Passage 39

学霸导读　越来越多的人热衷社交网络，你知道社交网络为什么如此受欢迎吗？

Every morning, Sarah turns on her computer. First, she checks her email. Then, she v 1 a social networking website to f ind out what her friends are doing. On this website, she reads news from her friends. For example, she may look at comments her friends made about movies, music, books and other friends. On her page, Sarah writes a short a 2 about what she is doing. Like many young people, Sarah enjoys meeting and communicating with others on social networks. These websites let people see what their friends are doing and thinking.

Social networking sites become more and more popular every day, and they are popular all around the world. Why has the social networking s 3 to different users so quickly?

One reason is because people are social. We like to communicate with other people. We use cell phones, emails, QQ and websites to learn what our friends are doing.

Social networking sites are interactive and personal. People can share photographs with each other. They can tell people what they are doing at any moment and keep in touch. They can post a link to site with their favorite song or band. Many people post their videos on sites like YouTube. Other users can give their o 4 on these photos and videos. This makes these websites become more popular.

Being able to write on the site is a 5 reason. In the past, websites only had information for users to read. Today, the Internet is more interactive than it was in the past. Now anyone can have their own website, blog, or page on sites like Facebook. Readers are now also writers and can add materials to the Web e 6 . People can express their own ideas, and they can put their own experiences online.

Social networking sites have become widely used among all ages. D 7 college time, students spend almost two hours every day on Facebook. Teenagers and older people use their sites as well. The Internet keeps changing, but one thing is clear: People enjoy using websites to share and communicate online.

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高频词汇

interactive /ˌɪntər'æktɪv/　 adj. 互动的　keep in touch　保持联系