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Information Technology Unit 4 Lesson 3 Internet and Friendships Do you think the Internet plays an important role in our friendships nowadays? What do you usually do with your friends on the Internet? Chat on the cellphone. Share information or photos in Circle of Friends. Give a compliment(赞) in WeChat. Send e-mails. … Do you think the Internet helps or harms friendships? Give your reasons. Write them down in the following table. Positive aspects Negative aspects · bring people closer together · · · makes people self- centred · · P14 1 Now, let's read two blogs to learn more. Read and finish the tasks as quickly as possible. Read the titles and predict what the blog posts are probably about. Task 1 Possible answer: The blog posts are mainly about the relationship between the Internet and friendship. Task 2 What is the style of the blogs? A. Narration (记叙文). B. Exposition (说明文). C. Practical writing (应用文). D. Argumentation (议论文). An argumentative writing involves the arguments and the supporting details. Task 3 P14 2 Read the first blog post “The Internet Harms Friendships”. Underline the general idea and the topic sentence for each argument. general idea topic sentence 1 topic sentence 2 topic sentence 3 Read the first blog post again. Complete the information on the left side of the diagram. P14 3 Task 4 Negative aspects Topic sentence: Supporting details: Argument 1 Topic sentence: Supporting details: Argument 2 Topic sentence: Supporting details: Argument 3 Positive aspects Argument 1 Topic sentence: Supporting details: Argument 2 Topic sentence: Supporting details: Argument 3 Topic sentence: Supporting details: Skill Builder Identifying Topic Sentences and Supporting Details A topic sentence states the general idea or the main point of a text or paragraph. Supporting details give more information about that topic. · Read the text to get the general idea. · Identify one sentence for each argument that states this general idea. This is the topic sentence. ·