1. The document is about reconnecting with old friends using a website called Classmates.com. It allows people to search for people from their past and get back in touch.
2. One example is about a man named Ray Sears who found the profile of his old 7th grade girlfriend, Gina, on Classmates.com. They reconnected through the site and discovered they still had feelings for each other.
3. Ray and Gina are now married and expecting their first child together after reconnecting online over 20 years later. The website was able to help them find each other and restart their relationship from long ago.
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UNIT 7 LESSON D
1. UNI 7- LESSON D: BLACKBOARD WORKSHOP - OLD FRIENDSJOVANNA LORES 10 DE AGOSTO DEL 2010CLASS ENGLISH
2. PART A: READING b) Old friends- Pre-Reading activities:- Who where your best friends when you were 5 years old?My best friend when I grew up in a city Cali-Colombia, was Paola, she is a very intelligent and wonderful person. I used to play girls games with her, also showed .me how to skate.
3. When I was 5 years old, I knew most of my friends in the kinder garden and and in my neighborhood. I enjoyedthem.- Where did you meet most of your friends at that age?
4. They were my best friends because Igrew up with them, and they were fun and good friends.I love the childhood that I was very innocent and I was pretty special friends- Why were they your best friends?
5. My old friends and I had in common: the innocence of a child, and we liked the same games as puppets to run together. - What did you have in common?
6. We were playing different games:With Barbie dolls, puzzles, bingo, with the ball, hiding seek, among others…. - What did you use to do together?
7. c) Old friends- -Reading activities. Read the article and answer: - What does the web site do? The classmates.com web site promeses toreuniteoldfriends to find people from their past. it´s a really neat way of getting back in touch.
8. Yes, I use a website like thisfor contact my old school friends and I find many friends and all with different stories.For example website FACEBOOK.- Has you ever used a website like this? Would you use it?
9. - Make a list of new words or expressions from the reading (vocabulary). Remember to write the definitionstropezado con
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23. d) Old friends- postreading activities. Re-read the article and answer the questions on page 72-C. Remember to justify your False (F) answers.1. Gina didn’tremenberraysearswhencontactedher. (FALSE) Becauseshesaid “howcould i forget my firtslove? Tohim.2. Gina and Ray are nowmarried and starting a family. (TRUE) because Gina Sears isexpectedtogivebirth in augusttoRay and Gina firstchild.3.Classmates.com helpsyoufindoldschoolfriends. (TRUE) becauseRay Sears found a listingforhisoldseventh-grade girlfriend Gina.4. You can contactyouroldfriendsfor free (FALSE) becauseyouhavetopaidthemember.5. the web sitedoesn’tgiveoutyouraddress and telephonenumber. (TRUE) becausethecontactsare madethroughClassmatesprivate e-mail system-personal informationisn’tlistedonthesite.