큰일 할 남자의 영어 독해 [13] - High Seas

큰일 할 남자의 영어 독해 [13] - High Seas

1. High Seas.MP3

   A family is sailing around the Pacific Ocean. They are on a big yacht. The trip will take them away from home for a year.

   They stay in touch with family and friends by e-mail. The children send e-mail to their grandmother three or four times a week. The father is in touch with his office every day. He also gets weather information by e-mail.

   E-mail on the sea takes more time than on land. The family's computer connects by a modem^[각주:1] to a short-wave radio. The radio sends the message to the Internet. The grandmother gets the message from the Internet.

   The grandmother learned to use the Internet just before she retired. She learned because of her children and grandchildren. She says e-mail makes her feel like she has been traveling with them.

   Close to 8 million senior citizens^[각주:2] use the Internet. That is two times as many as a year ago. They use it mainly to keep in touch^[각주:3] with their families.

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A family is sailing around the Pacific Ocean. They stay in touch with their family and friends by e-mail.

• Which do you think is a better way to stay in touch with people, e-mail or letters? Why?

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1. modem - A modem is a device which uses a telephone line to connect computers or computer systems [본문으로]
2. senior citizen - an older person who has retired or receives an old age pension [본문으로]
3. keep in touch - communicate with somebody regularly [본문으로]