1、Unit 4 Friends ForeverPeriod 1 Understanding ideasWhen Im sad and feeling low,And worries are all I know,Just hearing you say Hello Fills me with a cheerful glow.当我悲伤，情绪低落，听到你说“你好”，我心里就充满了喜悦。When Im away in places new,With no familiar faces in view,It gives me pleasure to think of youAnd the adventu
2、res weve been through.当我在陌生的地方，视野中没有熟悉的面孔，想到你我很高兴以及我们经历过的冒险。When life seems like one long night,And nothing is ever going right,Theres just one sure delight:Friendship,like sunrise,warm and bright.当生命像漫漫长夜，没有什么是正确的，只有一件事是肯定的:友谊，像日出，温暖而明亮。Some questions need you answer:1.Do you have a best friend?2.W
3、ho is him/her?3.How do you make friend?How would you feel if moving to a new town meant losing track of(失去和的联系）your friends?What if（如果将会）the only way of getting news from faraway（远方的）friends was writing letters that took ages to be delivered?如果搬到一个新城市意味着失去朋友的踪迹，你会作何感想?如果从远方的朋友那里得到消息的唯一方法就是写信，而这封信要花很
4、长时间才能送到呢?CLICK FOR A FRIEND?This was how things worked not very long ago.Thanks to（幸亏）advances in technology,how we make friends（交朋友）and communicate with（和某人交流）them has changed significantly.就在不久以前，事情是这样的。由于科技的进步，我们交朋友和交流的方式发生了巨大的变化。Nowadays,we can move around the world and still stay in touch with（
5、保持联系）the people that we want to remain friends with.Social media tools let us see what our friends are up to（忙于、胜任）and maintain friendships.All you need is a wi-fi connection.如今，我们可以在世界各地移动，仍然与我们想要保持朋友关系的人保持联系。社交媒体工具让我们了解我们的朋友在做什么，并维持友谊。你所需要的只是一个wi-fi连接。The digital age also enables us to（让某人做某事）find
6、 people who share our interests,such as（例如）collecting model cars or playing an unusual instrument.Whatever our hobbies,the Internet can connect us with others who also enjoy doing(喜欢做某事）them,even if（即使）they live on the other side of（另一边）the world.数字时代也使我们能够找到与我们有共同兴趣的人，比如收集模型汽车或演奏一种不同寻常的乐器。无论我们的爱好是什
7、么，互联网可以把我们和其他同样喜欢做这些事情的人联系在一起，即使他们住在世界的另一边。But when you“friend”people online,does this mean that they really are your friends?但是当你在网上“加”别人为好友时，这是否意味着他们真的是你的朋友呢?It depends.(depend on依赖）视情况而定。If people always exchange true personal information(信息）online,then yes,these friendships can be real(真实的）and m
8、eaningful(有意义的）.But we need to keep in mind（记住）that what we see on social media is often not the whole truth about a person.如果人们总是在网上交换真实的个人信息，那么是的，这些友谊可以是真实而有意义的。但我们需要记住，我们在社交媒体上看到的往往不是一个人的全部真相。On social media sites,people tend to（趋向于做某事）post only positive updates that make them appear happy and fr
9、iendly.But smiling photos can hide real problems.Remember the saying:on the Internet,nobody knows youre a dog.A young person could be old;a woman could be a man;we could even be sharing our information with（share sth with sb和某人分享）criminals.在社交媒体网站上，人们倾向于只发布积极的更新，让自己看起来开心和友好。但微笑的照片可以隐藏真正的问题。记住这句话:在互联
10、网上，没有人知道你是一条狗。一个年轻人可能老了;女人可以是男人;我们甚至可以和罪犯分享信息。But this doesnt mean that we should throw the baby out with the bathwater.Although technology has changed the way we acquire friends,the meaning of（的意义）friendship and our longing for（热切渴求）friends remain the same.As Aristotle said,no one would choose to live without friends,even if he had all other goods.但这并不意味着我们应该把婴儿和洗澡水一起倒掉。虽然科技改变了我们获取朋友的方式，但友谊的意义和我们对朋友的渴望没有改变。正如亚里士多德所说，没有人会选择没有朋友的生活，即使他拥有所有其他的东西。
