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课件网) Unit 10 CONNECTIONS Lesson 1 HOW CLOSELY CONNECTED ARE WE 1.To read and talk about the “Six Degrees of Separation” theory. 2.To read for deep understanding. 3.To read for specific information and make inferences. 4.To write a report. Learning objectives 1. How many contacts do you have on social media How many people do you regularly communicate with 2. Who is your favourite star Do you think there is a way for you to get in contact with him or her Why or why not Warming-up Have you heard of the theory “Six Degrees Separation” (六度分离理论) Six degrees of separation is a well-known idea that any two people on this planet can be connected via an average number of six steps. Having succeeded in the real world, the theory even directly or indirectly motivated the invention of online societies. Here is a short video about it. Read the article quickly and find out the main idea. This article introduces what the theory of “Six Degrees of Separation” is and how it develops. Read the first two paragraphs of the article on the theory “Six Degrees of Separation”. What does it mean and who invented this theory It states that any person on Earth can be connected to any other person through a chain of no more than five other people. The theory was first introduced by Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy, in the early 20th century. Read the rest of the article. Find out about the development of the “Six Degrees of Separation”. Take notes in the table below. 1967 Who How Findings/ Results Stanley Milgram He chose a random sample of people in the middle of America and asked them to send packages to a stranger in the state of Massachusettes. It only took between five and seven people to get the parcels delivered. Mid-1990s Who How Findings/ results Two college students in the US They invented a game. The idea of the game was to link any actor to Kevin Bacon, a famous American actor and musician, through no more than six links. The game was being played in universities across the United States. 2001 Who How Findings/ results Columbia University “Columbia Small-world Project”: Columbia University tried to recreate Milgram’s experiment on the Internet. The experiment involved 24,163 email chains with 18 target people in 13 different countries. The results confirmed that the average number of links in the chain was six. 2011 Who How Findings/ results the University of Milan The experiment analysed the relationship between 721 million social media users. 92% were connected by only four stages. Talk about how the theory developed based on your notes. The concept was first talked. The Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy in the 1920s: Publishing a book called Everything Is Different in 1929 Introducing the idea of _____ networks His ideas influenced many of our early impressions of social networks. Fill in the following blanks and find out how the author organises the article. The American sociolog ... ...
