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What Does the Phone Filter?
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Look at the following selfies taken with different generations of Apple’s iPhone. What’s the difference between these pictures? Which one do you think is the most natural? Why?
Question 1
How often do you use a “beauty filter” when you share your selfies with your friends and family? Do you think it is necessary to turn off the “beauty filter”? Why or why not?
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Question 2
Sentence 1
In the past few years, China has seen an explosion in social media use.
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SENTENCES
see v. : to be the time or place when sth. happens 是……的发生时间(或地点);见证。
e.g. This summer has seen the end of water restrictions.
Sentence 2
Some avid social media users, who showed off their recently purchased iPhone XS, have made an interesting observation.
show off v. to try to impress others with one’s abilities, wealth, intelligence, etc. 炫耀自己的能力、财富、智慧等
e.g. The girl danced around the room, showing off her skills to everyone.
Sentence 3
If I were paid to advertise products using my selfies, I might reconsider.
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SENTENCES
if引导非真实条件句,表示与现在事实相反,从句用“if + 主语 + 动词过去式(be动词用were)”,主句用“would/could/might + 动词原形”。
e.g. If I were you, I would do it right now.
Sentence 4
Yet we have to understand that none of us is perfect no matter how hard we try.
“no matter + 疑问词”引导让步状语从句,意为“无论……”,相当于“疑问词 + ever”。
e.g. She often goes swimming no matter how cold it is / however cold it is.
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1. What he said before leaving __________ my curiosity.
2. All __________ against the police officer will be carefully investigated.
3. He showed a(n) __________ interest in the project.
4. The book is full of interesting _____________ about the weather and human activities.
5. Professor Zhao is a(n) __________ in Chinese culture.
Complete each sentence using one word from the box in its correct form. Note that there is one word more than you need and you can use each word only once.
observations
aroused
complaints
specialist
genuine
VOCABULARY
pursue observation