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1b Keep in touch

. READING
A. Discuss.
• Do you use the Internet to keep in touch with friends?
• What is a social media website? What can members of
social media sites do?

B. Read the text and compare the information in it with your answers.
From the letter box to the inbox

In the good old days, friends used to phone you or send you a birthday card on your
birthday. These days, if you’re a member of a social media site, you probably receive
the correct meaning a or b.© MM Publications
messages on your ‘wall’ with a virtual ‘gift’.

Social media sites appeared just before the the world. They can even play with online friends
beginning of the century and took the Internet, and they’ve never even met. And it seems it doesn’t
the world, by storm. Just a few decades ago, people take time to make friends; it just takes a few clicks.
wrote letters or called each other regularly to keep Until very recently, people used to put all their
in touch. Then emails came, and today social media holiday photos in albums. Now social media users
sites allow users to communicate instantly with can display their photos online. Just click on your
friends and family. friend’s album and enjoy!
In the past, people could play computer games It’s easy to keep in touch with friends online, and
with friends only when they were together. With making new online friends can be great fun. But
social media sites, users can play online games with when it comes to birthdays, real gifts are much
people that are next door or on the other side of better than virtual ones!

C. Read again and answer the questions. . VOCABULARY

1. Who can receive messages and virtual ‘gifts’ on PHRASES RELATED TO COMMUNICATION
a ‘wall’? Read and match.

2. When did social media websites appear?
1. I left university last year, but I try to
3. What are online friends?
keep in touch with people through email.
4. Where did people use to keep their photos? 2. Give me a call when you get home, OK?
3. I left a message for Dana, but she hasn’t
returned my call.
D. Look at the highlighted words in the text and choose
4. I’m not sure what my cousin is up to. We’ve
lost touch.
1. regularly 3. online 5. I’m sorry I haven’t written to you.
a. usually a. on the phone I promise to drop you a line soon.
b. suddenly b. on the Internet
6. Can I have a word with you before the
2. instantly 4. display meeting starts?
a. soon a. take 7. I sent an email to Joe, but I didn’t receive a
b. immediately b. show reply.
a. phone someone because they phoned you
E. Discuss. b. get an answer
• Are you a member of a social media website? c. continue to communicate
Why? / Why not? d. speak to someone for a short time
• What do you think the advantages and e. send a short message or note
disadvantages of having online friends are? f. stop communicating
g. phone someone

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