Lingoda Group Class Notes 56
Topic: Social Media
Related skill: Communication
Date: 7 December 2024
Teacher: E. Claire
What I've learned
Idioms
social butterfly
- Meaning: an outgoing person who is charming and charismatic
- Example: Sue is such a social butterfly! Everyone adores her!
Vocabularies & Phrases
| V&P | Definiation | Note |
|---|---|---|
| striver | someone who works very hard | Henry's always known what he wanted to do from a young age. He's a striver. |
| seeker | a person who is looking for the thing mentioned | Tabatha's a seeker because she had to discover what she loved going. |
| allergic | If you are allergic to something, you become ill or get a rash when you eat it, smell it, or touch it. | I am allergic to almonds. My sister is also allergic to them. |
Expressions
Contrasting and comparing
Comparing
To draw a comparison between two things we see as being alike, we use qualifiers like both (and), particles like also and too, and the adjectival phrases similar to or like.
- Both Instagram and Twitter are picture-heavy.
- Facebook has had a lot of bad press. Twitter isalso coming under fire. TikTok, too,is facing criticism.
- The way posts spread on social networks is similarto/like how rumours spread in the playground.
Both can be used as a qualifier (i.e. followed by nouns) or on its own as pronoun (i.e. replacing nouns).
Both have their upsides and downsides.
As a qualfier, it can come before or after nouns.
Both Instagram and Twitter are picture-heavy.Instagram and Twitter are both picture-heavy.
Too can also change position, coming either straight after the subject or at the end of the sentence.
TicToc, too, is facing criticism. TicToc is facingcriticism, too.
Contrasting
To highlight a contrast, we use unlike and conjunctions such as while or whereas.
- In the end, Twitter blocked Donald Trump - unlikemany other networks.
- Whereas adults have the emotional maturity toprocess social media, young children are not yet ready for it.
- While many have turned away from Facebook in recentyears, some users remain loyal.
When used for contrasting effect, while and whereas generally begin sentences.
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