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26 Good communication? 02 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE LOOK AGAIN EXTRAS Explore reading: Facebook stories Read the two stories below. Parts of the texts have been removed. Choose the correct part (A–K) for each gap (1–8). There are two extra parts that you should not use. Write your answers in the spaces provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. 37 A couple with the same name, who met through social networking website Facebook, are to get married. Kelly Katrina Hildebrandt, 20, was (0) when she put her name into the site and came across Kelly Carl Hildebrandt, 24. She sent the only other Kelly Hildebrandt, of Lubbock, Texas, a message, and they became friends. Ms Hildebrandt, a student from Miami, Florida, said she believed the event was ‘all God’s timing’. Her ancé described her rst message to him, in April last year, as reading: “Hi. We have the same name. ought it was cool.” He said: “I thought she was pretty cute.” Mr Hildebrandt admitted, however, that (Q1) they might be related. e pair of Kellys corresponded online for several weeks, but they (Q2) by phone, and then Kelly Carl made the brave move to y across the States to meet her in person. Kelly Katrina’s mother came with her daughter to pick him up at the airport, aer so many stories of love born on the internet going terribly wrong in person. Kelly Carl said he ‘fell head over heels’ in love aer visiting her in Florida. Within months of their rst contact, he (Q3) to transfer him to Florida, where she was nishing college. Eight months aer they met online, they got engaged when Kelly Katrina found a diamond engagement ring her ancé (Q4) on a beach. “I thought it was fun. I had no idea it would lead to this,” Mr Hildebrandt said. e couple plan to tie the knot in October and have conrmed that they do not plan to pass their rst names on to their children. A Facebook marriage A mother has been reunited with her son 27 years aer she believed he was kidnapped, aer seeing him on Facebook. Avril Grube, 62, from Dorset, England, had custody of her son Gavin Paros aer she broke up with her Hungarian husband in 1982. Gavin’s father, who died in 2006, was (Q5) but took him to Hungary in the 1980s, and Ms Grube had not seen him since. She and her sister Beryl Wilson, 59, spent 27 years trying to trace him, even contacting former Prime Minister Margaret atcher. Ms Wilson told us: “Gavin’s father said (Q6) and when he didn’t come back, we found out he had taken him to Hungary. My sister was devastated. I tried everything ... but no one helped us.” In March, Ms Wilson put her nephew’s name into an internet search engine and could not believe it when his Facebook prole came up. “I was so relieved. It took me many years, (Q7) ,” Ms Wilson said. He had not used the site for a while and did not respond to initial emails, but aer Ms Wilson contacted his children, he emailed back. Ms Wilson said: “My sister phones him on Sundays and speaks to him through a translator, as he does not speak English. ey have been really happy. She is just so happy! My sister has been very ill, and it is important that she spends time with her son now.” Gavin is now married with three children and (Q8) to trace his family for ve years. Family reunion via Facebook You’ve taught your grandparent how to use the internet. Now he / she wants to know about social networking. Work in A/B pairs. A, explain how Facebook works and what you use it for. B, you’re the grandparent. Ask questions and say why you want to have a Facebook account. 38 A bored one evening last year B but I never gave up C had hidden in a treasure box D but she could not be bothered E he was going to the zoo F he had worried 0 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 A Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 G sent a picture H asked the company he works for I allowed to visit his son J were soon in daily contact K had also been trying Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv