师：Okay, so I'm Gina and welcome to my class. Today we are going to talk about something about relationships. As we all know, mobile phones play an important role in maintaining relationships with others. Right?
生：Yes.
师：And I do believe many of you, or even all of you, have installed some kind of social networking apps like QQ or WeChat on your phones. In this case, Mark, he is a college student and also writes a blog. He's one of us. He has 500 friends online. Do any of you have 500 friends online?
生：No.
师：So Mark definitely enjoys a large circle of friends and he spends a lot of time on the internet. Could you make a guess? What might he do on the internet?
生：Chat with friends.
师：Okay, very good. Somedays, how about you?
生：Play games.
师：Okay, thank you. How about you?
生：Listening to music.
师：Excellent. Listen to some music. And how about you?
生：Watching videos.
师：Or to gain some information? Okay, so get some information or watch some movies. Very good. Thank you. So here, Mark definitely spends a lot of time on the internet. So boys and girls, I know all of you are now denied access to your mobile phones, right? You don't have them with you. And imagine you were Mark and you could use your phone freely without any restrictions, without your teacher nagging. How would you feel?
生：Unbelievable.
师：Okay, unbelievable. Okay, so happy. How about you?
生：Very free. Enjoy the sense of freedom.
师：Very good. How about you?
生：Exciting.
师：Very good. Sometimes you may have different kinds of responses, right? And in this case, Mark writes in his blog that he never stops socializing with his friends online, but he has also never felt more alone. Can you guess why he feels this way?
生：Maybe his relationship with his real offline friends is more distant.
师：Okay. Sometimes maybe he doesn't have a very close relationship with his offline friends. Very good. And what else?
生：Maybe he gets bored.
师：Okay, very good. How about you?
生：Maybe he spends too much time on his online relationships and ignores his offline relationships.
师：Okay, sometimes. So he might spend so much time online and, just as you said, he might ignore the people who sit right beside him. Right. Excellent. Very good predictions. Very good guesses. So boys and girls, today we will read Mark's Blog. And please keep these doubts in mind, this confusion in mind: why does Mark feel alone even though he has so many friends online? Okay, so boys and girls, now please take out your worksheet and focus on Activity 1. Let's read from Line 1 to Line 19 and pay attention to some action verbs to find out what Mark often does online. For example, in Line 3 he writes that he constantly posts updates online. Also, while reading, please pay attention to some fancy words or the words that impress you the most, like "never out of touching distance". You can write down anything that impresses you. And after that, you can share in pairs. Am I clear?
生：Yes.
师：Okay, off you go.
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师：Okay, I see most of you have finished reading. You can share with your deskmate about your findings. One minute for you to prepare and share in pairs.
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师：Okay, let's focus our attention on the slide. Do we have any volunteers who can tell us what Mark often does online? What does Mark often do online? Any volunteers? Okay, you please.
生：He checks through all his social networking apps, reads his emails and answers text messages.
师：Okay, read emails and answer text messages. Very good. Any other activities?
生：I just found those three.
师：Okay, very good. And how about some words that impress you? Do you have any? Yes.
生：Okay. "My mind is always a million miles away."
师：Okay. "My mind is always a million miles away." Very good. So here, "a million miles away" means he's distracted when others speak to him, right? Very good sometimes. Do we have any other volunteers for some activities? Okay, you please.
生：He has a never - ending flow of messages and updates from all the people he associates with online.
师：Very good. So he associates with friends online. What does "associate" mean?
生：Communicate with.
师：And also, have you noticed that he writes the phrase "never - ending flow of messages"? Could you translate "never - ending flow of messages"?
生：Messages keep coming one after another.
师：Very good. "Never - ending flow of messages." So here it's just a vivid picture that his notifications keep popping up endlessly. Okay, very good. Any other activities he does online? Boy, do you have any other findings? Okay, so we've noted that Mark does so many things online. And one question is, is Mark too shy to communicate with others offline? How do we know? What does Mark do offline?
生：He hosts parties and plays sports.
师：Yes, he hosts parties and plays sports, right? So is he a shy person? How do you tell from his blog?
生：He is far from being shy or reserved.
师：Very good. He is way beyond a shy or reserved person. So here, "way beyond" means far from or not at all. And Mark is definitely busy online, right? How does he show in his blog that he's very busy online? Have you come across some expressions? He writes in his blog. Have you noticed? In Line 14, he says "I'm wired every day", right? So what does "wired" mean?
生：Busy with digital devices.
师：So here, "wired" in this case refers to being busy with some kind of digital devices. So if I say "I'm wired every day", that means I'm busy online chatting with others. I'm surrounded by digital devices. Okay, so that's what he writes in his blog. He's "wired" every day, super busy. And here, what does Mark have a passion for or what is he interested in when chatting with others, when posting or reading some posts?
生：He's obsessed over the number of followers.
师：So here, what does "obsess over" mean? If I say someone "obsesses over something", that means they show a strong interest in it. Okay, so Mark has a strong fascination, an obsession over the number of followers. And boys and girls, how does Mark feel?
生：Lonely.
师：Yes, he feels lonely. So from this, we can find Mark's activities. Let's use one complete sentence to tell us what kind of life Mark leads. A volunteer?
生：He lives a life focused on online associations but ignores real life.
师：Okay, so he lives a life obsessed with online things and ignores the people beside him. Very good. How about you? What kind of life does Mark lead?
生：He's lonely in his mental life.
师：Very good. You've got different interpretations about Mark's life. And if you are expected to use one verb to show what social networking has done to Mark's life?
生：Interrupt.
师：In other words, another word?