Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell. This may sound like someone would say today. But in fact,         unknown person who lived in Rome in AD(公元) 53 wrote it.
We all love inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives. But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?
You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ           from your friend         on the screen, the          from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer breaks         and you lose all your homework. Now you have to        up all night to get it done. How happy do you feel?
Inventions have speeded up our lives        much that people often feel stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far        from noisy cities, who have no telephones, cars, even electricity(电) often        to be happy? Perhaps           they live simpler lives.
One family in the UK “went back in time” to see         life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents,          their daughter and grandsons Tom, 10 and Jim, 7, spent 8 weeks in a 1940s house. They had no        machine, fridge, computer or mobile phones.
The grandmother, Linda said, “The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes.” The boys said they fought less. Probably because there was         to fight for, such as their computer. And they noticed that their grandmother had changed from        fashionable to one who liked cooking things.

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