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Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – Faculdade de Formação de Professores

Estágio Supervisionado de Ensino de Língua Inglesa III – Professor: Rogério da Costa Neves

Alunos: Tamara Medeiros de Andrade; Vagner Rangel

 The social network  

1. Answer these questions and get ready to share them with your classmates.

a. Do you use any social network (e.g. Orkut, Facebook, Twitter, etc.)?

 b. How often do you see it?

c. Has it changed the way you live? If so, in what ways? (Try to give examples that show your 

life has changed for better or worse).

d. Do you think it is important to set up your social network profile according to your real life

situation (e.g. you’re dating someone and then your relationship status on social network should

say “I’m dating” instead of “I’m single”)?

2. Match the words to their definitions.

a. to knock  b. to mock sb

c. a CFO of a company

d. embarrassing

e. to screw (to fuck)

f. a slut

g. Silicon Valley

( ) a part of California in the area between San Francisco and San José, which is a

centre of the computer industry. Many important inventions were made in this area, and

many large and small companies producing computer software and hardware are based

there. It is called Silicon Valley because the computer industry is based on the siliconchip.

( ) to hit a door or window with your closed hand to attract the attention of the people

inside.

( ) to make fun of sb or sth.

( ) person responsible for managing the financial risks of a corporation

( ) a very offensive word for a woman who has sex with a lot of different people. Do

not use this word.

( ) making you feel ashamed, nervous, or uncomfortable.

( ) an offensive word meaning an act of having sex.

3. Complete the sentences using the words and expressions from the box:

 behavior – rough – to bother – set up – relationship status – get back 

a) Julia has broken up with her boyfriend but she hasn’t changed her _________________ 

on Facebook yet.

 b) I’m still in Miami. I’ll ________________ home tomorrow.

c) Last year was a ______________ period of my life. I had so many problems.

d) Matthew’s mother prohibited him of playing video game because of his bad

 _______________ at school.

e) Have you _____________ a Facebook account?

f) Marcus insists on taking me to the airport but I told him not ______________.

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Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – Faculdade de Formação de Professores

Estágio Supervisionado de Ensino de Língua Inglesa III – Professor: Rogério da Costa Neves

Alunos: Tamara Medeiros de Andrade; Vagner Rangel

4. Watch a scene from the movie The social network  and then answer the following

questions:

a) Where is Wardo?

 b) Who arrives? What is their relationship?

c) How does Wardo feels when the girl arrives? Why?

d) Why is the girl angry?

4. Mark the correct option:

a) How many messages did the girl send Wardo? ( )7 ( )14 ( )47

 b) Wardo says that sending that number of messages is incredibly…

( ) awful ( ) normal ( )natural

5. Complete the conversation between Wardo and his girlfriend, Chris.

His girlfriend: Why does your __________________say single on your facebook 

 page?

Wardo: I was single when I was __________________the page.

His girlfriend: And you just never to __________________to change it? What?

Wardo: I don’t know how.

His girlfriend: Do I look stupid to you?

Wardo: No, calm down.

His girlfriend: You’re asking me to believe that __________________doesn’t know

how to change his relationship status on facebook?

Wardo: It’s ________________, so you should take it as a sign of trust that I would tell

you that.His girlfriend: Go to hell!

Wardo: Take it easy.

His girlfriend: No, you didn’t change it so you could ___________ those

 __________________ sluts every time you go out to see Mark.

Wardo: Not even remotely true, and I can promise you that the

  _______________________don’t care what anyone’s relationship status is on

Facebook. Please, open your present.

Post-listening:

a. What’s the scene about?

b. Do you think the issue that Chris raised is important/fair?

c. What would you do if you were in Wardo’shoes?

d. What would you do if you were in Chris’shoes?