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| Heather: | Wow! I can’t believe I found Cher after all these years! |
| Chad: | Who’s Cher? |
| Heather: | She’s a girl I met at summer camp. We lost touch when I moved years ago. |
| Chad: | How did you find her? |
| Heather: | Actually, she found me. She just friended me on Facebook. |
| Chad: | Personally, I avoid social media like the plague. I’ve got better things to do with my 1)spare time than stare at a computer screen—I can do that at work. |
| Heather: | Ha-ha, true. But social media sites make it so easy to 2)stay in touch with all your friends. |
| 海 瑟： | 哇！我真的不敢相信，我居然在這麼多年後找到雪兒！ |
| 查 德： | 誰是雪兒？ |
| 海 瑟： | 我在夏令營認識的一個女生。我很久以前搬家的時候就彼此失去聯絡。 |
| 查 德： | 妳怎麼找到她的？ |
| 海 瑟： | 其實應該說是她找到我的。她剛在臉書上加我為好友。 |
| 查 德： | 我個人是對這些社群媒體避之唯恐不及啦。我的空閒時間還有比盯著電腦螢幕更好的事可做……我工作時已經盯螢幕盯得夠多了。 |
| 海 瑟： | 哈哈，是沒錯啦。但是社群媒體網站把跟所有朋友保持聯繫變得輕而易舉。 |
| 好用句 |
avoid sth./sb. like the plague 避之唯恐不及 |
plague可指瘟疫、禍害，或惱人的人事物。像躲瘟神一樣躲避某人或某事，也就是避之唯恐不及的意思。
A: Did you date a lot in high school?
你高中有常常約會嗎？
B: No. I avoided girls like the plague.
沒有。我對女生避之唯恐不及。
Vocabulary
1) spare (a.) 空閒的，多餘的。spare time 即「閒暇時間」
We have a spare bed if you want to spend the night.
2)stay in touch (phr.) 保持聯繫。意同keep in touch
Have you stayed in touch with any of your friends from high school?
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