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nephew's house and asked if he could have dinner with him. Of course, his nephew
smiled and invited him to come inside.

(WB p. 93)
How are your friendships?
Have you ever met a friend to spend time with them and, in the middle of
a conversation. When you're talking, they start looking at their phone? When that
happens, many people feel ignored and upset and the problem may be getting worse
because over 81% of Egyptian teenagers between the ages of 15 and 17 now own
a phone.
Studies have shown that just having a mobile phone out while having a conversation
makes friends feel uncomfortable with each other. And many people think that when
someone is using their phone, they are not being polite and not really listening. So,
using a phone like this can damage even good friendship. However, there are ways to
have a phone without losing your friends. Understanding the problem is important. So,
the next time you are going to pick up your phone while talking to a friend, think about
what you are doing and stop. Is your phone really more important than your friend?
Perhaps you should keep your attention on the person you are talking to.
And if a friend ignores you, tell them about it because they may not understand how
it makes you feel.

Charles Dickens was born in England in 1812. He wrote fifteen novels including
Great Expectation, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Hard Times. His most
popular novel is probably A Christmas Carol, which was published in 1843.
In A Christmas Carol, Dickens wrote about some of the problems in Britain at that
time . Many people were very poor and Dickens thought that the rich people should be

kinder and help the poor people who worked for them. The main character is
Ebenezer scrooge. At the beginning of the story, he is mean and he won't help anyone,
including his employee, Bob cratchit, who is very poor with a large family and a sick
child.
However, by the end of the story scrooge has changed and he sees life in a completely
different way. We are told that scrooge: Became as a good a friend, as good
an employer and as good a man as the good as the good old city of London had ever
seen.

Presenter: In today's show, we're going back in time and looking at some of our
regrets. Now I've got a message from Tarek. And Tarek has a story that , I think, will
bring back memories for many of us. This is what he says ……………………
I used to talk to my family and play with my brothers after school. I also used to
phone my grandparents and my cousins. But then I got into using social media more.
I started using social media to talk to my friends after school too, we all liked the
same things. It was fun and we all got on with each other. Something I'd hang out with
them online for hours chatting.
I guess I lost touch with my cousins and my grandparents a bit. I still saw them
sometimes, of course, but I didn't call them. I didn't tell my grandparents about my
day at school.

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