СОР № 1 Английский язык 11ОГН класс Making contact

Making contact

Задание:

Read the text and answer the questions below.
1. How do digital natives and digital migrants see the world today?
2. What does keeping up with friends require nowadays?
3. Who are the majority of social media users in the world?
4. 72% of what category of Facebook users make at least one new friend every week?
5. How many monthly active Facebook users were there in the second quarter of 2009?
6. Who dominates the use of social networks in the UK?
7. In what social media activity do adults come before younger users?
8. What do you think of the criticism levelled at those who overuse social media?
The value of social media
For digital natives who never knew life before social media, the world seems like it has
always been the same but for digital migrants, the present looks nothing like the past. If you were
born in the late 1990s onwards, just try to imagine what your life would be like without Facebook.
Twitter or Instagram. Does it look appealing to you? Probably not. Your social interaction depends
so much on social media and keeping up with friends requires you to be online most, if not all, of
the time. This is why your parents and friends probably keep urging you to get from your
computer or put your smart phone down and spend more time with them.
In the UK, for instance, the use of social networks is dominated by the 40% of young people
between 16 and 24 years old who are on social media and the 75% of these between the ages of 25
and 44 who use Facebook. Add to this the fact that, in 2014, Facebook and Youtube were the top
social media sites assessed by 8-15-year-olds in Great Britain.
What do young users spend their time doing on social media? There are a number of things
but the top activities are finding out what friends are doing, sending them messages and knowing
what they are watching or listening to. This is for 16-24-year-olds, followed in second place by 25-
34-year-olds, who come first in keeping in touch with relatives.
In the midst of this entire buzz about social media, alarming voices warning of the dangers
of such a situation can be heard. Some people argue that young people’s overuse of social media
represents an addiction that threatens their real-life communication skills. Moreover, this addiction
can distract them from their studies and affect their concentration, especially given the many cases
of use of social during class that have been reported. Meanwhile, overuse of social networks by
adults can harm their relationships. Other disadvantages include wasting time, identity theft, cyber
bullying and crimes against children.

Решение:

1. Digital natives think the world has always been the same but digital migrants see a big
difference between the past and the present.
2. It requires people to be online.
3. Teenagers and young adults.
4. 13-17 year-olds.
5. Roughly 250 million users.
6. The 90% or teenagers between 16 and 24 years old who are on social media
7. 25-34-year-olds come first at keeping in touch with relatives.