老师：Hello everyone. Welcome to my class. In this class, we move on with the text. During this class, you will list the ways in which the internet has changed people's lives, talk about advantages and disadvantages of using the internet, and analyze the benefits that the internet has brought to Wuzhen. During the previous class, we drew a mind map to illustrate the key information about jazz life.
老师：Now let's look at the mind map and review what happened to Jan and how Jan's life has been improved. At the beginning, she developed a serious illness and quit her job. As a result, she found herself stuck at home with only a computer to keep her company. She felt lonely and bored. Fortunately, she discovered surfing the internet could help her feel less lonely and bored. She joined an online group where she got support and advice from others.
老师：As we know, jazz story didn't end here. She moved forward to help others through the internet. From her story, we can see the internet really helps her a lot. In other words, her life has been improved just as the curve shows, moving from the bottom to the top. She was inspired to start an it club to teach older people how to use the internet. She wanted to breach the digital divide and make more people have access to the internet.
老师：Now she has a new goal. That is to start a charity website. It's an ambitious goal, right? What do you think about just life experiences? It's really inspiring, do you think? So? Do you still remember the title, the text, stronger together, how we have been changed by the internet? In what way does the writer tell us how people's lives have been changed? By showing examples, right? Actually, the examples shows how people's lives have been changed. So can you find out all the examples in the text?
老师：Now let's read the text following the recording again and find out all the examples in the text. Reading and thinking 2 reads the text and answer the questions. Stronger together, how we have been changed by the internet.
学生：Much has been written about the wonders of the worldwide web. There are countless articles telling us how the internet has made our lives more convenient. We no longer have to wait in line or carry cash around when we go shopping. We can get the most updated information from large databases. We can download software, documents and images whenever we need them. But the internet has done much more for people than simply make life more convenient. People's lives have been changed by online communities and social networks.
学生：Jan Chimeni, an English teacher in Birmingham, UK, suddenly developed a serious illness and had to quit her job at age 50. She found herself out of work and stuck at home, only her computer to keep her company. After a while, she disco
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