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ποΈ 28 July 2025
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This episode is all about choices we have to make relating to technology in our everyday lives. I'll be discussing contemporary tech-related issues such as privacy vs. convenience, data sharing, digital, detox, online behaviour, digital legacy, tech addiction, tech for children. It includes loads of vocabulary and will give you the chance not only to listen to me talking, but also to practise your speaking on this subject too. PDF available. Part 1 of 2.
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0:00.0 | You're listening to Luke's English podcast. For more information, visit |
0:07.7 | teacher luke.co.com.uk.uk. |
0:14.5 | Hello, I'm Luke and welcome to my podcast for learners of English all around the world. |
0:22.4 | This episode is called Technology in Everyday Life, The Choices We Make, Topic, Discussion and Vocabulary. |
0:29.6 | And this episode is all about the choices we have to make relating to technology in our everyday lives. |
0:35.5 | It will include loads of vocabulary and will give you the |
0:39.5 | chance not only to listen to me talking about this, but also to practice your speaking on this subject |
0:45.3 | too. Technology is a hugely dominant force in our lives today. More than at any other point in |
0:52.5 | human history, we rely on it for almost everything. |
0:56.1 | Just think about how often you reach for your phone every day. |
1:00.1 | Consider how many of the things we do depend on an internet connection or even just electricity. |
1:05.6 | Our phones have become our constant companions. |
1:09.4 | We live in a world where everything is connected and everything |
1:12.9 | is at our fingertips. Meanwhile, AI is rapidly emerging as the most powerful technology since the |
1:20.6 | invention of the combustion engine and is set to bring profound changes. All of this has brought |
1:27.1 | us incredible benefits, but at what cost? |
1:31.0 | Every interaction we have with technology involves a series of choices. We constantly have to weigh up |
1:38.3 | the advantages against the personal, social and environmental costs of using all the various forms of tech which have |
1:46.8 | found their way into our everyday lives. This is a crucial topic and one which comes into our |
1:52.9 | conversations all the time these days. So with this episode, I want to give you the tools to have |
1:58.9 | these conversations in English. So coming up in this episode, |
2:02.8 | I have a list of discussion questions relating to different aspects of technology in our everyday |
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