More people think online dating is OK

The Reading / Listening - Level 1

A sociologist said women must be careful with online dates. He said: "There are lots of guys who are just creepy or unattractive." He said men can have problems finding a date. Women often do not reply because they have so many messages. Many online daters have read an online profile of someone they know. The report said people should be careful about lies. Most online daters have had a date with someone who was a lot different from their profile.

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Sources

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/21/online-dating-moresociallyacceptablesurvey.html
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Online-Dating/Summary-of-Findings.aspx
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/21/dating-online-mobile-pew/2995323/

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The Activities

MATCHING

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	online dating is a good	a.	ten Americans has tried it
2.	there is nothing	b.	decade
3.	Around one in	c.	wrong with it
4.	met their long-	d.	down
5.	in the past	e.	people to date
6.	the Internet does not	f.	way to meet people
7.	settle	g.	term partner
8.	always have other	h.	help people

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PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	women must be careful	a.	their profile
2.	There are lots of guys who are	b.	do not reply
3.	He said men can	c.	just creepy or unattractive
4.	finding	d.	with online dates
5.	Women often	e.	of someone they know
6.	they have so	f.	have problems
7.	an online profile	g.	a date
8.	a lot different from	h.	many messages

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

America's Pew Research Center (1) ___________________ of Americans think online dating (2) ___________________ meet people and that there (3) ___________________ with it. Ten years ago, this figure was 44%. Around one in ten Americans has tried it. The report said 11% of people (4) _________________-term partner in (5) ___________________ met them online. Some people think the Internet does not help people settle down. This is because they (6) ___________________ people to date.

A sociologist said women must (7) ___________________ online dates. He said: "There are lots of guys (8) ___________________ or unattractive." He said men can have problems finding a date. Women (9) ___________________ because they have so many messages. Many online daters (10) ___________________ online profile of someone they know. The report said people should be careful about lies. Most online daters (11) ___________________ with someone (12) ___________________ different from their profile.

PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE

America'sPewResearchCentersaysalmost60%ofAmericansthinkon
linedatingisagoodwaytomeetpeopleandthatthereisnothingwrongw
ithit.Tenyearsago,thisfigurewas44%.AroundoneintenAmericansh
astriedit.Thereportsaid11%ofpeoplewhomettheirlong-termpartn
erinthepastdecademetthemonline.SomepeoplethinktheInternetdo
esnothelppeoplesettledown.Thisisbecausetheyalwayshaveotherpe
opletodate.Asociologistsaidwomenmustbecarefulwithonlinedates.
Hesaid:"Therearelotsofguyswhoarejustcreepyorunattractive."Hes
aidmencanhaveproblemsfindingadate.Womenoftendonotreplybec
ausetheyhavesomanymessages.Manyonlinedatershavereadanonli
neprofileofsomeonetheyknow.Thereportsaidpeopleshouldbecaref
ulaboutlies.Mostonlinedatershavehadadatewithsomeonewhowasa
lotdifferentfromtheirprofile.

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

a)	________________________________________________________
b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
f)	________________________________________________________
g)	________________________________________________________
h)	________________________________________________________

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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

a)	________________________________________________________
b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
f)	________________________________________________________
g)	________________________________________________________
h)	________________________________________________________

WRITING

Write about online dating for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

Answers

(Please check your answers against the article above.

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