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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">How do you meet new people, make new friends, or find out about the <strong>latest bands</strong>? Here in the UK young people have traditionally done their <strong>socialising</strong> in bars, pubs and clubs.</p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">However, there is a new generation growing up that finds it easier to manage their <strong>social lives</strong> on the net, using free websites like MySpace, Bebo or MSN Spaces.</p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">Welcome to the <strong>social networking website</strong> – a place where you can present yourself to the <strong>digital community</strong> and meet other <strong>like-minded people</strong> . </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">The most successful social networking website in the UK is MySpace.com. As of July 2006, MySpace is the world’s fourth most popular English-language website, attracting almost 3 million visitors per month. MySpace claims to have 95 million members with 500,000 new members joining the community each week. </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">So how has it become so successful? Perhaps its secret is in its simplicity. Each new member can build their own page simply – <strong>uploading</strong> photos, videos and <strong>MP3 files</strong>. Then they describe themselves, listing their likes, dislikes, favourite bands, <strong>relationship status</strong>, etc. It’s an easy way to <strong>hook up with</strong> people who share your interests. </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">Briana Dougherty, a 25-year-old MySpace <strong>devotee</strong>, told us, “It’s a casual way to stay in contact without appearing <strong>weird</strong>.” It seems that many people do not feel comfortable giving out their phone number or personal e-mail address to <strong>new acquaintances</strong> but are perfectly happy <strong>to trade</strong> MySpace profiles. </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">While socialising is the key to MySpace’s success, love of music is at the heart of the community. Indeed, most <strong>aspiring musicians</strong> in the UK upload their songs to the site, and with good reason: <strong>unsigned artists</strong>, Arctic Monkeys and Lilly Allen <strong>created such a buzz</strong> on the site that they were offered <strong>recording contracts</strong> and scored <strong>number one hits</strong> . </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">Here at Learning English we feel that social network sites could be a great place to practise your English. Why not give it a try? You can tell us about your experience by filling in the new <strong>comments form</strong> at the top of the screen.</p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;"><strong>GLOSSARY 词汇表 </strong></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">the latest bands 最新乐队</p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">socialising 社交 </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">social lives 社交生活 </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">social networking website</p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">社交交际网站 </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">digital community 数码社区 </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">like-minded people 趣味相投的人 </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">uploading 上载 </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">mp3 files mp3 文件 </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">relationship status 个人情感关系状况 </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">hook up with 交流；沟通 </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">devotee 热爱者 </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">weird 古怪的 </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">new acquaintances 新相识 </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">to trade 交换 </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">aspiring musicians 胸怀大志的音乐家 </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">unsigned artists 没有签约的歌手 </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">created such a buzz 引起轰动</p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">number one hits 榜首的轰动单曲 </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">recording contracts 签约</p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">comments form 反馈表 </p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em;">来源: <a href="http://education.163.com/06/0802/09/2NGT155S00290164.html#" target="_blank">BBC英语教学频道</a></p> |
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