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ffi Work in pairs. Discuss these questions.
1 How many social networking sites can you name? E@@,o,'
2 What do people use them for?
Electronic obsessions
6b Z.:O Read the text. Answer the questions. Over 25 million people in the UK use Facebook. That's 45%
1 How often does Bethan go on Facebook? of the population! And on average, each user spends over
six hours a month on Facebook. ls Facebook a dangerous
2 What activities does she do on Facebook?
3 What made her realise that she might have a probtem? obsession or just harmless fun? Seventeen-year-old Bethan
has written on her blog about what it was like to stop using
4 How did her friends react when she left Facebook?
Facebook...
5 What aspects of her Iife improved after she Ieft
Facebool<?
6 ln her opinion, what are the advantages of Facebook?
IEffiIIM Complete the phrases in the chartwith the
words below. Then find them in the text.
create deactivate log on post update upload

1 to a website 4 a message
5 an account
5 - an account
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6h z.:t Listen to a radio programme about social
networking. What is Professor Brown's opinion: 7,2 or 3? 1st May
1 Lots of people are addicted to sociaI networking sites, I think I am a Facebook addict. I log on to Facebook every
but it's just a harmless hobby. day to chat to my friends - real friends and loads of online
2 Some people spend too much time on social networl<ing friends. Sometimes I have ten conversations going at the
sites, but it isn't a serious problem. same time. I upload photos and update my Facebook
profile all the time. But recently I've started to fdel worried
3 Some people are addicted to socia[ networking sites,
if I am offline for more than a few hours. And then last
but that's no different from being addicted to any other
weekend I forgot to meet a real friend because I was
hobby.
online! l've realised I could have a problem. So l've decided
db :.;f Listen again. Are the sentences true or false? to give it up a for a while ...
Correct the false sentences.
11th May
1 Professor Brown thinks that peopte who spend 30-40 I found it really hard. Facebook and my friends demanded
hours a week on social networking sites have a serious to know why I had left. I spent the first few evenings
addiction. wondering what everyone was chatting about on
2 Professor Brown thinks that Facebook is no more Facebook. I even phoned a couple offriends to find
addictive than hobbies [il<e cotlecting stamps. out. The fourth night wasn't quite so bad. I actually
3 The interviewer believes that the ontine wortd is also the concentrated on my homework better and I had more time
'realwortd'. to watch my TV programmes. And I spoke to my friends
4 Professor Brown thinks that addiction to social during the day at school. At the end of the first week, I
networl<ing sites isn't a serious problem. reactivated my account. I think Facebook is fun and it's
useful for posting messages to friends and sharing photos.
5 The professor thinks that peopte should go ontine at
But l'll try not to spend so much time on it in future.
night rather than during the day.
ffi Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. ffimqhas-{, {"srqdem:
I created a Facebook account because my friends all use it.
1 How often do you visit sociaI networking sites?
But I think it's boring.
2 How long do you usuatty stay on them?
3 Do you thinl< teenagers spend too much time on social ffimn, ffirfrghtmm;
networl<ing sites? Give reasons. Wow, you've really made me think. l'm going to deactivate
my account and see how I do.

56 i Unit5 u Howtechie areyou?