E-mails and e-females find love

It doesn’t matter whether you have designer clothes or not, you don’t have to have your hair done and you can meet people 24/7. Shy people or those who wish someone would take time to get to know their personality, welcome online love. But cyberspace can be a dangerous place. American teen Carol was 13 when she met «Frank» in a chatroom, he said he was a 23-year-old student from California. Carol got used to confiding in « Frank» who pestered her to meet up with him. A few months later, she agreed to do it. « Frank» was a sex offender who attacked her.

Carol had a bad experience but it doesn’t have to be like that and to prevent this from happening all you have to do it to follow some simple safety tips:

· Never give important information about yourself to strangers on the Net and use an e-mail address that ensures nobody has these details.

· Be cautious about anyone who asks you to keep any kid of friendship secret.

· If you do arrange to meet anyone, make sure you stay in a public place.

· Avoid falling head over heels in love with anyone you’ve never met. You don’t actually know them!

2. Answer these questions on the text :

a) According to the text, which are the positive and negative aspects of cyberlove ?

b) Do you agree with them ? explain why/why not.

3. Laura, Tom, Rob or Sarah? Who says what?

a) The Internet is a good way to approach people.

b) A family member got involved with someone online.

c) It’s better to know people personally.

d) It is said that online dating can be a dangerous thing.

e) Sending e-mails allows you to flirt a bit without having to build a serious relationship.

f) People who go for cyberlove are believed to be netaholic.

g) I spend a lot of time talking on the phone

4. Read the text and complete it with the missing words given below.

Meg Ryan _(a)_ Kathleen Kelly who is involved with Frank Navasky (Greg Kinnear). _(b)_ Frank, as a newspaper writer for the New York Observer, is devoted to the typewriter, Kathleen prefers her _(c)_ and logging into her AOL e-mail _(d)_. There, using the avatar Shopgirl, Kathleen communicates with NY152. This is the avatar for Joe Fox (Tom Hanks). Joe _(e)_ to the Fox family who runs a chain of “mega” bookstores, Fox Books, Kathleen, on the other hand, runs the independent bookstore, The Shop Around The Corner, that her mother ran before her. The central _(f)_ of the film revolves around the _(g)_ of Kathleen and Joe to interact well in _(h)_ while they are business competitors in the “real world”.

5. Now answer the following questions:

a) What does Frank Navasky do?

b) What’s Kathleen’s favourite hobby?

c) Explain the meaning of the word avatar?

d) Who is Joe Fox?

e) Are Joe and Kathleen on the same business? Which?

f) What’s the difference between their relationship online and their relationship in the “real world”?

g) How do you think the story ends?

6. Match the acronyms with the corresponding word/expression.

Date: 2015-12-18; view: 800