【Itseemsthateverywherearoundtheworld,peoplearespendingmoretimeatwork(51)___lesstimewiththeirfamiliesandfriends.Peopleare(52)___thaneverbefore!Inthepastinmanycountries,thefatherworkedandthemotherstayedho】
It seems that everywhere around the world,people are spending more time at work(51)___less time with their families and friends.People are(52)___ than ever before!
In the past in many countries,the father worked and the mother stayed home,took(53)___ of the children,and did the food shopping,cooking and cleaning.At present,in most of the families,parents need work on weekdays,so they(54)___have to do the shopping,cooking and cleaning in their free time.Parents don’t have as much time with their(55)___,however,they often had time in the past.There are also many single-parent(单亲的)families.In these families,the single parents has to do everything.
These days,many children come home(56)___ school to an empty apartment or house.A lot of children spend many hours(57)___ day in front of the television.Even the families are together,it is common for families members to do things by themselves.For example,they(58)___ programs on separate TVs in different rooms,they use the Internet,they (59)___ friends on the telephone,and they do other individual by themselves.
Isn’t it strange?Thanks to technology(科技),people are able to communicate so(60)___with people far away,but sometimes they don’t communicate with people their own homes.