How often do you check your e-mail? (Intermediate 4)

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George: Hi, I'm George from Hawaii.

Crystal: And I'm Crystal from America.

George: And today's question is how often do you check your e-mail? So, Crystal, how often do you check your e-mail?

Crystal: Well, before I used to never check my e-mail. But, oh my god, if you do not check your e-mail, you get in big big troubles.

George: Why? What happened? What happened to you?

Crystal: I almost got kicked out of my own house before.

George: It sounds awesome. So, you … what happened?

Crystal: I haven't check my e-mail for months and they've been sending me like...these e-mails saying oh you're gonna get kicked out, and please remove your stuff from your house.

George: Hah!

Crystal: And I never got it till the last day when I was leaving the country.

George: Interesting.

Crystal: A big lesson learned, you must check your e-mail. How often do you check your e-mail? George.

George: Oh..I checked it pretty often, but I just never really replied to anybody. You know I probably replied maybe once every three months.

Crystal: Yeah, you never reply to me.

George: Yeah, my bad, my bad, I'm sorry. Alright.

Crystal: OK!

Read the text:

Google's Gmail reads all your emails!!!

NEW DELHI: Google goes through every single word of personal Gmail messages and uses that information to sell and target ads. This is what a report by GfK Roper study, commissioned by Microsoft claims.

The report said that 70 percent of consumers don't know that major email providers routinely engage in the practice of reading through their personal email to sell ads, something that 88 percent of people disapprove of once they are informed.

The GfK Roper study said that Google even goes through emails from non-Gmail users to generate advertising income. "Gmail goes through all incoming email messages, from any email provider, and sells ads based on the content of those emails, a practice that nearly 90 percent of Americans agree should end," the study added.

Microsoft goes on to say that Outlook.com, the email service that it launched last year doesn't go through the content of users' emails to show ads. With the help of Outlook.com, Microsoft launched a petition to help consumers get the message to Google that going through personal email messages to sell ads is unacceptable.

"Outlook.com encourages consumers to sign the petition at Scroogled.com and tell Google to stop going through their emails to sell ads. Outlook.com encourages consumers to prioritize their privacy by switching to Outlook.com," said the petition.

Answer the questions:

How many emails do you read a day?

Do you reply to all your emails?

What kind of email one shouldn't receive?

What's your email account? How many email accounts do you have?

What do you think about the text above?