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How do you meet new people, make new friends, or find out about the latest bands（最新乐队）? Here in the UK young people have traditionally done their socialising（社交）in bars, pubs and clubs.
However, there is a new generation growing up that finds it easier to manage their social lives（社交生活）on the net, using free websites like MySpace, Bebo or MSN Spaces.
Welcome to the social networking website（社交交际网站）– a place where you can present yourself to the digital community（数码社区）and meet other like-minded people（趣味相投的人）.
The most successful social networking website in the UK is MySpace.com. As of July 2006, MySpace is the world’s fourth most popular English-language website, attracting almost 3 million visitors per month. MySpace claims to have 95 million members with 500,000 new members joining the community each week.
So how has it become so successful? Perhaps its secret is in its simplicity. Each new member can build their own page simply – uploading（上传）photos, videos and MP3 files. Then they describe themselves, listing their likes, dislikes, favourite bands, relationship status（个人情感关系状况）, etc. It’s an easy way to hook up with（交流；沟通）people who share your interests.
Briana Dougherty, a 25-year-old MySpace devotee（热爱者）, told us, “It’s a casual way to stay in contact without appearing weird（古怪的）.” It seems that many people do not feel comfortable giving out their phone number or personal e-mail address to new acquaintances（新相识）but are perfectly happy to trade（交换）MySpace profiles.
While socialising is the key to MySpace’s success, love of music is at the heart of the community. Indeed, most aspiring musicians（胸怀大志的音乐家）in the UK upload their songs to the site, and with good reason: unsigned artists（没有签约的歌手）, Arctic Monkeys and Lilly Allen created such a buzz（引起轰动）on the site that they were offered recording contracts and scored number one hits（榜首的轰动单曲）.
Here at Learning English we feel that social network sites could be a great place to practise your English. Why not give it a try? You can tell us about your experience by filling in the new comments form at the top of the screen.
test：
Choose the correct words to complete the sentences:
1, A word spoken is past ____.（一言既出，驷马难追。）
A， repaid
B， calling
C，recalling
D，bought
2，A man becomes ____ by asking questions.（不耻下问才能有学问。）
A， learning
B， learned
C，wise
D，acquired
Answers：
1，C 2，B
tips：
有趣的英文：这些问题你想过吗
Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?
为什么太阳能把头发晒浅，却能把皮肤晒黑？
Why don't you ever see the headline! "Psychic Wins Lottery"?
为什么你从来没见过头版头条写！“算命师中大奖”？
Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?
为什么“缩写”是这么长的一个单词？
Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?
为什么医生们管他们所做的事情叫做“练习”？
If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?
如果“坏处”是“好处”的对立面，那么“众议院”是不是“进展”的对立面？ |
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发表于 2007-9-19 23:31
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