Unit3新世纪高职英语（第三版）第１册教材.ppt

Teaching Objective ;U3;Lead In _main1;Lead In _main2;Text Study _main;Language Application-main;Drills for PRETCO Test-main; The University of Essex, based at Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, received its Royal Charter in 1965. It is one of the UK’s leading academic institutions and has an international reputation for the quality of its research and teaching. The university has 19 departments spanning the Humanities, Social Sciences and Science and Engineering. The university is an international community with students from more than 130 countries. There are now more than 9,000 students, studying at three campuses across Essex, namely, Colchester Campus; Southend Campus and East 15, Loughton Campus. In the 2008;The University of Essex 2;Diploma;Friendalholism;Friends1;Friends2;Talent;Intelligence;Social Network;Facebook1;Facebook2;Twitter1;Twitter2;Currency;Los Angeles Times;Topic-related Words and Phrases1;Topic-related Words and Phrases2;Topic-related Words and Phrases3;Topic-related Words and Phrases4;Topic-related Words and Phrases5;Topic-related Words and Phrases6;Topic-related Words and Phrases7;Questions and Answers1;Questions and Answers2;Questions and Answers3;Questions and Answers4;Questions and Answers5;Questions and Answers6;;;Detailed Reading1;Detailed Reading1; Maybe that’s why some people think the younger generations are in the age of friendalholism. A woman even complained that the networking website Facebook’s 5,000-friend limit was too low for her large reserve of social contacts.; But what does a friend mean? Should friends be regarded as a form of currency? A friend is someone on your Facebook page or in your Twitter circle. A friend is someone you might know personally but who could just as easily be the friend of a friend of some other Facebook friend you don’t actually know. In any case, these friends have been assigned value not necessarily because of anything they’ve actually done with you or for you, but because