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• ☐ ☐ ☐ in a stampede exp. - in a large, uncontrolled rush
• ☐ ☐ ☐ check out (s/o or s/t) phv. - look at (someone) or (something) with interest
• ☐ ☐ ☐ browse around phv. - look casually at different things online or in a place
• ☐ ☐ ☐ be psyched exp. - feel very excited or enthusiastic
• ☐ ☐ ☐ exclusive adj. - limited to a particular group of people
• ☐ ☐ ☐ get past (s/t) exp. - move beyond an obstacle or restriction
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a final club n. - an exclusive social club at Harvard
• ☐ ☐ ☐ hack v. - gain access without permission.
• ☐ ☐ ☐ social structure n. - the way people are organized into groups and ranks
• ☐ ☐ ☐ start-up cash n. - money needed to start a business or project
• ☐ ☐ ☐ terms n. - conditions of an agreement
• ☐ ☐ ☐ split (s/t) v.- divide something between people or groups
• ☐ ☐ ☐ handle v. - manage or take responsibility for something
• ☐ ☐ ☐ CFO n. - the person responsible for a company's finances
• ☐ ☐ ☐ relationship status n. - whether someone is single or in a relationship
• ☐ ☐ ☐ interested in exp. - wanting or willing to have a relationship with someone
• ☐ ☐ ☐ drive v. - strongly influence or control something
• ☐ ☐ ☐ get laid exp. - have sex (informal)
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a masthead n. - the title or main heading of a publication or website
• ☐ ☐ ☐ co-founder n. - someone who starts an organization with another person

n. - noun,    v. - verb,    phv. - phrasal verb,    adj. - adjective,    adv. - adverb,    exp. - expression

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Mark	Eduardo	Dustin

• Mark and Eduardo are Harvard students and friends.
• Mark is making a new social networking site.
• Mark also recently created a website called Facemash.
• Mark and Dustin are roommates.

1. Why does Mark think Facemash became so popular?
   People wanted to see pictures of attractive strangers.
   People wanted to see pictures of people they knew.
   Harvard required students to use it.
   
   
2. What kind of website does Mark want to build?
   A website that helps students connect to students from other universities.
   A website that helps students find out who their classmates are.
   A website that puts the college social experience online.
   
   
3. What makes Mark's website exclusive?
   Mark and Eduardo will be able to control who joins.
   Users can control who joins their network.
   Only programmers can create profiles.
   
   
4. What percentage of the business will Eduardo receive?
   17%
   30%
   70%
   
   
5. Why does Mark need start-up cash?
   To pay his roommates.
   To buy pictures.
   To rent servers.
   
   
6. What does Dustin want to know about Stephanie?
   Whether she likes computer programming.
   Whether she has a Facebook profile.
   Whether she has a boyfriend.
   
   
7. What new information does Mark add to the website?
   Course schedules and grades.
   Music preferences.
   Relationship status.
   
   
8. What title does Eduardo see on the masthead?
   President and founder
   Co-founder and CFO
   Chief programmer
   
   

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Directions: What expressions from the video have the same meaning as the highlighted expressions in the sentences below?

Instrucciones: ¿Qué expresiones del video tienen el mismo significado que las expresiones destacadas en las oraciones siguientes?

Instruções: Quais expressões do vídeo têm o mesmo significado que as expressões destacadas nas frases abaixo?

지시 사항: 아래 문장에서 강조된 표현과 같은 의미를 가진 표현을 영상에서 찾아보세요.

Інструкції: Які вирази з відео мають те саме значення, що й виділені вирази в реченнях нижче?

1. People came to Facemash [ in a large, uncontrolled rush ], right?

   [ in a stampede ]

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2. I know. I'm totally [ excited ] about this, too.

   [ psyched ]

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3. It would be [ limited to a group ].

   [ exclusive ]

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4. It was a great idea. There was nothing to [ access illegally ]. People were going to provide their own pictures

   [ hack ]

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5. We're going to need a little [ money to begin ] to rent the servers and get it online.

   [ start-up cash ]

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6. Did he offer [ contract conditions ]?

