Unit4FriendsforeverUnderstandingideasbyAdaUnderstandingideas1Lookatthequestionsaboutfriendshipandtickyouranswers.1Howdoyouprefertomakefriends?Joiningaclubtomeetpeoplewhosharethesameinterests.Usingasocialapp.Throughotherfriends.Postinga“friendswanted”noticeonline.Takingpartincommunityactivities.Understandingideas1Lookatthequestionsaboutfriendshipandtickyouranswers.2Howdoyouprefertocommunicatewithfriendseveryday?Talkingfacetoface.Usingsocialnetworkingapps.Writingletters.Writingemails.Telephoningeachother.Understandingideas1Lookatthequestionsaboutfriendshipandtickyouranswers.3Howdoyoustayintouchwithfarawayfriends?Usingsocialnetworkingapps.Writingletters.Writingemails.Telephoning.Visitingfriendswheneverpossible.Understandingideas1Howdoyouprefertomakefriends?Joiningaclubtomeetpeoplewhosharethesameinterests.Usingasocialapp.Throughotherfriends.Postinga“friendswanted”noticeonline.Takingpartincommunityactivities.2Howdoyouprefertocommunicatewithfriendseveryday?Talkingfacetoface. Usingsocialnetworkingapps.Writingletters. Writingemails.Telephoningeachother.3Howdoyoustayintouchwithfarawayfriends?Usingsocialnetworkingapps. Writingletters.Writingemails. Telephoning.Visitingfriendswheneverpossible.Nowworkingroupsandfindoutthemostpopularanswers.Shareyourgroup’sresultwiththeclass.3Choosetheauthor’spurposeinwritingthepassage.Intheauthor’sopinion,thesocialmediatoolsenableustofindpeoplewhoshareourinterestsandtostayintouchwiththepeoplethatwewanttoremainfriendswith.Butsomepeopletendtohidesomethingfromothersandmakethemappearhappyandfriendly.Theyarenottruefriends.CLICKFORAFRIEND?2Readthepassageandfindouttheauthor’sopinionsaboutonlinefriendship.1Toprovethatmakingfriendswaseasierinthepast.2Toillustratehowitisbettertomakefriendsonline.3Topersuadepeopletoabandontraditionalwaysofmakingfriends.4Todiscusstheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofmakingfriendsonline.CLICKFORAFRIEND?4Completethediagramswithexpressionsfromthepassage.Peoplelosttrackoftheirfriendsafter1_____________________________.Theonlywaytostayintouchwas2______________________________.It’seasyto3________________________withsocialmediatools.Online,peoplecaneasilymakenewfriendswiththosewho4_________________________________.WaysofmakingfriendsPastPresentmovingtoanewtownwritinglettersmaintainfriendshipsharetheirinterestsCLICKFORAFRIEND?4Completethediagramswithexpressionsfromthepassage.Onlinefriendship:realornot?Itcanberealifpeople5___________________________________________online.Itmightnotberealbecausesocialmediadoesn’tpresent6________________________________,andpeopletendto7________________________________.exchangetruepersonalinformationthewholetruthaboutapersonpostonlypositiveupdatesCLICKFORAFRIEND?CLICKFORAFRIEND?1Howwouldyoufeelifmovingtoanewtownmeantlosingtrackofyourfriends?Whatiftheonlywayofgettingnewsfromfarawayfriendswaswritinglettersthattookagestobedelivered?Thiswashowthingsworkednotverylongago.Thankstoadvancesintechnology,howwemakefriendsandcommunicatewiththemhaschangedsignificantly.BackCLICKFORAFRIEND?2Nowadays,wecanmovearoundtheworldandstillstayintouchwiththepeoplethatwewanttoremainfriendswith.Socialmediatoolsletusseewhatourfriendsareuptoandmaintainfriendships.Allyouneedisawi-ficonnection.3Thedigitalagealsoenablesustofindpeoplewhoshareourinterests,suchascollectingmodelcarsorplayinganunusualinstrument.BackCLICKFORAFRIEND?3Whateverourhobbies,theInternetcanconnectuswithotherswhoalsoenjoydoingthem,eveniftheyliveontheothersideoftheworld.4Butwhenyou“friend”peopleonline,doesthismeanthattheyreallyareyourfriends?5Itdepends.CLICKFORAFRIEND?6Ifpeoplealwaysexchangetruepersonalinformationonline,thenyes,thesefriendshipscanberealandmeaningful.Butweneedtokeepinmindthatwhatweseeonsocialmediaisoftennotthewholetruthaboutaperson.7Onsocialmediasites,peopletendtopostonlypositiveupdatesthatmakethemappearhappyandfriendly.Butsmilingphotoscanhiderealproblems.BackCLICKFORAFRIEND?7Rememberthesaying:ontheInternet,nobodyknowsyou’readog.Ayoungpersoncouldbeold;awomancouldbeaman;wecouldevenbesharingourinformationwithcriminals.8Butthisdoesn’tmeanthatweshouldthrowthebabyoutwiththebathwater.Althoughtechnologyhaschangedthewayweacquirefriends,themeaningoffriendshipandourlongingforfriendsremainthesame.AsAristotlesaid,noonewouldchoosetolivewithoutfriends,evenifhehadallothergoods.CLICKFORAFRIEND?Thinkandshare1Whydoestheauthorsay“Butthisdoesn’tmeanthatweshouldthrowthebabyoutwiththebathwater”?DoyouknowanysimilarsayingsinChinese?Becausetherearebothadvantagesanddisadvantagestoo