{"id":7425,"date":"2013-09-30T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=7425"},"modified":"2014-07-16T13:31:27","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T17:31:27","slug":"back-in-the-day-life-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/back-in-the-day-life-was\/","title":{"rendered":"Back in the day life was&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hello, there!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We know things have changed in the last century so here&#8217;s a dialogue between Facundo and Gregorio,two friends talking about what things would be like if there weren&#8217;t computers, Internet or cell phones.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Facundo<\/strong>: \u00bfConsigues imaginar c\u00f3mo era la vida antes de las computadoras?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Gregorio<\/strong>: No mucho. Mi abuelo ten\u00eda una m\u00e1quina de escribir vieja. Cuesta creer que la gente usaba cosas as\u00ed. No se comparan con un procesador de texto. Las computadoras nos han facilitado mucho la vida.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Facundo<\/strong>: S\u00ed. \u00bfTe imaginas si no hubiera e-mail?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Gregorio<\/strong>: Yo env\u00edo y recibo mail todos los d\u00edas. No consigo imaginarme la vida sin eso. Me parece que somos una generaci\u00f3n afortunada. La vida ahora es mucho m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Facundo<\/strong>: Mira, no estoy tan seguro. Como todo, la tecnolog\u00eda tambi\u00e9n tiene sus desventajas. A causa de todos estos dispositivos, hoy la gente trabaja mucho m\u00e1s que antes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Gregorio<\/strong>: Es cierto. Si tienes un notebook los mails te persiguen a todas partes&#8230; y si tienes m\u00f3vil, tambi\u00e9n.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Vocabulary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bfconsigues?<\/strong> = can you?<br \/>\n<strong>no mucho<\/strong> = not really<br \/>\n<strong>una m\u00e1quina de escribir<\/strong> = a typewriter<br \/>\n<strong>cuesta creer<\/strong> = I have a hard time believing<br \/>\n<strong>la gente<\/strong> = people<br \/>\n<strong>cosas as\u00ed<\/strong> = things like that<br \/>\n<strong>un procesador de texto<\/strong> = a text editor<br \/>\n<strong>facilitar<\/strong> = to make easier<br \/>\n<strong>si no hubiera<\/strong> = if there weren&#8217;t<br \/>\n<strong>me parece que<\/strong> = it seems like<br \/>\n<strong>como todo<\/strong> = like everything<br \/>\n<strong>desventaja<\/strong> = disadvantages<br \/>\n<strong>a causa de<\/strong> = because of<br \/>\n<strong>dispositivos<\/strong> = devices<br \/>\n<strong>es cierto<\/strong> = you&#8217;re right<br \/>\n<strong>perseguir<\/strong> = to chase<br \/>\n<strong>a todas partes<\/strong> = everywhere<br \/>\n<strong>m\u00f3vil<\/strong> = cell phone<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Want more free resources to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/learn-spanish\/\">learn Spanish<\/a>? 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