1、 To read for the main idea of the passage. To read for detailed information and figure out authors purpose in writing the passage. To talk about your feelings and experiences about communicating with online friends. To write a passage to introduce your ways of making new friends. To learn some key w
2、ords and expressions.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
3、.更喜欢更喜欢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.
4、 Visiting friends whenever possible.1. Now work in groups and find out the most popular answers. Share your groups result with the class. You can use the percentage to mark your answers, and then compare your groups result with the whole class.2. Do you have a pen pal? If so, what do you think of hi
5、m / her?3. Have you ever made friends through the Internet? What effect has it had on you?Read the title and look at the picture, then predict what this passage is mainly about?Choose the authors purpose in writing the passage.1.To prove that making friends was easier in the past.2.To illustrate how
6、 it is better to make friends online.3.To persuade people to abandon traditional ways of making friends.4.To discuss the advantages and disadvantages of making friends online.Match each part with the main idea.Para. 1Paras. 2-3Paras. 4-7Para. 8When you “friend” people online, make sure this means th
7、at they really are your friends.We should treat technology objectively.Social media tools allow us to maintain our friendships and make new friends.Technology has changed the way we make friends.pastComplete the diagrams with expressions from the passage.Ways of making friends People lost track of t
8、heir friends after _ _. The only way to stay in touch was _. Its easy to _ with social media tools. Online, people can easily make new friends with those who _. moving to a new townpresentwriting lettersmaintain friendshipsshare their interestsOnline friendship:real or not?It can be real if people _
9、 onlineIt might not be real because social media doesnt present _, and people tend to _.exchange truepersonal informationthe whole truth about a person post onlypositive updates1. The Internet makes it possible for us to keep in touch with friends. ( )2. People who like collecting model cars can con
10、nect with others who have the same hobby on the Internet. ( )3. In the authors view, people can find real friends online. ( )Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).TTF4. You can talk with a dog on the Internet. ( )5. The meaning of our making friends has changed on the Int
11、ernet. ( )6. Aristotle believed it was a must for people to have a friend. ( )FTT1. Which sentences interest you most? On the internet, nobody knows youre a dog.But this doesnt mean that we should throw the baby out with the bathwater.No one would choose to live without friends, even if he had all o
12、ther goods.Remember the saying: On the Internet, nobody knows youre 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 (伴随伴随) a cartoon featuring two dogs, one of which is sitting at a
13、 computer and turns knowingly to the other with these words. Despite the witty humour, the cartoon wasnt 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
14、 recognisable works about the Internet.2. Why does the author say “But this doesnt 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
15、 treat them rationally and wisely.Similar saying in Chinese: 因噎废食因噎废食. It literally means to stop eating for fearof choking. Its used as a metaphor (比喻比喻) of the action of stopping doing something for fear of its disadvantages.3. Do you prefer to make friends online? Why?One possible opinion:In my p
16、oint of view, although online friends cannot be always trusted, the benefits far out weigh (比比.更重要更重要) the risks. First of all, it is easy and quick to get to know people and make new friends online. We can also practice our English in speaking and writing. From my perspective (看法看法, 观点观点), making f
17、riends online is amazing. Chatting with people from different places and social backgrounds is surely an effective way to understand other cultures and develop cross-cultural communication skills.way, where, technology, wi-fi, social media, trueChoose the right item from the box and make the summary
18、 complete. 1. _ has greatly changed how we communicate. 2. _ allows us to stay in touch with friends easily now. All you need is a 3. _ connection. We can also connect with people who share ourwi-fi Technology Social mediahobbies and interests no matter 4. _ they are in the world. But are these onli
19、ne “friends” real friends? Not always: some people dont share 5. _ information online. This doesnt mean we shouldnt use technology to make friends, though. Technology has changed the 6. _ we make friends but not our need for them and what they mean to us.way, where, technology, wi-fi, social media, truewaywheretrue It is true that making friends online has its own advantages and disadvantages. Whats your opinions about it?
