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Band 7+: Do you like to keep up with the news? Why or why not?

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Yes, I have to keep up with the news all the time to stay connected with people and to know about the situation in the city. Thanks to social media, every detail of the changing scenarios is now available easily and without any interruption.

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Yes, obviously I have to keep up with the news all the time in order to stay connected with the people and to know about the situation going on in the city. All thanks to the social media now which in which every detail, every single detail of the scenarios about the changing situation got available by easily and without any interruption.

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