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Skills
Reading

Instructions Read the article and complete the sentences.

  1. blogger
  2. publishing
  3. titles
  4. blog
  5. research
  6. bookstore
  7. publishers
  8. edit
  9. print
  10. write
  1. Today's students may not believe this
    , but life has gotten a lot easier for them in the last 20 years. Whereas in the past students would spend hours in the library preparing their essays and projects, nowadays they can conduct all their
    on the Internet. And they no longer have to hunch over a typewriter with a dictionary and a thesaurus for a company as they
    their papers al night, as today's students can
    their own work on a laptop as they lie in bed with a cappuccino. As if that weren't enough help, we now have the new Espresso Book Machine (EBM). Nominated for "Invention of the Year," the machine (which looks like a photocopier) has the ability to
    and bind a three-hundred-page book in under five minutes. The EBM is all the more incredible because users are able to choose from approximately half a million
    available online. Academics can even find rare manuscripts or books that are out of print for a small extra cost. It is possible that the students of the future won't ever have to go to a
    or even order a title online? This
    feels the romance has been removed from young people's lives—even
    your own work has become a piece of cake with the EBM. Instead of endless visits to
    without success, all you'll have to do is insert a disc and press a button to become a real author. Now, I ask you, where is the adventure in that.
  1. Amanda:Hurry up, Susie. You've been using the bathroom for about an hour now.
  2. Susie:OK, Amanda. I'm nearly finished. Ijust dried my hair but I still have to clean my teeth and put on make up. Giveme another half an hour.
  3. Amanda I'm late for work, Susie.
  4. Susie:But it's Saturday. Why do you have to work today?
  5. Amanda:Because Tracy is sick. She has food poisoning.
  6. Susie:Oh, dear! OK, then. I can clean my teeth after you've finished.
  7. Amanda:Thanks, Suze.