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Lost Phone

Date: Feb 29 2008

Intro

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Mobile phones and other portable devices make our lives easier. Remember when you used to have to wait at home if you were expecting a call?

But sometimes we depend too much on our gadgets. For instance, where do you store your phone numbers? Do you have a little book where you write them down? Most people keep phone numbers stored in their mobile phone. It’s handy because you can call someone without looking at a piece of paper or entering all the numbers.

But it’s not so handy if you lose your phone. Then, even when you get a new phone, you don’t have any numbers! So you have to go around and ask all your friends for their phone numbers again. Listen to Jason do just that.

Dialog

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Jason

Marni

Jason: Wait, before I forget, can I get your number…again?

Marni: Yeah, what…I mean, didn’t I just give it to you?

Jason: I mean, I’ve had it but I lost my phone and I had to get a new phone…

Marni: You lost your phone again?

Jason: Yeah, yeah.

Marni: Oh my God.

Jason: Yeah, but the worst part about it is I have phone insurance so I get a new phone for pretty cheap, but I have to get all the phone numbers again from everyone I know and, I don’t know, it’s kind of interesting.

Marni: We don’t commit telephone numbers to memory anymore. I used to have a file of numbers…

Jason: Totally. I still have my first girlfriend’s phone number memorized from like 9th grade, but I had get all new phone numbers for everyone I call nowadays. It’s an interesting social experiment to not have any numbers and just see who calls me.

Marni: There you go. Those are your true friends.

Jason: It makes me seem like a real loner, like a cowboy who just doesn’t need anyone because I’m not reaching out.

Marni: OK. Sure. I hear ya. Well, um, yeah, I’ll give you my number and hopefully you won’t lose this one.

Jason: Yeah, and you should back up your numbers because that’s what I’m doing now.

Marni: Oh, good idea. Yeah, see, never done that.

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Discussion

Marni is a little confused when Jason asks her for her phone number because she thought he already had it. But it turns out Jason lost his phone, and it doesn’t sound like it’s the first time this has happened.

In fact, Jason looses his phone so often that he got insurance on it this time so it wouldn’t cost him very much to get a new phone. The only problem is that his new phone doesn’t have any phone numbers in it! So he has to start from scratch collecting all of his friends’ phone numbers again.

Jason says it’s kind of interesting to see who calls you when you don’t have anyone’s number. He hopes that not calling anyone makes him seem cool and that everyone will assume he’s just too busy to call. But it can get kind of lonely when you can’t call your friends. If you have Jason’s number, give him call so that he’ll have your number again!
Image: The location of Jason’s old phone.

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emaa sha

Saudi Arabia

good lesson

SANG891

Hong Kong

Bojana

Serbia and Montenegro

I keep my phone very close to me, usually in my pocket. And everywhere I go, I check to see if it's where it should be… So I've never lost my phone, or even broken it… :)

♥ Øcean PuLse ♥

Oman

great idea . .
many numbers of friends ! but they r present at the time of a need only ,.
thanx nice lesson

Ali Imran

Pakistan

I didn't knew that there was an insurance for a phone.

KARTHIK

India

my phone is like my second wife.. i won't forget my wife same like my phone..

so be carefull on your phone while you are going out….

Olesik

Russian Federation

Hey! unfortunate for me it is very actual topic. recently i lost my phone(((( it was whole world for me, i lost so photo and number(((((Be carefull and dont lost your gadgets.

zhang.guangwei

China

i've never lost my phone,but my phone often broken and the tel number lost always

amany7

Saudi Arabia

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

shad84

United States

yeah it sucks pretty much when ya need to hook up wid'jall peeps like real bad but cant hook up wid'ja peeps coz u cant f$king call them coz ya lost ya f&king phone…..it grinds me pretty much

dingzhaowen

United States

when we are lost our phone ,we will lost our friends information

ginobily

China

lost phone ,not a good thing ,i think we shoud memorize the numbers in another place.but i want to know:Istill have my first girlfriend’s phone number memorized from like 9th grade..what is 9th grade ? is there anyone tell me

numyna

Viet Nam

Thank you for reminding me back up my numbers. This is a good lesson.

kevin軌迹

China

......

sarah233

China

i have ever lost phone ,its so bad

christlee

China

well, i am so luck that i haven't lost any phone before.But once i sent short message to my good friend ,she just treat me as a stranger .and after several messagers ,i know she had lost her phone and although she didn't changed her number ,she lost all of her friends' numbers .so she didn't know who i am .then i know why she kept not calling me and conecting me for such a long time…so losing a phone is really a terriable thing, you can't connect with your friends while they can think you don't remember them anymore.

The other time ,i was going out for a walk without my phone ,then i just want to find a friend with me ,but there's no memory in my mind, i can't get anyone of them ,it is really a said thing when you want to speak to someone but just can find him or her.

so i think it's better to back up your numbers in a place you think it is useful and memoriable for you .only in that way ,can we do something better and easier in our life.

last but not the least ,take care of our phones!!!

xhiljola

Albania

i can't absolutely stay without my phone…....indeed

bear

China

I had my first callphone when I entered into the college.I like my phone very much.I save many numbers of my friends in the phone.I can contact with friends who are far away. To my pleasure-~~my university is far from my home~~-I can ofenly call my family.I miss them very much.luckily,I don't lose one.But I changed my number for several times.I had to tell my every friend my new number.If I don't do that,I was afraid that they would think I'm missing.

At last,I want to say please remember your family number,and ofenly call back home when you don't get together with them.

byron_jade21

Philippines

I lost my cellphone thrice! sobs manfually And I had to collect all the numbers of my friends. It was such a hassle. Now, I have my friend’s numbers saved in my computer! W00t! ^^

Jenny58

Ukraine

i think it is an interesting social experment not to have telephone number and suddenly become a free man. nowadays we are busy from modern devices, we don't have time to hear voice from our heat deeply…..

it was half year before on the evening ,my daughter was asleep ,my husband and i were busy at own business , suddenly electricity stopped working, we couldn't work as usually, totally my husband and i was free, we lied down side by side and conversed from heart by heart….... it is one of the most happy moments in my life