the problem to try and solve it.

So with that in mind, it's maybe better that parents or people,

sorry, guardians are encouraged to take control of the situation

and educate their kids about how to use mobile phones effectively. Do you think children should

have mobile phones? No, I'm not a parent, but when I am, I'm not going to let my children

have mobile phones at least not for the first few years of their lives. I think it's a real barrier to the enjoyment of being a child. And parents

should be really careful about letting their kids use them. I think child locks and sort of other

protective mechanisms like that are a great idea for young people in particular, just because

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