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1、Unit7TrendsHiEveryone!Mylifeiscrazierthanever.I’mlivinginNewYorknow,andI’mworkingforCoolhunter.com.I’matrendhunter.It’sreallyfun,butit’swearingmeout!Ihavetoworklateeveryday.Tonight,I’mworkingathomebecauseI’mdoingInternetresearch.I’mfiguringoutwhatthenewfashiontrend
2、sare.Ifoundoutthatpapershoesarethehotnewthing.Isn’tthatweird?Theshoesaremadeofthickpaper.They’recheap,buttheyonlylastacoupleofweeks!Youcan’twearthemwhenyouworkoutatthegym,becausetheyfallapart!Lastweek,Ihadtofindoutwhatthenewdiningtrendsare.Thebigtrendistoeatout.Did
3、youknowthat64percentofpeoplebetween20and30gotorestaurantfourtimesaweek?Ican’tbelievehowmuchmoneypeoplespendoneatingout!I’mgladIdon’tspendthatmucheatingout.Youallknowme:I’mahomebody.Idon’tliketogooutthatmuchanyway.Iliketohavepeopleoverandmakeabigdinner.WhenIlivedinB
4、uenosAires,Icookedforeveryone!Imissthosedays.Actually,I’mfeelingalittlehomesickrightnow.Doesanyonewanttocomevisit?Thinkitover?大家好！我的生活从来没像现在这么忙碌过。我现在住在纽约，在“酷猎”网站工作。我是一名潮流猎手，这份工作非常有趣，却也让我精疲力竭。我每天都不得不工作到很晚。今晚，因为要进行一些网络搜索，所以才可以待在家里工作。我正在调查目前最新的潮流是什么，结果发现纸制的鞋子是现在最热门的东西
5、。是不是有点怪？这种鞋子是用很厚的纸做的，非常便宜，但只能穿几个星期！如果你想去健身馆锻炼，那肯定不能穿着它，因为它会散开的！上周，我要了解的是什么就餐方式最流行。结果发现外出就餐是现在的潮流。你知道吗？年龄在20-30岁之间的人当中，有64%的人每周会去饭店吃4次。真不敢相信他们在这上面要花多少钱！我庆幸自己不会花这么多钱出去吃饭。你们是知道我的，我很宅，不管怎样都不喜欢经常在外面吃饭。我会请朋友到我家来，给他们做顿大餐。我以前住在布宜诺斯艾利斯的时候，饭都是我做的！真怀念那些日子。我真有点想家了。你们愿不愿意来我这里看看
6、？好好考虑一下！TextALiteracyandTextMessaging1.Intheageoftextmessaging,wherewordsarereducedtoincompleteformsandsymbols,manypeoplequestionthefutureofliteracy.Butexpertspointoutthat,infact,technologyhasputnewemphasisonreadingandwriting.2.TimothyShanahan,presidentoftheInterna
7、tionalReadingAssociation,pointstothemorethan30billione-mailmessagesand5billiontextmessagesthatareexchangedeverydayasevidenceofhowtechnology“israisingthevalueofreadinginoursociety,bothasaneconomicandasasocialactivity”.3.Someexpertsalsosaythattechnologyhasaddednewlay
8、erstoourunderstandingofwhatitmeanstobeliterate.Havingmultipleliteracies,however,doesnotonlymeanbeingcomfortablecomposingwithavarietyofmedia;itals
