Many people nowadays spend a large part of their free time using a smartphone. What do you think are the reasons for this? Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

It is often said that people spend a lot of free
time
staying
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their smartphones. A lot of things in
person’s
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a person’s
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life
are linked
with
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the
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phone
usage,
for example
, work, studying,
communication
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and communication
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.
However
, it is used as a source of dopamine with so many social media and games which are
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to have all your attention.
This
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a big part of our
time
in a day and,
as a result
, individuals struggle with
time
deficit, attention disorder and health problems. The reason I agree with the statement is
a
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fact that
phone
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phones
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appeared
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to take
all
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up all
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of our free
time
by providing us
the
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with the
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fastest way of interaction.
For instance
, you need to put much more effort
to do
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into doing
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things like playing soccer in real
life
and it is easier to make it
in
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on
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your
phone
.
Furthermore
, phones have an influence on our socialization,
moreover
, sometimes people refuse to make personal meetings and walks because they just have a much more pleasure staying at their phones. It is
well-known
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fact that
the
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real
face to face
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conversations are rarely applied in nowadays
life
which makes us use our phones
to
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much.
For
this
reason, individuals
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a problems
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problems
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with
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headaches
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, ADHD and other health problems.
To conclude
, all the free
time
spent on your
phone
has a negative influence on aspects of your personal and social
life
. I believe that our society
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to resolve
this
problem as fast as possible because
this
problem will be increasing year by year.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • screen time
  • digital addiction
  • instant gratification
  • multifunctional
  • connectivity
  • social networking
  • online services
  • self-expression
  • entertainment options
  • instant access
  • educational resources
  • communication tools
  • virtual interactions
  • distracted living
  • technological dependence
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