Julia, 16
As to my mind there are too many
talks about the danger of social networking sites nowadays. But I actually
don’t see why! Life tends to be changeable so anything new is being invented
all the time. Automobiles were considered to be evil in the past but now they
are an essential part of our life.
Some people suppose that on-line
communication partially substituted the real socializing. But is it really so
bad? SNS offer us an opportunity to choose people to communicate with. I can
find someone with the same tastes and interests there. This socializing isn’t
dull and boring as if I chat with my classmates and no matter do my dialogue
partners live at the same yard or across the ocean.
Our tutor does much to unite the form
and it`s really nice (I mean her attempts) but… we are too adult to communicate
with everyone who is next to us! I feel boring talking with the most of
guys and girls studying with me. Some of them suppose me to be offish (my mom
suspects the same) but it`s false. I can chat for hours with people I`m really
interested in!
I believe we should appreciate the
freedom of choice. And means which provide it to us.
Andy, 19
I suppose scientific progress to be a
virtue indeed. I don`t believe someone really think that humanity should stop
developing technologies. The world changes all the time and it could scare by
times.
What about SNS… well, I don`t suppose
it to be some ultimate evil or something like that. It`s a good way to spend
your leisure time or to find people of the same tastes. But from the other hand
there are a lot of totally addicted people who spends all their time
on-line. It substitutes everything for them – studying, working, walking,
hobbies, dates, etc. Sometimes I see some guys surfing in the Net sitting alone
in a corner during some party.
I think it`s the same as if we speak
about sweets. Some people have troubles caused by too much sugar but it means they
can`t control the quantity of sweet they eat. I use SNS for some purposes or
just for fun but I limit the time I`m on-line. Sometimes I don`t use it
for several weeks if I have anything worthy to do.
Another bad side of SNS (in my humble
opinion, of course) is that some guys loose skills of socializing talking with
people of the same interests only. We needn`t like everybody but it`s important
to be able to deal with different people.
1.1 Vocabulary
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№
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Words
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Meaning
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1
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to appreciate
|
ценить
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2
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socializing
|
общение
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3
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to provide
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предоставлять
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4
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to cause
|
причинять
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5
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to tend to be
|
иметь свойство
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6
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to substitute
|
заменять
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7
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to suppose
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предполагать
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8
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addiction
|
зависимость
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9
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to invent
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изобретать
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10
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to mean
|
означать
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11
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to deal with
|
иметь дело с
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12
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offish
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нелюдимый, необщительный
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1.2 Prove
or refute the following thesis
ü Julia
is an offish person.
ü Andy says that SNS
could be useful by times.
ü Julia has no
troubles in socializing with her peers.
ü Andy says that SNS
help us to develop our socializing skills.
ü Andy tries to
limit the time he spent on-line.
ü Julia doesn`t like
to communicate with her classmates.
1.3 Continue
the sentences below
ü Some people have troubles caused by too much sugar
because …
ü SNS offer us an opportunity to choose …
ü We needn`t like everybody but it`s important …
ü Andy supposes that scientific progress …
ü Andy doubts that someone really thinks that humanity …
ü Julia believes we should appreciate …
ü Some Julia`s classmates suppose her to be …
ü A bad side of SNS is that …
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