_my grandfather is an eighty-year-old man. he always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better.
_families aren’t families the way they used to be. a lot of families have broken down. if hu*and and wife have problems with their marriage, they no longer stay together. and mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now not any*. *ryone’s working. no one has time to look after children at home.
_and the cars! no one walks any*. *ryone drives. we used to walk five miles to school *ry day, *n in winter. but now we don’t. and in school, the children don’t have to think any*. in math class, for example, we used to add, subtract(减), multiply(乘) and spanide(除) in our heads. kids don’t use their heads any*. instead, they use calculators(计算器).
_most families have com*rs now. in the past, we didn’t have com*rs. we didn’t *n have lights. my mother used to spend all day cooking in the kitchen. but now nobody eats home-cooked food any *.
_and people don’t talk to each other any*. they are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think...
_life used to be *, but it isn’t any*.
_wonderful and clear. you are richer than others in collecting and using typical sentences an idioms. i'm expecting greater progress from you in writing. come on. if you need my *, n*r hesitate to come to me.
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