Lesson 14Making Assumptions - Cell Phones -
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High School Students' Cell Phone
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Cell phones
In Japan, most high school students have a cell phone. According to a survey, about 96 percent of high school students have a cell phone.
Straps
This is the cell phone of Nozomi Seko. Lots of stuffed animals are attached and it looks heavy. Most people usually attach a smaller decoration called a strap. Various character straps are sold.
Nozomi Seko
Nozomi says, These are heavy but cute, so I want to attach even more as long as they are cute.
Mika Shimizu
This is the cell phone of Mika Shimizu.
Decorating a cell phone
Mika's cell phone is glittery and beautiful.
Putting on rhinestones
She put on the rhinestones herself to decorate it.
Heart-shaped decoration
This is a heart figure made of rhinestones. Mika has beautifully decorated her cell phone with rhinestones. There are rhinestones of many colors and shapes.
Sending an e-mail
Let's see how she uses her cell phone.
E-mail
With friends, she mostly uses it for e-mailing, because e-mail costs less. She talks on the phone with her boyfriend, though.
Pictograms
A pictogram is an illustration that takes up a one-letter space in cell-phone e-mails. You add pictograms, such as a face symbol or a heart, to express various feelings. Some pictograms are animated.
Taking a picture
You can take pictures with cell phones.
Funny faces 1
They take photos with their cell phones and e-mail them to friends.
Funny faces 2
Making funny faces, they take photos of each other.
Funny faces 3
They send photos of funny faces to friends who are feeling down.
Funny faces 4
She says she sends e-mails with the hope that her friends will let go of their worries when they see her funny faces.
Bath 1
Some people even take cell phones into the bath.
Bath 2
She puts her cell phone in a plastic bag and zips it shut so the cell phone won't get wet.
Bath 3
She takes a bath with her cell phone in a plastic zipper bag. She checks e-mails in the bath.
High school students using cell phones 1
For high school students in Japan, cell phones are very important. They use them for sending e-mails and taking and sharing photos in addition to talking.
High school students using cell phones 2
They are enjoying their original cell phones, attaching straps, putting on stickers and drawing pictures on them.
High school students using cell phones 3
For high school students, cell phones are an essential tool to communicate with friends.
