OK. Today is February 22, 2014. It's around seven o'clock and I'm interviewing my neighbor, Mrs. Marietta Movsessian, about her childhood, what she remembers about life when she was younger, and how she communicated with her family and friends. So, Ms. Marietta, could you please tell me a little about what you would prefer for entertainment and how you spend your time? For example, nowadays we watch TV, spend a lot of time in front of the computer and play video games. What would you and your generation do when you were younger? It's hard to compare today to those of my youth. Time has radically changed, interests have changed. Today's youth are interested in things we didn't have. Those are computers, cell phones, video games. We spent more time socializing with others, we went sightseeing. We visited without calling and without telling. Our doors were always open to our relatives and friends; so we could easily, without a call, go to visit, sit, talk and socialize, which, unfortunately, is missing in the present life. We liked to read, listen to music, walk in the garden, walk in the parks, something that unfortunately today's youth, passionate only about computers and games, do not do. You were born in 1947, two years after the end of the Second World War. Did you own a radio at that time? Yes, we owned a radio. You rightly noted that I was born in 1947. That was a time of devastation, a very difficult time for my homeland. Only two years had passed since the end of the war, and everything was… the economy was at zero. Therefore, there wasn't much entertainment. And yes, we had a radio. There was radio even during the war, because I remember my parents' stories that the Sov...... middle of paper...... the terrible privations of the war, the horrible devastation, the victims. There were practically no families in which there were no victims, families in which a brother, a son or a father did not die. This has happened in almost all families, that's why I think the current generation is more "satisfied", financially secure, and should be, should be luckier, maybe. Is there anything you'd like to add before we wrap up? I can only add one thing: I want to wish young people, the young generations to be happy, I wish you a "green road", and not to spend a lot of time in front of computers and games, but to live in the real world. I would also like to give some advice: pay more attention to each other, be more considerate towards others, socialize and love. Thank you very much, Mrs. Movsessian, for such an interesting and detailed interview. Thanks to her too.
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