导读：网络让人们的生活发生了巨大的变化，就连交朋友，联系家人和朋友都可以通过网络。

I. Pre-reading
1. Surf the Internet. Go to myspace.com and Facebook.com to see how these websites work. Register and try to make a friend or connect with your friends on one of them.
2. Do you have many friends? How did you become friends?
3. How often do you contact your friends? In what ways?
4. Have you ever made a friend online? Do you often talk with your friends online? What do you think of keeping in touch with friends this way?
5. Do a survey of your class to find out how many of your classmates use QQ or MSN to keep in touch with friends.

II. Comprehension check
1. What are online social networking services?
A. They are friend-making organizations.
B. They are websites that help people make friends online.
C. They are modern computer companies.
2. How do you start to use facebook.com?
A. Sign up and create a profile for free.
B. Buy a facebook website first.
C. Sign up and pay some money.
3. Why might someone with 600 friends be said to be cooler than someone with only 35?
A. It shows they are rich.
B. It shows they are popular. C. It shows they are intelligent.
4. Which is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The writer agrees that online social networking can be convenient.
B. The writer thinks online social networking may go out of fashion.
C. The writer strongly suggests that people add friends just for the sake of adding them.

III. Vocabulary in use
Learn some useful phrases and notes from the passage:
1. a way to do = a way of doing something 做某事的方法
2. make friends with 和...交朋友
3. such as 比如
4. millions of 成百万的 hundreds of 成百上千的
5. be like 类似
6. sign up 签约，签协议
7. for free 免费
8. add…to 把…增加到
9. for example 例如
10. seem to 似乎
11. for the sake of 为了
12. speak to 对…说话
13. at a time 一次/每次
14. of course = sure = certainly 当然
15. not all （部分否定）并非全部
16. try to 设法
17. make a date to do sth 约定做某事
18. look like 看起来像
19. come along 出现，发生

IV. Practice
根据中文意思完成句子。
1. 学英语的最好办法就是多读。
The best way _____ _____ English is to read more.
2. 百万人都在使用网络交朋友。
_____ _____ people use the Internet to _____ _____ _____ each other.
3. 似乎并非所有人都会为了钱而那样做。
It _____ that _____ _____ people will do that _____ _____ _____ _____ money.
4. 那个电影明星试着与粉丝（约定）见面。
The movie star is _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ to meet with his fans.

V. Cloze test
Fill the blanks with the right words:
Teenagers will always need a way to make friends with each other. The best way today is to use social networking services online. Websites such as Myspace.com and Facebook.com have m_____ of users. Myspace and Facebook work are like each other. A user s_____ up and creates a profile for free. Then they a_____ friends to their friends list. Many kids get h______ of friends this way. But they’re not all r_____ friends. On Myspace, people s_____ to add friends just for the sake of adding them. Someone with 600 friends is cooler than someone with only 35! Of course, not all Myspace and Facebook users are trying to make themselves look more p_____ than they actually are. Many have found long-lost classmates, friends and family. Friends make a d_____ to see a movie, look at each other’s photos, and listen to each other’s m_____ all while surfing one website.
Key:
II. 1-4 B A B C
IV. 1. to learn 2. Millions of, make friends with 3. seems, not all, for the sake of 4. trying to make a date
V. millions, signs, add, hundreds, real, seem, popular, date, music.