day 23friends online

friends online

Weigh the good and bad sides of online friendship, show what depends on what with 没有……就没有……, set up a “what if” with 假如……就……, retell a story about a phone-free Sunday, and read a set of privacy rules aloud.

words to say

• 网络 wǎngluò · network; the internet
• 交际 jiāojì · to socialise
• 陌生 mòshēng · unfamiliar, strange
• 隐私 yǐnsī · privacy
• 真实 zhēnshí · true, real
• 互动 hùdòng · to interact
• 隐藏 yǐncáng · to hide, conceal
• 身份 shēnfèn · identity, status
• 上当 shàngdàng · to be taken in, fall for it
• 判断 pànduàn · to judge, decide; judgement

sentences

• 网络让交际变得越来越方便。 · The internet makes socialising easier and easier.
• 假如没有网络，我们很难认识外国朋友。 · Without the internet, it would be hard for us to meet friends from abroad.
• 在网上，你很难判断对方的真实身份。 · Online, it’s hard to tell who someone really is.
• 不要随便把隐私告诉陌生人。 · Don’t tell strangers private things lightly.
• 有的人在网上故意隐藏自己的年龄。 · Some people deliberately hide their age online.

say it after the voice

• 假如一个陌生人在网上问你住在哪儿，你最好不要马上告诉他。 · If a stranger online asks where you live, you’d better not tell them straight away.
• 在网络上，我们很难判断对方的真实身份，所以交朋友要特别小心。 · Online it’s hard to tell who someone really is, so be especially careful making friends.
• 没有网络，我就不会认识那位住在另一个国家、爱好跟我一样的好朋友。 · Without the internet, I’d never have met my good friend in another country who shares my hobbies.
• 无论在任何网站上，都不要随便留下自己的地址和电话这些隐私。 · On any website at all, don’t carelessly leave private details like your address and phone number.

questions to answer

• 如果网上的朋友想见面，你会去吗？ · If an online friend wanted to meet, would you go?
• 为什么有的人在网上更敢说话？ · Why are some people bolder online?
• 你怎么看在网上用假名字？ · What do you think about using a false name online?

a passage to retell

• A family agreed that next Sunday nobody would use a phone. That morning felt very long: they sat in the living room, not knowing what to say. In the afternoon, the father dug out an old game they hadn’t played for ages, and the whole family started playing. At dinner that evening, the son, who usually loved his phone more than anyone, said: “Let’s do this again next week!” It turned out that once they put their phones down, time felt different.

a passage to read aloud

在网络时代，保护隐私变得越来越重要。其实，只要记住三条简单的规则，就能避免很多麻烦。第一，不要在网上公开自己的真实地址、电话和身份证号码。第二，每个账号都要用不同的密码，而且最好经常更换。第三，收到陌生人向你要钱的消息，别着急，先查清楚来源再判断。很多人上当，并不是因为不聪明，而是因为太相信别人，或者太着急。网络世界里，有的人会隐藏自己的身份，可是我们不必因此害怕网络。只要多一点儿小心，网上的生活一样可以安全又方便。