Discuss, страница 129 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс рабочая тетрадь Комарова, Ларионова

Culture today. Culture today 5 - страница 129.

Условие.

Culture today

...the BIG DEBATE: Should you make your friends in real life or in cyberspace?

We spend an increasing amount of time making friends on social networking sites instead of spending time with real friends. Is this a good or a bad thing?

Making friends is easy now. In cyberspace we have the opportunity to meet people who live thousands of miles away, so we can make friends with people from different cultures and learn a lot from them.

What's the point of having friends who live far away? I think it's better to be able to make friends with people who live nearby, people who you can meet at the weekend in a real situation.

Online community

• 55% of British teenagers have an SNS (social networking site) profile.
• 91% of British teenagers use an SNS to stay in touch with people they know and 49% use them to make new friends.
• American teenagers have an average of 75 friends on an SNS and an average of 52 IM (instant messenger) buddies.
• More than 20 million people visit one online dating service a month.
• Over 120 000 couples get married every year as a result of online dating.

Решение.

Решение 2.

Мы тратим все больше времени на то, чтобы заводить друзей в социальных сетях, вместо того чтобы проводить время с реальными друзьями. Это хорошо или плохо?

Ответ:

I think it's both good and bad. It's good because you can meet people from different cultures and learn a lot from them, and it's easy to stay in touch with people even if they live far away. But it's also bad because it's important to spend time with friends you can meet in person and do things with in real life.

Я думаю, это и хорошо, и плохо. Хорошо, потому что можно знакомиться с людьми из разных культур и многому у них учиться, и легко оставаться на связи с людьми, даже если они живут далеко. Но это также плохо, потому что важно проводить время с друзьями, с которыми можно встретиться лично и что-то делать в реальной жизни.