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课件网) Unit 1 Relationships Lesson 3 So Close, Yet so far 1. To read and talk about social networking 2. To read for general understanding 3. To read for specific information and understanding words in context 4. To engage and expand on a reading circle role Learning objectives We can’t live without cellphones! Warming up What is your typical day with a cellphone What roles do social networking and the Internet play in your daily life What do you use them for Social networking and the Internet play an important part in my daily life. I chat with friends and watch videos. 2. How many online friends do you have Do social networking and the Internet help improve your relationships with others Give some examples. So close, yet so far Guess. What do these words refer to Mark has 500 friends online and he spends a lot of time on the Internet. Predict what Mark will say about social networking and his relationships with others. Then read and check. Suggested answers He spends a lot of time chatting to his friends online. He posts updates on social media. He is always checking his phone when he is with other people. He has too many friends to know them all well. Read the plete the information about Mark. Then use examples to talk about how social networking has a affected Mark’s life. Mark’s routine activities online check through his social networking apps read his emails and answer text messages scroll through his friends’ posts and photos download song after song, video after video What social networking has done to Mark and Marks’s friends Reasons Mark can’t drop social networking afraid to miss some important notices, deadlines, appointments and invitations his classmates and teachers may need to contact him at any time drive them away Read the text again and complete the following chart. Facts about lonely Mark ★ Living in a(n) 1. _____ dorm with a couple of great roommates ★Having 500 friends online ★Phone and laptop always within 2. _____ distance ★Always posting updates on social media ★ 3. _____ through all his social networking apps after waking up in the morning university touching Checking Mark’s trouble brought by social media ★Distracted though attending 4. _____ and playing sports ★Obsessing over how many 5. _____ he has on his account, he can hardly remember the birthdays of some of his oldest mates. ★6. _____ song after song, video after video, but not paying attention ★ Eager to get back to the 7. _____ world when feeling alone again ★Keeping delaying important things parties followers Downloading online The negative effects of social media on Mark’s best friend and sister ★ During a dinner get-together, his 8. _____ soon left the table because of a phone call, some spent the dinner using their phones, ignoring the ones sitting right in front of them. ★On a family holiday, his sister managed to charge her phone and spend hours reading about her favorite 9. __ ... ...
