【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．