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    Is the art of conversation dying? The other day, my wife 1 two teenage children did something we haven't 2 for ages. It didn't require the Internet, a TV screen, batteries… or anything else for that matter. But we all 3 it so much we're thinking of doing it again sometime.

    We had a conversation, the kind of real, live conversation that was 4 when I was growing up, which seems all too rare these days. Today we have chat rooms, text messages, e-mails… but we seem to be losing the 5 of communicating face-to-face. We all know 6 young people are out for a date(约会) these days, they spend most of that time 7 their mobile phones. And teenagers nowadays seem to 8 communicating with their friends by sending text messages to actually 9 to them.

    If we carry on like this, in the future, we'll lose the use of our 10. What do you think? E-mail me, and who knows? Maybe we could even have a real conversation about it!

要点提示：

⒈food

⒉things used for eating

⒊eating etiquette(like whether people can make some noise when eating)

词语提示：

difference, prefer, steak(牛排), make a loud noise, rude.

Maria's pride her this challenge.

you give up the money lose your child?