Zahiriddin muhammad bobur nomidagi andijon davlat universiteti ingliz tili grammatikasi kafedrasi

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Activity 4. Answer the questions.
1. What are social networking sites?
2. Which social networking sites do you use?
3. Why do you use them?

a. to stay in touch with current friends
b. to stay in touch with old friends
с. to make new friends
d. to stay in touch with family
e. to find other people with similar interests
f. to find a romantic partner
g. to upload photographs
h. to listen to music
i. to watch videos
j. to take part in discussions

Suggested answer: 1. Social networking sites are online networks where users can communicate with each other. 2. Answers will vary, but the most popular are Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Ning, and Google Plus+. 3. Answers will vary.

Activity 5. Group the quotations into the correct column of the table and then tick the ones that you agree with.

Suggested answer: Advantages of social Disadvantages of social networking sites networking sites 1 2 4 3 7 S 8 6

Understanding
Activity 1. Read the blog in full and choose the best title for the blog.
a. The dangers of mobile phones
b. What did we all do before mobile phones?
с. Why our phones stop us making real friends

Suggested answer: с This answer is the most appropriate because the blogger focuses on the social implications of using our phones and how this can affect our face-to-face relationships with other people. The answer is not 'a' because we would expect a blog with this title to focus on various 'dangers' of mobile phones, for example, the health implications of long-term mobile phone usage or using phones while driving or walking. The answer is not 'b' because we would expect a blog with this title to focus on the benefits of mobile phones compared to what the communication world used to be like before we had them.

Activity 2. Insert the missing sentences into the spaces in the blog.
a. When questioned, they literally grunted like cavemen,
b. It was the start of how you make real friends in the real world,
с. When did it become necessary to share everything about your life with everyone?
d. Especially when I'm working.

Suggested answer: a) 3 b) 2 c) 1 d) 4