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millennials, money, and mobile tech
dialogue 1
Jingjing: Mark, last time we saw each other we talked about________________. I wonder what you think about __________?
Mark: Hmm, that's ____________. My first thought is that I'm tired of _________ that get used to _________________.
Jingjing: You mean,____________?
Mark: Sure, and _______________. When they__________________, that's when it started to ______.
Jingjing: Or, perhaps, ___________________.
Mark: Generation Y might have made ________________. China's way of doing it is simpler, and _____________: post-90s, post-2000s, etc.
Jingjing: Well, OK. Do you think people_______________ these years have as many _____ as you did?
Mark: Good question. I think a lot of things____________.
Jingjing: For instance?
Mark: ______________. There are so many apps for that. Back when I was in college, it took me ________________on Excel to start to notice_________________.
Jingjing: Yeah, an app can ___________________of what kind of life someone could expect based on their _______________.
Mark: About ___, I disagree with most people about__________________________.
Jingjing: I don't ______________. People have chances we didn't have to do____________________.
Mark: A whole lot of ___________ can be removed by apps ______________.
Jingjing: I wish there were_____________that would __________________ for me based on my ____ and ____ needs.
Mark: That'd be pretty cool—probably still more ____ than cooking, but something that would __________________ every day for something________________.
dialogue 2
Jingjing: Mark, when you __________, I found an article about Americans__________.
Mark: Oh yeah? What's__________?
Jingjing: More people than before ___________ their network of friends to ____________.
Mark: That's probably a better choice than _________, when someone _____or so to_______________ for the month.
Jingjing: I'd agree with you; but the article also said Americans have something like______ billion in __________.
Mark: That's, what, _______GDP?
Jingjing: Still, a lot of people are earning far less than_______________ of GDP, still_______ pretty big debts.
Mark: Hopefully apps can solve that problem—let someone know how much ——-, if they buy it_____________________ when they can pay for it____________.
Jingjing: Actually, I was_____________ by the article. ____________ suggests that people other than ———— are______________________.
Mark: Then it's ___________, or kids.
Jingjing: That'd be_____. Then again, a lot of people with money know how to____________.
Mark: They _______ numbers like you saw in the article, without _____what _________ is doing with money. Anyway, as ———would______________ credit cards and ——
Jingjing: That'd be nice. It seems like you guys have___________________.
Mark: Each with its ______________, don't I know it!
Jingjing: Well, I didn't want to_____________. Do you think AI is _________ for personal ——?
Mark: It might lead people to give up hope, and others to _________________. Definitely a new dawn, probably one with__________________.
Jingjing: Geez,_______________!
Mark: Sorry about that! Anyway, good talk. I'm __________________________.
new words and phrases
millennials:
generation X:
generation Y:
baby boomer:
paint a pretty clear picture:
subscribe to that:
the scoop:
the average Joe:
bubble:
facets:
tread water:
easy street:
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