Graded reading · Lesson 24 · N3

Phones and time: an argumentative essay

使つかう時間じかんが長ながいからといって、むだだとは限かぎらない。

Should we use our phones less? The writer admits phones eat time, argues back, then gives a view. Read an argument, with 「〜べきだ」 and 「〜とは限かぎらない」.

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In this lesson

  1. 01The text
  2. 02Vocabulary
  3. 03Key sentences
  4. 04How the essay is built

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  • Choose the right expression

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