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UNIT 1 CHAPTER 1 Meeting Friends Online

Before You Read A Think about answers to these questions.
My Friends
1 What social networks (e.g. Facebook) do you use? How many online
friends do you have?
2 How often do you meet your friends? What do you do?

B Discuss your answers with a partner.

Reading Skill A Look at the website on the next page for five seconds. Then read the

Scanning sentences in the chart below. Do you think the answers are true or
false? Check(.!') true (T) or false (F).
You scan to find / T F
information fast. You
don't read every word. 1 On Face2Face, I can meet my friends online.
People often scan a 2 On Face2Face, I can talk about movies.
website, a schedule, 3 On Face2Face, I can telephone my friends.
or a phone book for
specific information. 4 On Face2Face, I can make music videos.

B Scan the passage on the next page. Were your answers in A correct?

C Read the website on the next page. Then answer the questions
on page 14.

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Reading helps you in the world. Being a good reader in both your first language and in English
is useful to you and your community. You will benefit as a citizen of the world as you read more about events
happening in different parts of the world. Your knowledge of the world can help you as a citizen of the community
you live in.

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