A happy ending? Reading: Cyberbullying Read the text below and complete it with the missing words. There are two extra words you do not need. Cyberbullying is when someone uses technology 1 to send around mean or embarrassing messages. It might be in a 2 , e-mail, or in a post online. Messages on the internet can be 3 and sent around to more and more people quickly. Therefore, victims of cyberbullying often feel they can’t 4 from the bullying. Imagine a classmate has 5 a photo of themselves online. Someone makes a mean 6 about it. That photo is shared, liked, or reposted and soon 7 of people have seen it – even people the person doesn’t know. That’s why cyberbullying can be extra hurtful: it’s public, it spreads 8 , and it’s 24/71. If someone is bullying you at school, when you leave for the day it’s 9 . But cyberbullying can follow you 10 , and continue all night. 1 24/7 – twenty-four hours seven days a week, ununterbrochen What to do against cyberbullying Match the sentence halves below. 1. Never give away your passwords – a. Don’t do anything you can’t take back. 2. Think before you post. b. think how you’d feel if someone said that about you. 3. Never post online anything that c. You can do this in any social network. 4. Anything you post online can 1 d. not even to your friends. 5. When you post a comment, e. you wouldn’t tell everybody. 6. If you are being cyberbullied, f. help this person. 7. Report bad comments and photos. g. be sent to everyone, including your teachers. 8. If you know someone being bullied, h. tell your parents or an adult. 4 comment copied get away home internet over posted quickly teacher text thousands technology 5 71 12 Unit Stop bullying at our school – a play seventy-one Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum d s Verlags öbv
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