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Telephones
Je gaat een tekst lezen over telefoons.

Telephones are a big part of our lives these days. When I was little,
I used the phone maybe once a week. When it rang, it was almost a big event. Everyone would run into the living room to find out who was calling. Of course, it was an old-fashioned phone. It was the size of a football and you had to leave it on the table, because it was plugged into the wall.

These days, everything is different. Everyone has a phone. Some people I know even have more than one, one for private calls and one for work, for example. And every six months, when a new model comes out, they get a new one. What they do with the 'old' ones, I don't know.

Today’s phones aren’t really phones. They are more like personal entertainment devices with lots of features, and one of them is that you can make calls. Personally, I don't have a smartphone anymore. I have a very old phone that I can use to text and to make calls, and that's it. It's a lot less stressful than a smartphone! Though I would like a phone with navigation. I'm not very good at finding my way around...