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Catherine loved Facebook. With Facebook she could stay connected with her family no matter how far away they were.
Catherine很喜歡臉書(shū)。有了臉書(shū)，不管她和她的家人相距多遠(yuǎn)都可以隨時(shí)保持聯(lián)絡(luò)。
She could see their photos and read their status updates.
她可以看到她家人的照片以及狀態(tài)更新。
With Facebook she could keep her relatives up to date on what she was doing.
有了臉書(shū)，她可以隨時(shí)知道親戚們的近況。
Another thing Catherine loved about Facebook was that she didn't have to think about time zones when updating family.
Catherine很愛(ài)臉書(shū)的另外一點(diǎn)就是，她看她家人發(fā)的狀態(tài)時(shí)也不用擔(dān)心時(shí)差。
Whenever she called her parents or other relatives,
每當(dāng)她給父母或其他親戚打電話時(shí)，
she always had to think about the time difference so that she wouldn't wake someone up or call when she knew they were in church.
她總得考慮時(shí)差不同，以免吵醒了誰(shuí)或打擾到正在做禮拜的人。
Facebook was so convenient.
臉書(shū)是如此方便。
When Catherine joined Facebook, some of her classmates at high school started to add her as a friend.
Catherine剛用臉書(shū)的時(shí)候，她的一些高中同學(xué)也加她為好友了。
At first, this didn't bother her.
一開(kāi)始這并不影響她什么。
She loved learning about the success of people she knew when she was just a teenager.
她樂(lè)于了解她在十幾歲時(shí)認(rèn)識(shí)的同學(xué)現(xiàn)在的成功。
She loved finding out people were getting married, having babies and traveling.
她也喜歡了解誰(shuí)有結(jié)婚了，誰(shuí)懷孕了，去旅行了。
Soon, however, Catherine found herself comparing herself with the people she was reading about on Facebook.
但是不久后，她發(fā)現(xiàn)自己在和她在臉書(shū)上了解的人做比較。
It began to make her feel bad that some people seemed to be doing so much better than she was.
當(dāng)她看到臉書(shū)上的朋友做的比她好很多，她開(kāi)始覺(jué)得不開(kāi)心。
She was also spending a lot of time on Facebook.
她花了太多時(shí)間在臉書(shū)。
It took a lot of time and energy to keep up with everyone's status updates. Catherine started to think.
她花了很多時(shí)間與精力去看每個(gè)人的狀態(tài)更新。Catherine開(kāi)始思考。
She looked at the list of over 500 friends she had on Facebook and realized some of them were not really friends at all.
看著臉書(shū)上五百多人的好友名單，她明白了有很多人并不是她的真朋友。
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
請(qǐng)根據(jù)你剛剛聽(tīng)到的文章回答問(wèn)題19至問(wèn)題21。
Question 19: What was one particular convenience Catherine loved about Facebook?
問(wèn)題19：Catherine喜歡的臉書(shū)的一個(gè)尤為突出的便利是什么？
Question 20: How did Catherine feel when her classmates added her as a Facebook friend?
問(wèn)題20：當(dāng)她的同學(xué)加她為臉書(shū)好友時(shí)，Catherine怎樣感覺(jué)的？
Question 21: What made Catherine feel bad about herself later on?
問(wèn)題21：為什么Catherine后來(lái)感覺(jué)不開(kāi)心？
