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Lesson 3 SO CLOSE, YET SO FAR
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Mark’s routine activities online
post updates on social media
check through all his social networking apps
read his emails
answer text messages
Read and explore
10/28/2024
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1. Mark is always close to his phone and laptop. L2
2. He receives news from his friends online throughout the day. L9
3. His phone is not helping his relationships with his friends. L17
4. He has friends that he has known for years. L19
Find the expressions or sentences in the text that tell you the information. (Ex. 5)
“My phone and my laptop are never out of touching distance.”
“I have a never-ending flow of messages and updates...”
“They say that phones bring people closer together but in reality, my mind is always a million miles away.”
“... but I can’t remember the birthdays of some of my oldest mates.”
5. He is addicted to the Internet because it makes him feel excited and active. P4
6. His friends did not concentrate fully when they were having dinner together. L36
7. He and his friends can’t give up social networking. L48
“I need it for my studies because my teachers and classmates need to contact me at anytime.”
“I will start doing my homework at 8 pm, and aim to finish in two hours. At 7.50 pm, I’m still scrolling through my friends’ silly posts and photos. I download song after song, video after video, but I’m not really paying attention. The stimulation is in chasing after the next song rather than truly enjoying it.” P4
“Some spent the dinner bent over their phones, texting friends online but ignoring the ones who sat right in front of them.”
Find the expressions or sentences in the text that tell you the information. (Ex. 5)
Choose the correct meaning of the following words and expressions.
1. I’m way beyond a shy or reserved person, but I’m wired up every day.
2. What is really worrying is that no one I know, including myself, could go cold turkey.
(a short way past / a long way past)
(do sth less frequently / stop doing sth completely)
Focus on language: Important words (Ex. 6)
_____________
______________________
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3. Alcoholics who want to quit drinking can avoid booze, but how do we give up our phones?
4. We’re hard-wired in, but we’re more distracted than ever.
(alcoholic drinks / soft drinks)
(be born with the character / work like a computer)
Choose the correct meaning of the following words and expressions.
Focus on language: Important words (Ex. 6)
_____________
_______________________
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Focus on language
发布更新 post updates 最后处于 end up doing
在表面上 on the surface 喋喋不休 chatter away
与...交往 associate with 刷手机 scroll through updates
永不停歇的信息流 a never-ending flow of messages 弯腰 bend over
闷闷不乐 feel depressed 放弃做某事 go cold turkey
发短信 text messages 追寻 chase after…
在接触不到的地方 out of touching distance 沉迷 obsess over
接线,联网 be wired up 拉离某地 drag sb. away
查询 check through 实际上 in reality
II. Change the forms of the words
socialize v. social adj. society n. complain v. complaint n.
reality n. real adj. really adv. stimulation n. stimulate v.
reserve v. reserved adj.
reservation n. associate n. association n.
distracted adj. distract v. distraction n. dominate v. domination n.
associate with, in reality, end up, bend over, chase, flow
1. She bent over, picked up the money, and gave it back to the owner.
2. You may think it is a good solution. In reality, there are still some
unsolved problems.
3. Tim made several plans but ended up doing nothing.
4. It’s no use chasing the thief. He runs fast.
5. I prefer to associate with friends of my own age.
6. The water in this river flows into that big lake.
III. Fill in the blanks
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