初阶网络|第10集：你每隔多久会忍不住刷新一次朋友圈？

音频一：

Katherine loved Facebook. With Facebook she could stay connected with her friends and family no matter how far away they were. She could see their photos and read their status updates. She loved finding out people were getting married, having babies, and traveling.

音频二：

Soon, however, Katherine found herself comparing herself with the people she was reading about on Facebook. It began to make her feel bad that some people seemed to be doing so much better than she was. She was also spending a lot of time on Facebook. It took a lot of time and energy to keep up with everyone’s status updates.

音频三：

W: Would you like to leave a comment on our web page when you have time?

M: Sure. I had a really good stay here and I’d like to recommend your hotel to my friends and colleagues.

重点词汇：

1, status /'steɪtəs/ n. 法律地位；身份，状况

2, update /'ʌpdeɪt/ n. 最新消息

a news update 最新新闻报道

/ʌp'deɪt/ v. 向…提供最新信息

3, comment  /'kɒment/ n. 意见，评论 v. 评论；发表意见

同义替换：remark

4, webpage  /'webpeɪdʒ/  n. 网页

跟读训练：

一：

Katherine loved Facebook. With Facebook she could stay connected with her friends and family no matter how far away they were.

凯瑟琳很喜欢脸书。有了脸书，不管她和她的家人相距多远都可以随时保持联络。

She could see their photos and read their status updates.

她可以看到她家人的照片以及状态更新。

She loved finding out people were getting married, having babies, and traveling.

她也喜欢了解谁有结婚了，谁怀孕了，去旅行了。

二：

Soon, however, Katherine found herself comparing herself with the people she was reading about on Facebook.

但是不久后，她发现自己在和她在脸书上了解的人做比较。

It began to make her feel bad that some people seemed to be doing so much better than she was.

当她看到脸书上的朋友做的比她好很多，她开始觉得不开心。

She was also spending a lot of time on Facebook.

她花了太多时间在脸书。

It took a lot of time and energy to keep up with everyone’s status updates.

她花了很多时间与精力去看每个人的状态更新。

三：

W: Would you like to leave a comment on our web page when you have time?

您愿意在您有时间的时候在我们的网页上留下评论吗？

M: Sure. I had a really good stay here and I’d like to recommend your hotel to my friends and colleagues.

当然。我在这里过的非常好，我会向我的朋友和同事推荐你们酒店的。

背景拓展：

国内的社交媒体咱们都比较熟了，咱们来了解了解全球排名靠前的社交媒体？

1, Facebook

2, YouTube（别名“油管”，全球最大视频分享网站）

3, Instagram（图片视频分享网站）

4, What's App （类似微信）

5, Snap chat（发明了一个听起来有点酷的概念叫“阅后即焚”）