This is America. Гришенкова Е.Г. - 66 стр.

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2. A recent online survey found that about forty percent of American adults

belong to social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn.

3. Social network sites help professionals make business more successfully.

4. For couples in long-distance relationships social networks have become the

main way to communicate.

5. Experts say a good rule to remember is not to post anything you would not

want your mother to see.

6. A recent study declared that forty percent of the tweets captured over a two-

week period were “meaningful communication”.

7. We used to be better before social networks became an integral part of our life.

4 VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR EXERCISES

1) Match the beginning of the phrases with their endings to make expressions from

the text

1. share a. with social media

2. stay b. for a balance

3. at ease c. activities

4. aim d.

to the plans

5. comment e. enthusiasm for social media

6. monitor f.

for updates

7. check g.

in touch with family and friends

8. stick h. on a speech

2) Fill in the gaps with suitable words

Evan Falchuk is 1) _______ lawyer. He likes to use LinkedIn, a social

networking site 2) ____ professionals. “I mean, I travel all 3) ____ the world and

have dozens of people that I meet every month and I get business cards from them.

And you get 4) _____ to your office and look at the business card and you say 'Who

was that again? And what did we talk 5) _____?' I try to write notes, but it's very

hard. Whereas if you connect with them 6) ____ LinkedIn, now I've got not only the

person's name and contact information, but I know what their prior jobs were. I know

7) ____ they are connected to who I might know. You have a much richer way of