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新北师大版高中英语选择性必修一Unit1 Relationships
Lesson3 So Close, Yet so far
We can’t live without cellphones!
What is your typical day with a cellphone?
What roles do social networking and the Internet play in your daily life? What do you use them for?
Social networking and the Internet play an important part in my daily life. I chat with friends and watch videos.
2. How many online friends do you have? Do social networking and the Internet help improve your relationships with others? Give some examples.
So close, yet so far
Guess. What do these words refer to?
Mark has 500 friends online and he spends a lot of time on the Internet. Predict what Mark will say about social networking and his relationships with others. Then read and check.
Suggested answers
He spends a lot of time chatting to his friends online.
He posts updates on social media.
He is always checking his phone when he is with other people.
He has too many friends to know them all well.
Read the text. Complete the information about Mark. Then use examples to talk about how social networking has a affected Mark’s life.
Mark’s routine activities online
check through his social networking apps
read his emails and answer text messages
scroll through his friends’ posts and photos
download song after song, video after video
What social networking has done to Mark and Marks’s friends
Reasons Mark can’t drop social networking
afraid to miss some important notices, deadlines, appointments and invitations
his classmates and teachers may need to contact him at any time
drive them away
Read the text again and complete the following chart.
Facts about lonely Mark ★ Living in a(n) 1. ________ dorm with a couple of great roommates
★Having 500 friends online
★Phone and laptop always within 2. ________ distance
★Always posting updates on social media
★ 3. ________ through all his social networking apps after waking up in the morning
university
touching
Checking
Mark’s trouble brought
by social media ★Distract