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Unit 7 Online dating Vocabulary Task Script and Answers 1. A: You seem to be floating on air. What happened? B: Don’t you know? My girlfriend is coming to see me. A: Good for you! How did you meet her? B: We’ve been chatting online for some time. We both took an instant liking to each other. 2. A: What do you say we try online chat to practice our English? B: That’s a good idea. But we have to play it safe because some people use online chat to take advantage of others. A: You don’t say! But many people are keen on chatting online. B: Remember not to tell anyone online any of your personal information. Then you can go online. 3. A: You spend a lot of time on the Internet. What can you do there? B: You name it, the Internet has it. I usually surf the Net, read news and anything I am interested in, check emails, chat with other people. Sometimes I buy things too. A: I see. That’s why you are so stuck to it. B: You are right. I’m getting into the Net and maybe I can find a girlfriend online. 4. A: I’m getting more and more spam lately. I can’t put up with it. B: Neither can I. We must be more on guard online and try to find some way to filter it. A: But the spammers seem to be able to circumvent any barrier we set up. B: Maybe their message is their Achilles’ heel because they have to deliver their message, whatever it is. If we can write software that recognizes their message, there’s no way they can get around that. 5. A: Have you heard of identity theft? B: Yes. Some people get someone’s social security number online and use it to apply for credit cards and credit lines. Then they buy things with the credit cards. A: Do you know that identity theft has become an epidemic? It’s reported that just by a very modest calculation, there were over 700 000 victims in the United States last year. B: It blows my mind! One can never be too cautious online. Listening Task 2. Listening Activity 1) First Listening Answers 1. In marriage. 2. In the man’s country. 2) Second Listeni