Pre-reading questions:
- What do you do in your free time?
- What makes you happy?
Vocabulary:
- health /helth/
- make /meyk/
- university /yoo-nuh-vur-si-tee/
- user /yoo-zer/
- connected /kuh-nek-tid/
[noun] the condition of the body or mind and the degree to which it is free from illness
She has a good health.
[verb] to perform an action
I have to make a decision.
[noun] a place of higher education usually for people who have finished twelve years of schooling
Jay is going to a private university next year.
[noun] someone who uses a product, machine, or service
John is a twitter user.
[adjective] joined together
They are finally connected after several years.
According to a study, not using Facebook for a month could help a person’s mental health. Researchers from Stanford University and New York University made a study called “The Welfare Effects of Social Media”. There were 2,844 Facebook users who participated in the research. Based on the result, not using Facebook made the participants more connected with their family and friends. It also improved their well-being. However, they are less aware of the current news.
True or False:
- Researchers are from Chicago University and New York University.
- The name of the study in the article is “The Disadvantages of using Facebook”.
- There were 3,000 participants on the study.
- Based on the result, not using Facebook made people more connected with their family and friends.
- One of the results of not using Facebook is being informed with current news.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| health | university | make | user | connected |
- Ana has a lot of time to be ________ with her college friends.
- There are more than a million Facebook ________.
- Joshua ________ an orange juice.
- Trixia and her friends will go to ________ next year.
- Elderly people needs to take good care of their _________.