FacingFacebookNotlongago,thesocialmediasiteFacebookproudlyannouncedthatithadfinallyreachedonebillion--yes,thatisbillion-activeusersthroughouttheworld.Thatnumberisexceedinglydifficulttoconceptualise（使概念化）evenformathwizards（奇才）,soitmightbehelpfultothinkofitthisway：onebillionpeopleisaboutthreetimestheentirepopulationoftheUnitedStates.FurtherresearchhasshownthatalmosthalfoftheseFacebookuserscheckthesiteassoonastheywakeinthemorninganothershocking28percentlookbeforetheyevengetoutofbed！Every20minutes,threemillionmessagesaresentviathissite,alongwithonemillionlinksshared,andtwomillionfriendrequestsmade.Facebook’spervasiveness（普遍性）andpopularityarenotinquestion,yet,itsimpactonpeopleisOnesideoftheongoingdebateunequivocally（明確的）believesthatthispowerfulsocialnetworkhasbeenofincrediblebenefittoallages.Itallowspeopletoreconnectandkeepintouchinawaynoothermodeofcommunicationcan.Bymakingitsimpletopoststatuses,photographs,andexperiences,Facebookhelpspeopleshareandchronicletheirlives.UsingFacebookcanhelpstudentsenhanceboththeircomputerandsocialskills.Conversely,opponentstothesitepointoutthatpostinginformationonlineisablanketinvitationtosharepersonaldetailswiththeentireworld.Privacybecomesrelativelynon-existent.TheyalsoarguethattimespentonFacebookistimenotspentonmoreworthwhile“activities”suchasinteractingwithfamilyandfriendsfacetoface,doinghomework,holdingajob,pursuinghobbies,andgettingexercise.IsFacebooktoday’ssolutiontostayingconnectedortomorrow’sproblemoffeelingisolated?PerhapssomeoneshouldasktheonebillionFacebookusers.In20minutes,theycouldsharethequestionatleastamilliontimes.

ReadingComprehensionChoosethecorrectanswerforeachquestion1.HowmanypercentofFacebookuserschecktheirsiteassoonastheywakeup?A.About20%.B.About28%.C.About50%.D.About60%.2.Everytwentyminutes,__________viaFacebook.A.twomillionmessagesaresent.B.twomillionfriendrequestsaremade.C.threemillionlinksareshared.D.onemillionselfiesareposted.3.Peoplegenerallyagreethat___________.A.Facebookisanincrediblypopularsocialmediasite.B.Facebookisanexcellenttoolforlearningcomputerskills.C.Facebookhelpstoconnectandnetworkpeopleallaroundtheglobe.D.Facebookpreventspeoplefromdailyface-to-faceinteractions.4.WhichstatementistrueaboutFacebookusers?A.Theydonottaketimetopursuepersonalinterestsandhobbies.B.TheyneverchecktheirFacebookwhilestillinbed.C.TheytendtoposteverythingabouttheirfamiliesonFacebook.D.Theyusethesocialmediasitetosharedetailsabouttheirlives.5.WhatdoestheauthorthinkofFacebook?A.Itisasolutiontostayingconnected.B.Itmaymakepeoplefeelisolated.C.Itshouldbeleftfortheuserstojudge.D.Itposesgreatdangertoprivacy.Vocabulary基礎(chǔ)詞active adj.積極的；活躍的 記詞根記憶act（行動(dòng)）+ive（…的）→積極的check n.（=cheque）支票；賬單；檢查v.檢查；審查搭checkuponsth.核實(shí),查證checkwith...與…協(xié)商；與…相符合checkout付賬后離開；查證checkin登記,報(bào)到shocking adj.令人氣憤的；不道德的 英thatoffendsorupsetspeople；thatismorallywronglink n.鏈接；聯(lián)系,關(guān)聯(lián)vt.聯(lián)系,關(guān)聯(lián)；連接例Youshouldclickonthelinkatthebottomofthepagetovisitthewebsite.你需要點(diǎn)擊頁面下方的鏈接來訪問這個(gè)網(wǎng)站。request n./vt.申請(qǐng)；請(qǐng)求；要求 記詞根記憶re（一再）+quest（要求）→要求；請(qǐng)求例IreceivedfriendrequestsfrommynewclassmatesonWechat.我收到了新同學(xué)的微信好友申請(qǐng)。popularity n.流行；普及；受人喜愛 英whensth.isliked,enjoyedorsupportedbymanypeople記詞根記憶popu（人民）+lar（的）+ity（表名詞）→人民（都喜歡）的事物→流行debate n.\vi.辯論,爭論 英（a）seriousdiscussionofasubjectinwhichmanypeopletakepart記詞根記憶de（表加強(qiáng)）+bat（打,擊）+e→用語言相互強(qiáng)烈打擊→爭論,辯論 搭politicaldebate政治辯論televisiondebate電視辯論network n.（互聯(lián)）網(wǎng)絡(luò)；網(wǎng)狀物 記組合詞net（網(wǎng)）+work（產(chǎn)品）網(wǎng)狀物 搭computernetwork計(jì)算機(jī)網(wǎng)絡(luò)blanket adj.通用的；全面的；包括所有情形（或人員）的；總括的 英includingallpossiblecases,situationsorpeople 搭ablanketban全面取締solution n.解決辦法；解答；答案 英awayofsolvingaproblemordealingwithadifficultsituation 記詞根記憶solu（松開）+tion（表名詞）→解決辦法 搭solutiontotheproblem問題的解決方法

Vocabulary進(jìn)階詞exceedingly adv.非常 英toaverygreatdegree；extremelyongoing adj.正在進(jìn)行的；不間斷的；繼續(xù)存在的 英continuingtoexistordevelop 記組合詞on（在…中）+going（進(jìn)行中的）→正在進(jìn)行的incredible adj.驚人的,難以置信的 記詞根記憶in（不）+cred（相信）+ible（能…的）難以置信的mode n.方式,形式；風(fēng)格；模式,工作狀態(tài) 英aparticularwayofdoingsth.；aparticulartypeofsth.status n.狀況；地位；身份記聯(lián)想記憶stat（看作state,聲明）+us（我們）→聲明我們是誰→身份 搭maritalstatus婚姻狀況socialstatus社會(huì)地位chronicle vt.按事件發(fā)生順序記載,把…載入編年史n.編年史,歷史記詞根記憶chron（時(shí)間）+icle（?。磿r(shí)間編寫一段歷史→編年史enhance vt.提高；增強(qiáng) 記詞根記憶en（使…）+hanc（高的）+e→提高；增強(qiáng)例Manypoetsenhancetheirworkbycreatingacontrastbetweenrealismandsymbolisminagivenpoem.很多詩人通過在一首詩中制造現(xiàn)實(shí)主義與象征主義間的反差,來提升自己的作品。conversely adv.相反地,顛倒地