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In today’s world of mobile phones, most people have at least one time-telling tool with them. Since these small machines are so common, will people stop wearing the 500-year-old watches? According to some people, yes. A teenager says it’s unnecessary to wear a watch. Many young people agree-and use their mobile phones to tell time. Louis Galie, apresident, said that fewer young people wear watches today than five years ago.

However, watchmakers say that watches get popular again when people reach their 20s and 30s. By then, they want to spend money on a nice time-telling tool which doesn’t just keep a good time. For this reason, the watch industry has become an accessory business (配件業(yè)) in recent years.

Today’s ______ offer a lot of uses that meet the need of almost any personality (個性). They can be used as compasses (指南針), calendars, and even USB drivers…

People are always trying their best to creat new kinds of watches. A certain watchmaker business watches that don’t even look like watches. Their popular model uses different color lights to tell the time. Amother watchmaker business, make a “handless” watch, using a ring of circles to keep time. This watch makes people talk a lot about modern watches.

Whether a watch express fashion sense, creative ability of a love of sports, people want their time-telling tools to be beautiful, fashionable and practical. All in all, a watch has become more important than the time it tells.

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1. Many young people agree that it’s unnecessary to __________________.

2. When do watches get popular again according to watchmakers?

______________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________________

5. ___________________________________________________________

Answer 1

1. wear a watch/wear watches

2. When people reach their 20s and 30s, watches get popular again.

3. watches

4. A watch has become more important than the time it tells.

5. 人們一直/總是在努力創(chuàng)造/設(shè)計/制造新型/種類的手表。