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Unit 1
Lesson 3
So Close, Yet So Far
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新 课 导 入
Let’s talk
Can we live without cellphones?
课 堂 学 习
Warm-up
What roles do social networking and the Internet play in your daily life?
What do you use them for?
How many online friends do you have?
Do social networking and the Internet help improve your relationships with others? Give some examples.
Pre-reading
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.
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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 well.
While-reading
Read the text. Complete the information about Mark. Then use examples to talk about how social networking has affected Mark’s life.
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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
Impacts
Dominated
Depressed,
dissatisfied,
alone
Together?
√
×
physically
mentally
Find evidence!
What social networking has done to Mark and Marks’s friends
Impacts
Dominated
Depressed,
dissatisfied,
alone
Together?
√
×
physically
mentally
set deadlines: 8 pm-10 pm for homework
7.50 pm: scroll through posts and photos
9.30 pm: download song after song, video after video
Impacts
Dominated
Depressed,
dissatisfied,
alone
Together?
√
×
physically
mentally
keep delaying important things in my real life: homework, tasks, connecting with my friends and family members in a meaningful way
have