36 Unit 05 Reach out! Feelings Which word is the odd one out? Cross it out and write down why it doesn’t fit. 1 glad – happy – disappointed – pleased – satisfied 2 annoyed – frustrated – bored – hopeful – displeased 3 angry – amused – furious – disgusted – shocked 4 cheeky – shy – insecure – uneasy – doubtful 5 peaceful – amused – friendly – bitter – cheerful LANGUAGE 1 UNIT 05 | Reach out! Read the text about mistakes parents can make on social media, then choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for questions 1–5. Put a cross ( ) in the correct box. The first one (0) has been done for you. READING 2 The 4 worst things parents can do to their kids on social media 1 The ‘talk’ Every child must have ‘the talk’ before they are allowed to go on the internet: lots of warnings making sure you know that “you mustn’t ‘friend’ anyone you don’t know” or “you shouldn’t post anything you might regret later in life.” Parents tell you what you already know, but forget to warn you about really bad stuff, such as body-shaming or bullying. 2 Breaking their own rules No phones at the table, they say. So while parents answer emails, check the weather or get a quick football update on their phones, their children must eat in awkward silence. Or they say, “Just imagine how good your French would be if you spent as much time on it as you do on TikTok.” It is a good point, yet when they finally let us go online for long enough to find an interesting fact, it is automatically written off as false because it was found on the internet. “Did you know an ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain?” we say. “Nonsense! Did you find that on Instagram?” Why do they think they know everything better? 3 Boasting Your mum’s status says: “Having a lovely time playing Scrabble with the family.” What she doesn’t post online is that her daughter would rather go out with her friends, her son keeps secretly looking at the football match on TV, and that game of Scrabble will probably end in a quarrel over modern slang and one of them throwing the board to the floor. Parents use social media to create a fake family life, which is weird – and embarrassing. (And, worst of all: Parents who post their children’s exam results on social media, with the caption: “So proud of my wonderfully smart kid.”) 4 Getting social media wrong Using messenger groups as a method of communication is wrong, wrong, wrong. If you put: “Hi, you seemed upset this morning. I hope you’re feeling better. Love you lots, Mummy” in a group, a lot of people will see it. It’s probably the single most embarrassing thing that can happen to a teenager, and we feel terrible having to explain that to you when the message itself is so nice. So please, just DM! Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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