How much do you love your mobile-phone and using the internet? Would you be willing to dump your husband or wife in order to keep using them? It seems crazy, but a recent survey conducted in Germany found that 84 percent of people interviewed said they would rather be without their current partner (or car) than be without their internet or mobile-phone. 97 percent of people said it was unthinkable to image life without a mobile-phone.
The one thousand interviewees were all 19-29 years of age.
In the same survey, 50 percent said they had made new friends online and eight percent said they found a partner online.
It was also discovered that young people's attitudes towards the internet is shared by people in their 30s and 40s. There only seems to be a digital divide between people over and under 50. 50-year-olds seem to be less reliant on technology than younger users.
How about you? Could you face life without the internet? Would you sacrifice a relationship for it? Let us know what you think!
Now match up the key words to their definitions:
Link: In the news '13-year-old father'
- People who answer questions in a survey:
- To end a romantic relationship:
- To give up something that is important to you in return for help:
- Separation:
- Organised and performed an activity:
- Dependant::
- Deal with:
Comments
two mistakes:dump & sacrifice
These are the days, my friends. Internet is a powerful mind twisting and subduing instrument. It's a prison that we deliberately choose in order to escape reality.
By the way technology is progressing nowadays we will soon be unable to interact without using all kind of gadgets and God knows what.
We encourage our women to have breast implants and use Botox. Everyone seems to be more interested in the way they look and how to "nail" her/him when they want to meet a partner rather then what they think and feel... Boy have I gone bananas over the subject?!
Cheers!
It's a crazy world
First, I am not sure about this survey. We know how it depends on the people who conduct it.
Second, if it is true it is a very sad situation, because people don't want to live anymore, just surf through the Internet. Surfing instead of living!
Third, I am able to throw out my cell phone, Internet and other things. My family is million times worthy for me than all these toys.
Fourth, it is a bad word - "partner". We can say "business partner", but it sounds badly - "love partner". No more love! Forget it! Just "love partnership" for a while - no one knows how long.
hi
yea u r partly right
It's a bit crazy but I know that everyone use the internet everyday and I can't imagine todays life without things like mobiles, cars or internet as well but I think people should go out more than just sitting at home and browsing the internet as I'm doing now 
I must say, that I've fpund a lot of my friends on the internet and I've found there my last boyfriend as well
take care
The Internet does not matter?
I don't think that the Internet can replace a personal contact. Techology is not so perfect. The analogy is a live music and a mp3-record
But from the other point of view the Internet is very usefull feature! I'm from Russia. Where are you from? Do you think would it easy to communicate to each other without the Internet? 
It is true
It is true, internet makes communication easy. But can you think a day without your family and your friend ? I can't. It's easy to communicate with each other but never satisfy fully. One time every one wants to meet with his friend face to face, wants to touch, wants to feel. that can never do this system.
Internet cannot make me happy
Internet is just a tool. It may be convenient for some types of jobs, for communication, for search, for news.
It may be convenient for learning English, thanks for creators of this site.
But it cannot make any person happy - it's just a set of wires and set of servers, no more!
I am completely agreed with you, brahmmaputra, I want to see my family everyday, to speak, to listen and to help.
Nice day to all of you!
that's the point...
"partner" seems like a contractual term. That's exactly what it implies-an agreement/bound without emotions, just for common purposes. What do you say about 'companion', 'friend', 'fiance(e)', etc. ? After all we are all driven by our feelings. Even when we choose to use Internet, for fun: play games on line rather than go out and play tennis, and this could go on...
Hi
I agree that internet doing communication between people very easily and you have many internet friends around all the world, but on the other side personal communication is much more feel
and excitement 
I am not sure that survey,
I am not sure that survey, but I know our lives have been getting better. It doesn't take 1 month or more than that for us go to see our family, partners, because now we have cell phone, internet. we accept technology but we don't depend on it too much. I don't think i could dump my husband, my family to keep using Internet.
very interesting article
First I 've read all the comments, they are very interesting, I've forgotten about task, the discussion of article was more interesting. Thank you for such marvelous text, we are thinking, argueing - we are humans. Don't forget about this.
Now I'm going to guess the number of the words 
Internet
I do agree with comments above at all points. Internet could never substitute the relationships. But I often use it to communicate with my relatives either who are 700 km away or who lives with me.
Sometimes I could be obsessed with social networks but it doesn't last long. I always prefer going out with my friends to sitting at the PC or laptop.
Inernet
I dont agree with this comments because strong relationship comes from feelings and emotions.
I use internet usually every day learning english looking for news fun ets....
thanks
This comment added just for learning writing not anything els
Please take it easy
If people can trade
If people can trade relations for internet how they can name it relations? It's not relations then. If you see your partner once a month its not a relations. The problem of this survey in using that term - "relations".