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The Advanced English Reader
Table of Contents
( 3hrs / week / 9 weeks )
Ten Commandments of Cell Phone Etiquette………..1-2
American Medical Profession Training……………... 3-8
Our Pursuit of Happiness……………………………. 9-10
The Long Habit………………………………………. 11-15
I Want a Wife………………………………………… 16-17
Public Figures………………………………………... 18-21
Why I Hate Dogs…………………………………….. 22–23
Love is a Fallacy………………………………………24-35
Text 1
Ten Commandments of Cell Phone Etiquette
By Dan Briody
There comes a time in any technological revolution when some basic guidelines need to be laid down. It happened when e-mail exploded on the scene, and people started to learn some basic dos and don’ts. No one teaches us these things in company training seminars; they’re just learned on the job.
Well, I’ve reached the point with cell phones where I feel the need to lay down the law. There are some real abuses of wireless technology being perpetrated all around us; and the time has come to create some social order out of the cell phone chaos.
Commandments usually come in tens, so think of this as the first Ten Commandments of Cell Phone Etiquette.
1. Thou shalt not subject defenseless onlookers to cell phone conversations. When people cannot escape the banality of your conversation on a plane, on a train, on a bus, in a cab, or at the dinner table spare them.
2. Thou shalt not set thy ringer to play “La Cucaracha” every time thy phone rings. Or Beethoven’s Fifth, or the Bee Gees, or any other annoying melody. Is it not enough that phones go off every other second?
3. Thou shalt turn thy cell phone off during public performances. I’m not even sure this one needs saying, but given the repeated violations of this unwritten law, I felt compelled to include it.
4. Thou shalt not wear more than two wireless devices on thy belt. This hasn’t become a big problem yet. But with pagers and phones, Batman-esque utility belts are sure to follow.
5. Thou shalt not dial while driving. In all seriousness, this madness h
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