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新外研必修一 Unit 4 Friends forever
Understanding ideas
CLICK FOR A FRIEND?
How would you feel if _________ (move) to a new town meant losing track ________ your friends? What if the only way of getting news from faraway friends was writing letters that took ages _________ (deliver)? This was _________ things worked not very long ago. Thanks to _________ (advance) in technology, how we make friends and communicate with them has changed _________ (significant).
Nowadays, we can move around the world and still stay in touch _________ the people that we want to remain friends with. Social media tools let us see _________ our friends are up to and maintain friendships. All you need is a wi-fi connection.
The digital age also enables us _________ (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 _________ also enjoy doing them, even if they live on the other side of the world.
But when you “friend” people online, does this mean that they really are your friends?
It depends.
If people always exchange true _________ (person) information online, then yes, these friendships can be real and _________ (mean). But we need to keep in mind that _________ we see on social media is often not the whole truth about a person.
On social media sites, people tend _________ (post) only positive ________ (update) 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 _________ (criminal).
But this doesn’t mean that we should throw the baby out with the bathwater. Although technology has changed the way we acquire friends, the _________ (mean) of friendship and our longing _________ friends remain the same. ________ Aristotle said, no one would choose to live without friends, even if he had