1、B1U4 Understanding ideasLanguage pointsHow do you prefer to make friends?prefer v. (preferred)prefer to do sth.prefer sb. to do sth.prefer (doing) A to (doing) Bprefer to do A rather than do B与与(做做)B相比更喜欢相比更喜欢(做做)A 宁愿做宁愿做A而不愿做而不愿做Bpreference n. 偏爱；喜爱偏爱；喜爱have a preference for1. How would you feel if
2、 moving to a new town meant losing track of your friends? (para.1)keep track ofbe on the track of与与.保持联系，了解保持联系，了解.的动态的动态追踪追踪/追寻追寻. 2. What if the only way of getting news from faraway friends was writing letters that took ages to be delivered?1) Do you have your letter delivered?2) She delivered a
3、lecture on genetic engineering.3) He delivered the prisoner over to Hua Post Office.4) She was delivered of a healthy boy.传送传送发表发表移交移交生育生育deliver v. 递送；交付；分娩；演讲递送；交付；分娩；演讲deliver sth. to sb. deliver a speechdeliver letter deliver a babydelivery n. food delivery 外卖外卖 delivery man4. Thanks to advances
4、 in technology, how we make friends and communicate with them has changed significantly. (para.1)“因为，由于因为，由于”的相关短语的相关短语because of due to owing toas a result an account of3. This was how things worked not very long ago. 4. Thanks to advances in technology, how we make friends and communicate with the
5、m has changed significantly. (para.1)advance v./n./adj.1) Our knowledge of the disease has advanced considerably over recent years.2) They worked together to advance the cause of democracy. 3) We are willing to advance the money to you.4) We live in an age of rapid technological advance.5) They offe
6、red an advance of $5000 after the signing of the contract.6) No advance booking is necessary on most departures.发展发展推动推动预付预付进步进步预付款预付款提前的提前的in advance=ahead of time/schedule 提前，预先提前，预先make advances in 在在.方面取得进步方面取得进步advanced adj.先进的；高级的先进的；高级的5. Nowadays, we can move around the world and still stay
7、in touch with the people that we want to remain friends with. (para.2)remains n.remaining adj.get in touch with keep/be in touch withlose/be out of touch withtouching adj. 动人的，感人的动人的，感人的表动作表动作表状态表状态剩余物；遗迹；遗骸剩余物；遗迹；遗骸剩余的；留下的剩余的；留下的6. Social media tools let us see what our friends are up to and mainta
8、in friendships. (para.2)be up to sth. 忙于某事忙于某事7. The digital age also enables us to find people who share our interests, such as collecting model cars or playing an unusual instrument. (para.3)enable sb. to do sth. 使某人能够做某事使某人能够做某事disable adj. 使失去能力，使残疾使失去能力，使残疾disablility n. 无能；残疾无能；残疾able adj. be
9、able to do sth. 能够做某事能够做某事ablility n. 能力能力 have the ability to do sth. 8. Whatever our hobbies, the Internet can connect us with others who also enjoy doing them, even if they live on the other side of the world.(para.3)9. But we need to keep in mind that what we see on social media is often not the
10、 whole truth about a person.(para.6)bear in mind / learn sth. by heartmake up ones mindchange ones mind10. On social media sites, people tend to post only positive updates that make them appear happy and friendly. (para.7)tend to do sth.tend to sb./sth.打算打算/倾向做某事倾向做某事照顾照顾/照料某人、某物照料某人、某物tendency n.have a tendency to do sth.11. Although technology has changed the way we acquire friends, the meaning of friendship and our longing for friends remain the same. (para.8)Thank you!
