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Unit 4
Unit 4
Friends forever
CLICK FOR A FRIEND
To read for the main idea of the passage.
To read for detailed information and figure out the author’s purpose in writing the passage.
To talk about your feelings and experiences about communicating with online friends.
To learn some key words and expressions.
1. Is it easy for you to make friends Why or why not
2. Do you think it is a good idea to make friends on social media Why or why not
Look at the questions about friendship and tick your answers.
1. How do you prefer to make friends
□ Joining a club to meet people who
share the same interests.
□ Using a social app.
□ Through other friends.
□ Posting a “friends wanted” notice online.
□ Taking part in community activities.
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2. How do you prefer to communicate with friends every day
□ Talking face to face.
□ Using social networking apps.
□ Writing letters.
□ Writing emails.
□ Telephoning each other.
3. How do you stay in touch with faraway friends
□ Using social networking apps.
□ Writing letters.
□ Writing emails.
□ Telephoning.
□ Visiting friends whenever possible.
You can use the percentage to mark your answers, and then compare your group’s result with the whole class.
Now work in groups and find out the most popular answers. Share your group’s result with the class.
Read the title, look at the picture, and predict what this passage is mainly about.
CLICK FOR A FRIEND
Making friends on the Internet
ways of making friends change significantly
advantages of making friends online
the author’s opinion
disadvantages of making friends online
the author’s attitude
Read the title and the passage quickly. Answer the questions.
1. What does click refer to
2. Why is there a question mark in the title
3. What does the passage talk about
Finding online.
It's a question worth discussing.
Online friendship.
Read the passage and find out the author’s opinions about online friendship.
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Author's opinion
Real
Unreal
Author's conclusion
Choose the author’s purpose in writing the passage.
To prove that making friends was easier in the past.
To illustrate how it is better to make friends online.
To persuade people to abandon traditional ways of making friends.
To discuss the advantages and disadvantages of making friends online.
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Read the text and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. In the author's view, people can't find real friends online. ( )
2. Because of the Internet, the meaning of our making friends has changed. ( )
3. The author believes that people post only positive updates in order to appear happy. ( )
F
F
T
Choose the right answer to each of the following questions according to the text.
1. What does the word “This” in paragraph 1 refer to
A. Advances in technology.
B. Losing track of your friends.
C. The concern about moving to a new place.
D. Contacting faraway friends through letters.
2. What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about
A. Why people always move.
B. The importance of friendship.
C. How people maintain friendships now.
D. The development of wi-fi connections.
3. Why does the author mention “smiling photos” in paragraph 7
A. To show the importance of friendliness.
B. To tell us the advantages of social media.
C. To encourage us to share positive information online.
D. To warn us about the risk hidden behind a positive message.
4. What can we learn from the text
A. Online friendships cannot last long.
B. Sharing personal information online is risky.
C. Meaningful friendships can't be formed online.
D. Sharpen your eyes while making friends online.
past
Complete the diagrams with expressions from the passage.
Ways of making friends
People lost track of their friends after ________________ ________________.
The only way to stay in touch was ________________.
It’s easy to ___________________ with social media tools.
Online, people can easily make new friends with those who ___________________.
moving to a new town
present
writing letters
maintain friendships
share their interests
不了解……的情况不了解……的动态
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Online
friendship:
real or not
It can be real if people _________
________________
___________ online.
It might not be real because social media doesn’t present _____________________________, and people tend to ___________
_________________.
exchange
the whole truth about a person
post only
positive updates
true personal
information
Fill in each blank with one proper word or the proper form of the given word.
In the past, people 1. ___________ (communicate) with long-distance friends only through letters. But nowadays the situation is 2. __________ (difference).
Thanks to advanced technology, we are no longer worried about losing track of friends no matter where we are. Social media tools enable us 3. __________ (get) their latest updates and maintain friendships. 4. __________ addition, the Internet allows us to acquire new friends much more easily.
communicated
different
to get
In
With the help of wi-fi connections, we can connect ourselves with others who share the same hobbies even if they are in other 5. __________ (place) of the world.
However, are the friends that we make online really our friends The answer is “It depends.” Their personal information online doesn't 6. __________ (complete) reflect who they really are. Some people tend to post only positive updates, such as smiling photos, to show friendliness and 7. __________ (happy).
places
completely
happiness
Their real purposes are invisible to us. 8. __________ is possible that the person we are chatting with is a criminal.
But this doesn't suggest that people 9. __________ (live) in the digital age should refuse to make new friends online. Technology has just changed the way in 10. __________ we make friends, but one thing doesn't change: the meaning of friendship and our longing for friends.
It
living
which
1. Which sentences interest you most
On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.
But this doesn’t mean that we should throw the baby out with the bathwater.
No one would choose to live without friends, even if he had all other goods.
Remember the saying:
On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.
Remember that on the Internet, nobody knows who you really are.
This caption is about the uncertainty and possible risks of making friends online. It accompanies (伴随) a cartoon featuring two dogs, one of which is sitting at a computer and turns knowingly to the other with these words. Despite the witty humour, the cartoon wasn’t a hit when it was first published on 5 July 1993, few people being familiar with the Internet at that time. Its popularity grew over the years, however, and today it is one of the most iconic and recognisable works about the Internet.
2. Why does the author say “But this doesn’t mean that we should throw the baby out with the bathwater” Do you know of any similar sayings in Chinese
Because there are both advantages and disadvantages to online friendships, and the author wants to remind us to treat them rationally and wisely.
Similar saying in Chinese: 因噎废食.
It literally means to stop eating for fear of choking.
It’s used as a metaphor (比喻)
of the action of stopping doing
something for fear of its disadvantages.
3. Do you prefer to make friends online Why
It’s good to make friends online. The Internet helps us make more friends, and chatting online gives us more freedom to express ourselves. What’s more, I think that if we make foreign friends online it’ll help us with our English learning.
Making friends online is a waste of time, which may affect our studies. Besides, some students may get cheated online. We should pay more attention to our studies, health and safety. As for friendship, we can find it in our classmates and other people around us.
1. Can you find the author's opinions about online friendship
2. What’s your opinion on online friendship Do you prefer to make friends online Why
3. How to present your opinion and demonstrate it
lose track of
thanks of
move around the world
stay in touch with
social media tools
be up to
the digital age
connect … with
keep in mind
不了解……的情况，不了解……的动态
归功于……，多亏……
周游世界
与……保持联系
社交媒体工具
忙于某事
数字时代
把……与……联系起来
记住
Write a passage about your opinions on making friends online, using the words and phrases in this lesson.
