FriendsForever

Pre-reading

Lookatthequestionsaboutfriendshipandtickyouranswers.1.Howdoyouprefertomakefriends?Joiningaclubtomeetpeoplewhosharethesameinterests.Usingasocialapp.Throughotherfriends.Postinga“friendswanted”noticeonline.Takingpartincommunityactivities.2.Howdoyouprefertocommunicatewithfriendseveryday?Talkingfacetoface.Usingsocialnetworkingapps.Writingletters.Writingemails.Telephoningeachother.3.Howdoyoustayintouchwithfarawayfriends?Usingsocialnetworkingapps.Writingletters.Writingemails.TelephoningVisitingfriendswheneverpossibleSocialappsWechatQQTikTokFacebookTwitterInstagramPre-reading

UnderstandingideasWhatdoesclickreferto?Canyoutrytotranslatethetitle?Whyistherea“?”inthetitle?Readthetitleandtrytoanswerthequestions.點擊一下，即是朋友？加了好友，就是朋友？點擊Theauthorisn'tsosureaboutit.While-reading

Readthepassageandchoosetheauthor'spurposeinwritingthepassage.Toprovethatmakingfriendswaseasierinthepast.2.Toillustratehowitisbettertomakefriendsonline.3.Topersuadepeopletoabandontraditionalwaysofmakingfriends.4.Todiscusstheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofmakingfriendsonline.1.Socialmediatoolsletusseewhatourfriendsareuptoandmaintainfriendships.Allyouneedisawificonnection.2.Ifpeoplealwaysexchangetruepersonalinformationonline,thenyes,thesefriendshipscanberealandmeaningful.3.Rememberthesaying:ontheInternet,nobodyknowsyou'readog.

4.Whateverourhobbies,theinternetcanconnectuswithotherswhoalsoenjoydoingthem,eveniftheyliveontheothersideoftheworld.5.Whatweseeonthesocialmediaisoftennotthewholetruthaboutaperson.6.Butwhenyou“friend“peopleonline,doesthismeanthattheyreallyareyourfriends?Itdepends.Judgeauthor'sAttitude:Positive,NegativeorNeutral?

Waysofmakingfriends

Peoplelosttrackoftheirfriendsafter1______________________.Theonlywaytostayintouchwas2_____________.It’seasyto3_____________withsocialmediatools.Online,peoplecaneasilymakenewfriendswiththosewho4_____________.PastPresentmovingtoanewtownwritinglettersmaintainfriendshipssharetheirinterestsItcanberealifpeople5___________________online.Onlinefriendship:realornot?exchangetruepersonalinformationRememberthesaying:ontheInternet,nobodyknowsyou'readog.Ayoungpersoncouldbeold;awomancouldbeaman;wecouldevenbesharingourinformationwithcriminals.Itmightnotberealbecausesocialmediadoesn’tpresent6________________,andpeopletendto7_______________________.thewholetruthaboutapersonpostonlypositiveupdatesprofilephoto頭像statemessage個人簽名Think&Share

Whydoestheauthorsay“Butthisdoesn’tmeanthatweshouldthrowthebabyoutwiththebathwater”?DoyouknowofanysimilarexpressionsinChinese?

Althoughtherearebothandtoonlinefriendships,wetrytoget

ridofitjustbecauseofits

SimilarsayinginChinese:因噎廢食/取其精華，去其糟粕/辯證地看待事物

Post-reading

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Tipstomakefriendssafelyonline.TrueorFalse？1Bealwaysonthealertaboutthestrangersonlineanddon’tbelievethemeasily.2.Lendmoneytostrangersonline.3.Don'tmeettheonlinefriendssecretly.4.Exposeyourpersonalinformationeasily,suchasaddress,phonenumbers...5.Increaseyourawarenessofprotecti