Енглески језик, Way up 1 Intermediate 1, уџбеник и радна свеска за енглески језик у првом разреду гимназије, Klett

I
Here’s a warning to all students
job hunting: Don’t ruin your
chances by Twittering!
Last month, “LisaB,” a Twitter
alias used by a student in Los
Angeles, was offered a job at
a large high-tech company.
She couldn’t wait to share her
news and immediately posted
a “tweet”:
“I’ve just been offered a job!
Now I have to decide: do I really
want that fat paycheck for a job
I know I would actually hate?”
Thirty minutes later, a comment
appeared in her inbox: “Our
company’s just as savvy about
the web as you are and will be
interested to hear that you’d
hate the work.”
The result became a cautionary
tale for the social network
known as the ‘Twitterverse’: this
student never got her nice big
pay cheque!
II Twitter is fast becoming a trap
for the unwary. Yes, it’s a handy
and hip social network. Yes,
you can communicate without
planning, in a stream-of-consciousness
style. But beware:
it can make social gaffes so
much easier to commit! Twittering
threatens competitive practices,
and it means writers and
readers have shorter attention
spans. Don’t even think of having
an afternoon playing hooky:
you’ll be found out as soon you
carelessly mention it.
“When you have a negative experience,”
explains one expert,
“you usually think about it before
sharing it with others. With
Twitter, though, there’s no filtering
process before you impulsively
communicate it to all your
followers.”
III Twitter functions like an immense
chat room. You send
out “tweets” about whatever’s
on your mind, the only limit being
that they can’t be longer
than 140 characters. Anyone
can see them unless you’ve got
privacy settings. Even when
you delete the tweets from your
page, people can find them on
Google. They can also subscribe
to receive news alerts
about tweets, and that’s how
the company found out about
“LisaB”.
B The article is divided into three sections. Match each to
their description: a, b or c.
Section I a Reasons why Twitter can be dangerous
Section II b An anecdote to illustrate the dangers of
tweets
Section III c Advantages and disadvantages of Twitter
9 Complete the sentences about the article.
1 A Californian student was offered
.
2 The advantage of the job was
.
3 The disadvantage was .
4 She didn’t actually get the job because
.
5 The moral of this story is
.
6 Twitter provides people with
.
7 As well as advantages, though, Twitter also
.
8 When people have an upsetting experience, they can
usually .
9 But people who tweet do so before
.
10 You can send as many tweets as you like but they have
to be .
11 Anyone can .
12 Even if you delete tweets, they can still
.
10 Match the meanings (1–15) with words or expressions from
the article.
stream-of-consciousness savvy gaffe an alias
an afternoon playing hooky a fat paycheck high-tech
privacy settings filtering process a nice big pay cheque
handy and hip attention spans Twitterverse
a cautionary tale competitive practices
1 a name you use so that you don’t use your real name
2 advanced technology
3 (informal, US spelling) a large salary
4 (more formal, UK spelling) a large salary
5 a story warning of dangers
6 a jokey word for the whole world of Twitter
7 a social mistake
8 a way of writing that seems to come straight from
the mind without too much control
9 convenient and trendy
10 the lengths of time you can focus on something
11 actions to take advantage of rival companies
12 a half-day when you use a false excuse to stay away
from work or school
13 very skilful and knowledgeable about something
14 a way of selecting which communications to keep
and which to reject
15 instructions to your computer to prevent people
reading your emails
Забрањено је репродуковање, умножавање, дистрибуција, објављивање, прерада и друга употреба овог ауторског дела или његових делова у било ком обиму и поступку, укључујући
фотокопирање, штампање, чување у електронском облику, односно чињење дела доступним јавности жичним или бежичним путем на начин који омогућује појединцу индивидуални приступ делу
са места и у време које он одабере, без писмене сагласности издавача. Свако неовлашћено коришћење овог ауторског дела представља кршење Закона о ауторском и сродним правима.
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