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WellconnectedTextWellconnected?Thebiologicalimplicationsofsocialnetworking,Text4b(Readingtextspp.156-160)Text4bisanarticlefromTheBiologistontheeffectofsocialnetworkingonface-to-facecontact.Youwillusethetexttocarryoutfurtherselectivesummarisingpractice.Mostofyournote-takingwillbefrommemory.丁卜isistoencourageyoutomakebriefnotesinyourownwords.Thisshouldhelpyoudevelopabetterunderstandingofthekeypointsofthetext,aswellasencouragingyoutowritethesummaryinyourownwordsandavoidplagiarisingsectionsofthetext.Aftermakingthenotes,youwillagainbegivenanopportunitytocheckthetextandrevisethenotes.Task5Consideringthetitleandabstract5.1AnalysethetitleofText4b.Discussquestions1-3withotherstudents.1.Whatdoyouunderstandbythetermsocialnetworking?2.Howareyouinvolvedwithsocialnetworking,ifatall?3.Doesyourideaofnetworkingcorrespondwiththefollowingdictionarydefinition?5.2AnalysetheopeningsummaryforText4b.Whydoyouthinksomephrasesinthetexthavebeenhighlighted?OneofthemostpronouncedchangesinthedailyhabitsofBritishcitizensisareductionInthenumberofminutesperdaythattheyinteractwithanotherhumanbeing.RecenthistoryhasseenpeopleinmarkedretreatfromoneanotherasBritainmovesfromacultureofgreatercommonexperiencetoasocietyofmoreisolatedexperience.SheIsingoodcompany,asAmericanstoostepbackfromoneanotherinunprecedentedmagnitude.5.3Analysephrasesfromthe:openingsummary.aDiscussthemeaningofeachphrasewithanotherstudent,orworkalone.bCompletethetablebelowbyexplaining,inyourownwards,themeaningofeachphrase.cAnswerthequestionsbelow.1.Whatdoestheyrefertointhesecondline?2.WhatdoesSherefertointhefinalsentence?Task6Readingandmakingnotes6.1ReadSection1ofthetextwithoutstopping.a.Withoutlookingbackatthetext,listtheexamplesofhoworwhypeopleinBritainandAmericaaresteppingbackfromoneanotherinunprecedentedmagnitude.b.Compareyourlistwiththatofanotherstudent.6.2LookatFigure1anddiscussthequestionsbelow.a.Whatveryobvioustrenddoyounotice?b.Inwhichyeardidthedifferencebetweensocialinteractionandelectronicmediausecompletelyreverse?Studytip:Graphs,tablesandchartscansummarisekeyinformationinaveryeconomicalway,Remembertolookatthemcarefully.6.3ReadSectionEyeandearconlact,withoutstoppingandthenstepsa-cwithoutlookingbackatthetext.a.WritedownwhatyouthinkthesubheadingEyeandearcontactreferto..B.Writenotesbasedonwhatyourecallfromthetext.c.Checkthetext;decideiftherearcanyextrapointsyoushouldrecordinyournotes.Task7Makingnotesanddrawingconclusions7.1ReadSection3,Morbidity.Whenyouhavefioislledreading,writeclowninnomorethantwosentenceswhyexpertsemphasisetheimportanceofmaintaining(orregaining)acultureofgreatercommonexperience.7.2ReadSection4,Marriageandcohabitation.Whenyoufinishthissectioncompletestepsa-c.a.Makenotesfrommemory,asinearliertasks.b.Withotherstudents,discusswhatmainpointisbeingmadeinthissection.c.Writeasummaryofthemainpointinonesentence.7.3ReadSection5,Conclusion,withoutstopping.a.Makeanoteofthekeypointsfrommemory.b.Oncompletingyournotes,decidewhetheryoupersonallyareconcernedaboutanyoftheissuesdiscussedinthetext.c.Withotherstudents,discussanyconcernsyouhave.Task8Writingasummary8.1Re-readtheopeningSummaryatthebeginningofText4b.WhatdoyounowunderstandbythequestionWellconnected?inthetitle?8.2Writeatestofnomorethan150wordssummarisingthebiologicalimplicationsofsocialnetworking.Whenyouhavefinished,youwillbeabletocompareyoursummarywithanexamplesuppliedbyyourteacher.Note:Yourteachel'maynowdecidetospendmoretimelookingatthetextinordertofocusonsomeofthevocabulary,textstructureandacademicst5rlethatmaybeusefulforyoutostudy.Keyreadingskills:WritingasummaryofthetextSummarisingatextinvolvesansweringthequestion:Whatkeyideasdoesthewriterwanttocommunicate?Asummarydoesnothavetobelongandshouldnotincludetoomuchdetail.Text4bwellconnected?Thebiologicalimplicationsof”socialnetworkingOneofthemostpronouncedchangesinthedailyhabitsofBritishcitizensisareductionintf}enumberofminutesperdaythattheyinteractwithanotherhumanbeing.RecenthistoryhasseenpeopleinmarkedretreatfromoneanotherasBritainmovesfromacultureofgreatercommonexperiencetoasocietyofmoreisolatedexperience.Sheisingoodcompany,asAmericanstoostepbackfromoneanotherinunprecedentedmagnitude.AricSigmanSocialscientistsreportdein2006thatfewerthantwodecadesthenumberofpeoplesayingthereisnoonewithwhomtheydiscussimportantmattersnearlytripled”.Thenumberofbothkinandnon-kinconfidantsisdescribedasdramlaticallysmaller”(McPherson，Smith-Loven,＆Brashears,2006).A2003reportbytheUK'sOfficeforNationalStatistics(Ruston,2003)foundthatBritonsnowspentapproximately50minutesadayinteractingsociallywithotherpeople.Couplesnowspendlesstimeinoneanother'scompanyandmoretimeatwork,commuting,orinthesamehousebutinseparateroomsusingdifferentelectronicmediadevices.Parentsspendlesstimewiththeirchildrenthantheydidonlyadecadeago.Britainhasthelowestproportionofchil山eninallofEuropewhoeatwiththeirparentsatthetaL}le.Theproportionofpeoplewhoworkontheirownathomecontinuestorise.Thereportwentontosaythatinthe20yearsto2003,theproportionofpeoplelivingalonedoubled:-atrendhighlypronouncedinthe25-44agegroup.Forthefirsttim