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BACKGROUND NOTĘ

Social network websites:

social network websites, such as Bebo or Facebook, are ways of communicating popular among people aged 13 and up. Some networks have a specific unifying interest, while others are simply ways of communicating with other people.

Virtual world: a virtual world, such as Second Life. is a computer-based environment where people are represented by their avatar.

I was invited to join.

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1 How do you communicate with your friends?

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1    Ask Ss to look at the communication methods in the box and check they know what they are or can give examples. Ss can work in pairs to say which methods they use most often. Use

a show of hands to check which is the most popular method.

Read

2    2.29 Ss read to answer the gist question.

NB. NotÄ™ that sad here means boring or uncooi and is used mainly amongst young people.

Answer key

He created Facebook.

Comprehension

3 Exp!ain that the Ss must read the text morÄ™ carefully to match the beginnings and endings and make true sentences about the text.

Grammar    Past simple passive

Function    Give and react to opinions

•    email • phone • text msssage

•    instant messaging • virtual world

•    social network website • letter

Read

2    is Read the webpage on the left. Why is Mark Zuckerberg famous?

Comprehension

3    Match 1-5 with a-e to make sentences about the text.

1-d A social network connects friends online.

1    A social network

2    A twenty-year-old student

3    The idea

4    Andy

5    Chrissy

a)    had the idea for Facebook.

b)    gives some advice.

c)    isn't a member.

d)    connects friends online.

e)    grew very quickly.

Grammar

Past simple passive

Affirmative

I was invited to join Facebook by one of my friends.

People of all ages were attracted to the idea.

Negative

It waśni designed to be a

global network.

Ouestions and short answers

Who were they designed for?

Were you invited?

Yes, I was./No. I wasn't.

NotÄ™

When we want to say who or what causes the action, we use by + a noun.

Answer key

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Grammar

Read the first two sentences aloud and ask Ss to notice how the past simple passive is formed (was/were + past participle).

In the sentence Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerberg ask Ss to identify the subject (Facebook) and the agent (Zuckerberg). Point out that when the agent is used. that we use by as in this example. to connect subject and agent.

BACKGROUND NOTĘ

A college yearbook: yearbooks are traditional in the USA as a way of recording details about the school year of a particular group. They have been losing popularity siÅ„ce the arriva! of social network sites or Internet-based yearbooks.

Bill Gates: Founder and chairman of Microsoft.

Harvard University: the oldest institute of higher learning in the United States, it was founded in 1636. Today it is one of a handful

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Practice

4 a Ask Ss to complete the text with past passive forms of the verbs provided. They can work alone and then check in pairs. When checking the answers. point out the weak form of was and were, and that the rnain stress is on the main verb. Ask Ss to read the text aloud to practise this.

Answer key

2 weren't given 3 was used 4 were not invited 5 was offered 6 was inspired

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