I don’t have one, and if I can help it, I won’t ever get one in the future. And I hate the assumption that I need one, or that I’m strange not having one. I opened a new bank account the other day and the woman who was helping me (and this is a true story) asked me if I was serious when she found out I didn’t have one. She simply couldn’t see how I could live my life without one. I don’t see why – I can be contacted at home or work, so what’s the problem?
Yes, I have a laptop computer and instant access to the Internet; yes, I have a digital camera and yes I have a microwave oven and an I-Pod but I absolutely refuse to get one!
Of course I can see how useful they COULD be, and that if there was a real emergency they could come in handy, but that’s not always the case. No – I’m never, ever going to get one!
SKILLS Sections. Disponível em: <http://www.onestopenglish.com/reading> Acesso em: 5 maio 2014. (adaptado)
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