1. SPEAKING Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.

1. How many social networking sites can you name?

2. What do people use them for?

2. Read the text. Answer the questions.

Electronic obsession

Over 25 million people in the UK use Facebook. That’s 45%. of the population! And on average,
each user spends over six hours a month on Facebook. ls Facebook a dangerous obsession or just
harmless fun? Seventeen-year-old Bethan has written on her blog about what it was like to stop
using. Facebook...

1st May

I think I am a Facebook adict. I log on to Facebook every day to chat to my friends – real friends
and loads of online friends. Sometime I have ten conversations going at the same time. Ì upload
photos profile all the time. But recently I’ve started to feel worried if I am ofline for more than a
few hours. And then last weekend I forgot to meet a real friend because I was online! I've
realised I could have a problem. So I've decided to give it up a for a while....

11th May

I found it really hard. Facebook and my friends demanded to know why I had left. I spent the
first few evenings wondering what everyone was chatting about on Facebook. I even phoned a
couple of friends to find out. The fourth night wasn't quite so bad. I actually concentrated on my
homework better and I had more time watch my TV programmes. And I spoke to my friends
during the day at school. At the end of the first week, I reactivated my account. I think Facebook
is fun and it's useful for posting messages to friends and sharing photos. But I'll try not to spend
so much time on it in future.

1. How often does Bethan go on Facebook?

2. What activities does she do on Facebook?

3. What made her realise that she might have a problem?

4. How did her friends react when she left Facebook?

5. What aspects of her life improved after she left Facebook?

6. In her opinion, what are the advantages of Facebook?

3. VOCABULARY Complete the phrases in the chart with the word below. Then find them
in the text

Create Deactivate Log on Post Update Upload

Websites: Verb + Noun phraeses

1.______ to a website

2._______ a photo

3._______ a profile

4.________ a message

5.________ an account

6.______ an account

4. Listen to a radio programme aboul social; networking. What is Professor Brown’s

opinion: 1, 2 or 3?

1. Lots of people are addicted to social networking site, but it’s just a harmless hobby.

2. Some people spend too much time on social networking Sites, but it isn’t a serious problem.

3 Some people are addicted to social networking sites, but that’s no different from being addicted
to any other hobby.

5. Listen again. Are the sentences true or false? Correct the false sentences.

1.Professor Brown thinks that people who spend 30-40 hours a week on social networking sites
have a serious addiction.

2. Professor Brown thinks that Facebook is no more addictive than hobbies like collecting
stamps.

3. The ïinterviewer believes that the online world ¡s also the “real world".

4. Professor Brown thinks that addiction to social networking sites isn”t a serious problem.

5. The professor thinks that people should go online at night rather than during the day.

6. SPEAKING Work in pairs. Discuss these questions.

1. How often do you visit social networking sites?

2. How long do you usually stay on them?

3. Do you think teenagers spend too much time on social networking sites? Give reasons.