Weallloveourparentsandturntothemwhenwe’reinneedbutwouldyoulikethemtoheartheconversationsyouhavewithyourfriendsintheschoolplaygroundorlunchqueue?Socialnetworkingsitessuchasmicro-blogblogandtheFac
Weallloveourparentsandturntothemwhenwe’reinneedbutwouldyoulikethemtoheartheconversationsyouhavewithyourfriendsintheschoolplaygroundorlunchqueue?Socialnetworkingsitessuchasmicro-blogblogandtheFacebookhaveactuallybecomeextensionsoftheschoolhallways(走廊)sowouldyouaddyourparentsas“friends”andallowthemtoviewyouronlineactivitiesandconversationswithfriends?
Inthepastthegenerationgapincludedatechnologygapwherechildrenwereuptodatewithlatesttechnologyandparentswereleftbehindcontenttocontinuetheirdaytodaylivesastheyalwayshadbecausetheyhadnoneedtobegoodatnewtechnology.Howevermoreandmoreparentsarebeginningtorealizejusthowimportantsocialnetworksareintheirlives.Thisrealizationhasgivenmanyparentsthemotivation(动机)toeducatethemselvesaboutsocialnetworkingsites.
Thesedaysmanypeopleareattractedtosocialnetworkingsitesbecausetheycanchoosewhotheyhavearoundthem;there’salsoacertainamountofcontroloverprivacythatwedon’tgetinreallife.Sometimeswefeelthatprivacyisinvadedwhenwemustaccepta“friend”requestfromaparentorfamilymember.
It’sadifficultchoicewhetherornottoallowaparenttobecomeapartofouronlinelives.Ontheonehandwedon’twantto“refuse”theirrequestbecausethatmighthurttheirfeelingsormakethemfeelyouhavesomethingtohide.Ontheotherhandifyoudoacceptthenyoucouldhaveasenseofbeingwatchedandnolongerfeelfreetocommentorcommunicatethewayyoudidbefore.
Arecentsurveysuggestedthatparentsshouldn’ttakeitpersonallyiftheirchildignorestheirrequest:“Whenateenignoresaparent’sfriendrequestitdoesn’tnecessarilymeanthattheyarehidingsomethingbutitcouldmeanthatthisisonepartoftheirlifewheretheywanttobetrulyindependent.”
Perhapstalkingwithparentsandgivingexplanationswouldhelpsoftentheblowifyoudochoosenottoaddthemtoyourfriendslist.
1.Theunderlinedsentenceinparagraph1meansthat_______________.
A.studentsbegintocommunicateonsomewebsites
B.studentsmayloginmicro-blogonschoolhallways
C.studentscanfindpicturesofhallwaysonmicro-blog
D.schoolsbeg