   [ terms ]

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7. There's a chance they're actually going to [ have sex ] .

   [ get laid ]

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8. This is what [ strongly influences ] life at college.

   [ drives ]

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Directions: Choose the most natural word (only one word) for each blank.

Instrucciones: Elige la palabra más natural (solo una palabra) para cada espacio en blanco.

Instruções: Escolha a palavra mais natural (apenas uma palavra) para cada espaço em branco.

지시 사항: 빈칸마다 가장 자연스러운 단어(한 단어만)를 선택하세요.

Інструкції: Виберіть найбільш природне слово (лише одне слово) для кожного пропуску.

• People want to go (on) the Internet and check (out) their friends.
• So why (not) build a website that offers that?
• I'm talking about taking the (entire) social experience of college and putting it online.
• And people (had) the ability to invite, (or) not invite, their friends to join.
• He was going to have to write tens of thousands of lines of code, (so) I wondered (why) he was coming to me and (not) his roommates.
• Do you happen (to) know if she's looking to go (out) with anyone?
• We (were) supposed to meet at 9:00. Have you slept (yet) ?
• Are you having sex or (aren't) you?
• It's (why) people take certain classes and sit (where) they sit and do (what) they do.
• That's (what) The Facebook is going to be about.
• You have (no) idea (what) that's going to mean to my father.

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Directions: Write sentences about the video clip using the words given. You can change the word form or add words, but you cannot change the word order.
Use a present time frame (tense).
( ) = optional   [ ] = necessary

Instrucciones: Escriba oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de la palabra o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa el tiempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necesario

Instruções: Escreva frases sobre o videoclipe usando as palavras dadas. Você pode alterar a forma da palavra ou adicionar palavras, mas não pode alterar a ordem das palavras. Use o tempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necessário

지시 : 주어진 단어를 사용하여 비디오 클립에 대한 문장을 씁니다. 어형을 변경하거나 단어를 추가할 수 있지만 어순은 변경할 수 없습니다. 현재 시제를 사용합니다.
( ) = 선택 사항   [ ] = 필수 사항

Інструкції: Напишіть речення про відеокліп, використовуючи подані слова. Ви можете змінювати форму слова або додавати слова, але не можете змінювати порядок слів.
Використовуйте теперішній час.
( ) = необов'язково   [ ] = обов'язково

Facemash / popular / because /student / see / picture / people / they / know

Facemash was popular because students saw pictures of people (who/whom/that) they knew.

Mark / want / build / website / will / recreate / entire / social / experience / college

Mark wants to build a website [that/which] will recreate the entire social experience of college.

user / will / able / control / who / can / join / network

Users will be able to control who can join their network.

Mark / need / start-up / cash / Eduardo / rent / server / and / launch / website

Mark needs start-up cash from Eduardo (in order) to rent servers and launch the website.

Eduardo / agree / invest / thousand / dollar / and / receive / thirty / percent / company

Eduardo agrees to invest a thousand dollars and receive thirty percent of the company.

some / time / later / Dustin / ask / Mark / girl / they / know / have / boyfriend

Some time later, Dustin asks Mark [if/whether] a girl (who/whom/that) they both know has a boyfriend.

this / trigger / Mark / add / relationship / status / website

This trigger Mark to add relationship status to the website.

Mark / finish / website / and / show / Eduardo / masthead / which / list / him / co-founder / CFO

Mark finishes the website and shows Eduardo a masthead which lists him as co-founder and CFO.

1. Why does Mark think people visited Facemash? How does this idea influence his plan for a new website?
2. Mark says he is not building a dating site. What is the difference between his idea and a dating site?
3. Eduardo agrees to invest $1,000 for a 30 percent share. Does this sound like a fair deal?
4. Why does Mark want to add relationship status and dating interests? Do you think these features would make a social network more successful?
5. Eduardo emphasizes that having his name on the masthead will be important to his father. Do you have a similar feeling about your personal accomplishments?
6. Do you think Mark and Eduardo have the same goals for the company? Explain your answer.