How to make friends

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How to make friends over the Internet?
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Task 1

• How do you
• keep in touch with old friends?

• By visiting them on weekends/holidays
• By writing letters
• By doing sports with them
• By giving them a call
• By chatting on QQ

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SKimming What are two ways to make friends over
the Internet? (para.1-2)
Task 2

• Search for websites that have topics that
  interests us. Once you have located the right
  ones, you will see where to click in order to
  chat with other fans.
• Access sites that are devoted to the purpose of
  chatting.

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Think up as many ways as possible.
Task 3

• ICQ
• MSN
• E-mail
• BBS
• Blog
• Chatting Room
• Chinaren

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How to strengthen your friendship?
(Para.3-4)

• Try to include your school friends in your
  conversation, then form your own chat group,
  which meets regularly and becomes a small
  community of friends.

• If you use instant messenger, your chat becomes
  a dialogue, which helps strengthen your
  friendship.

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Summary
Task 4

• There are two ways for us to make friends _____
  the Internet. One is to ________ some interesting
  websites, where you can ____ with other fans. The
  other way is to ______ some special sites aimed
  at chatting, such as chatting room.
• Making a new friend is quite easy. The key to a
  _________ relationship is to ________________
  your friend. You can ______ turn your chat into a
  dialogue or form you own chat group. Both ways
  help __________ your friendship.

over
search for
chat
access
successful
keep in touch with
either
strengthen
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According to the passage, the next
paragraphs to come after this passage, if
there is any, will most probably talk
about____. (para.5)

• A. other forms of making friends using the
  Internet.
• B. face-to-face communication.
• C. finding right websites to chat with more
  friends.
• D. how the club enrich your life.

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Discussion As in face-to-face
communication, there are some basic rules of
behavior that should be followed when online.
Task 5

• Solutions
• Remember not to fire back.
• Either ignore it, or block the message.
• Try to be kind to him/ her.
• Please point it out politely.

• Problems
• If someone say rude words to you,
• If you are hurt by others,
• If someone is a newcomer online,
• If someone makes a mistake

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Put yourself in others shoes

• Friendship has no boundaries.

• People love others not for who they are, but for
  how they make us feel.

• "Always put yourself in others shoes. If you
  feel that it hurts you, it probably does hurt the
  person, too."

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WritingWrite down what you should do
and what you shouldnt when making friends online.