Unit 4 Friends Forever 学案-2022-2023学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

Daily check list 日日清单 Click for a friend?一键交友？ How would you feel if moving to a new town meant losing track of your friends?What if the only way of gettingnews from faraway friends was writing letters (that took ages to be delivered)?This was how things worked not very long ago.Thanks to advances in technology,how we make friends and communicate with them has changed significantly 如果搬到一个新的城镇意味着与朋友失去联系，你会作何感想？如果唯 有通过写信（和漫长的等待）才能得知远方朋友的消息，你会怎样？直到不久 之前，现实情况还都是这样的。然而，得益于技术的进步，我们结交朋友 和与朋友沟通的方式发生了很大的变化。 Nowadays,we can move around the world and still stay in touch with the people(that we want to remain friends with).Social media tools let us see what our friends are up to and maintain friendships.All(you need)is a wi-fi connection. 如今，我们可以一边环游世界， 一边仍与（我们希望与之维持友谊的）人 们保持联系。通过社交媒体工具，我们能了解朋友所做之事、 维持彼此间 的友谊。而这一切只要有无线网络即可实现。 The digital age also enables us to find people (who share our interests,such as collecting model cars or playing an unusual instrument).[Whatever our hobbies],the Internet can connect us with others who also enjoy doing them, [even if they live on the other side of the world. 数字时代还可以帮我们找到志趣相投的人一一例如收集汽车模型或演奏 不寻常的乐器。不管我们的爱好是什么，我们都能在网上结识同好，哪怕 他们生活在世界的另一端。 But when you "friend"people online,does this mean that they really are your friends? 然而，在网上跟别人“交朋友”时，这是否意味着他们真的是你的朋友呢？ It depends 这要视情况而定。 If people always exchange true personal information online,then yes,these friendships can be real and meaningful.But we need to keep in mind that what we see on social media is often not the whole truth about a person. 如果人们在网上交换的个人信息是真实的，那么答案为“是的”，这种友 谊往往是真实而有意义的。但我们需要谨记，我们在社交媒体上看到的， 往往不是一个人的全部真面目 On social media sites,people tend to post only positive updates (that make them appear happy and friendly).But smiling photos can hide real problems.Remember the saying:on the Internet,nobody knows you're a dog. A young person could be old;a woman could be a man;we could even be sharing our information with criminals. 在社交网站上，人们倾向于只发布正面的信息，塑造自己快乐和友好的 形象。然而，微笑的照片会掩盖真正的问题。记住这句话：在互