CRAZY ABOUT TECHNOLOGY: Read the following text about a teenager who sold a kidney to buy a technological gadget Talk to your classmates about it and then answer the questions below: PHOTO The teenager sold his kidney to buy an iPhone and iPad Five people in southern China have been charged with intentional injury in the case of a teenager who sold a kidney so he could buy an iPhone and an iPad The five included a surgeon, who removed a kidney from the 17-year-old boy in April last year The boy, identified only by his surname Wang, now suffers from renal deficiency, the government-run Xinhua News Agency quoted prosecutors in Chenzhou city, Hunan province as saying According to Xinhua, one of the defendants received about 220,000 yuan ($US34,00) to arrange the transplant He paid Wang 22,000 yuan and split the rest with the surgeon, the three other defendants and other medical staff The report did not say who received and paid for the kidney The teen was from Anhui, one of China's poorest provinces, where inhabitants frequently leave to find work and a better life elsewhere He bought an iPhone and iPad, and when asked by his mother where he got the money, admitted selling a kidney Apple products are hugely popular in China, but are priced beyond the reach of many Chinese Wang's renal deficiency is deteriorating, Xinhua quoted prosecutors as saying Only a fraction of the people who need organ transplants in China are able to get them, leading to "transplant tourism" where patients travel overseas for such operations, and to a black market for human organs China banned the trading of human organs in 2007, Xinhua said Several other suspects involved in the case are still being investigated DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING POINTS: t t t t t t t t t t t t t t Are you interested in new technology? Do you know anybody who is scared by technology? Do you believe in the stereotype of the mad scientist? What is the most important invention in the world for you? And for your parents? Could you live comfortably and happily without your mobile phone? Do you have an ipad? What is it useful for? And an ipod? What is it different from an ipad and a mobile phone? How fast can you type? How many fingers you use? How did you learn? Would you consider dating someone you had met over the Internet? Why/why not? If you were deprived of your mobile phone or laptop, what would you be willing to to get it back? Do you have access to the Internet on your phone? How much you pay for it? Do you think it is cheap or expensive? Do you like science fiction films? Do you think any of the “crazy” ideas about the future will ever come true? Have you ever had any viruses on your computer? Was it difficult to get rid of them? What you think about those people who spread these viruses or spam on the Internet? What punishment they deserve? Would you consider dating someone you had met over the Internet? Why /why not? Do you know anybody who has done that? Do you like buying things on the Internet? If so, what sort of things you buy? Are there special offers?