19.12.4 【地道美语125】 社交新潮：晒年代对比照，你变了吗? #2009与2019对比照#

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dialogue 1

Jingjing:　Hey Mark, have your friends been posting lots of-----------------?

Mark:　More than usual?　Oh—do you mean those one that show them in---------------?

Jingjing:　Yeah, those are the ones.　Some people have even-----------from 2017 and 2019 side by side.

Mark: -----------can two years make?　I guess a guy could-----------, and a woman could ------------- in that time.

Jingjing:　I think it's just ------- for people to post -------- of themselves, and to--------- they did a long time ago, as -------------.

Mark:　Yeah, that's pretty much it.

Jingjing:　Some of my friends have-----------------e though.

Mark:　How's that?

Jingjing:　One friend of mine posted her---------, where she's one of a hundred students--------, side by side with a photo with her ---------- of seven people plus a few -----------.

Mark:　That's pretty sweet.　Yeah, success can be ---------something like that.　It's kinda -----------------—but the----------------------------.

Jingjing:　On a less subtle note, another friend posted a photo of him ------------, and a very recent one.　His current office ---------, and has a-----------------

Mark:　That's much less--------------, to be sure.　Still, it's cool to see how much life ---------.　I think it's a--------.　Would you consider posting photos like-----------?

Jingjing: ------------------.　Anyway, it's a good chance to reflect on what has happened over the years.

Mark:　After you--------hundreds of photos, you could s------------　I could help you decide.

Jingjing:　Deal.　I might not have enough time, though.　And then, the---------------.

Mark:　Yeah, you don't want to---------.　It might be best just to-----------------

Jingjing:　Have you got any ideas?

Mark:　Just some -----------, ha ha.

dialogue 2

Jingjing:　Ok.　So I'm interested to ---------- side-by-side photos, even if they're silly.

Mark:　Sure.　So, first, what was-------- in 2009 and what what's in the----------2019.

Jingjing:　That's ----------.　It just--------- the whole fad.　I hope your other ideas aren't all that-------------

Mark:　Wait,--------.　It would show the current fridge almost--------, except for the same --------as in the 2009 photo with some added--------------.　

Jingjing:　Yeah, I get it; but I don't think it's very ---------------

Mark:　Give me another chance, then.　You -could pick up------------, like Anna Karenina.　For a ----------, wear ------ and show yourself reading the first few pages of the book.　Then take a photo with --------------, and the same book, open to the last pages.

Jingjing:　So, let me get this--------- I'd be -------- that it took me twenty years to get through a---------- book?　Considering the--------, I think that's either in --------—or a joke that is easily -----------------------.

Mark:　Wait,-----?　I was just using Anna Karenina --------.　You could use Les Miserables.　I even have a----------- you could borrow.　So much for -----------!

Jingjing:　Yeah, whatevs'.　Let's get on to your ------------.

Mark:　Remember how we talked about a Rubik's Cube a while back?　Well, you could----------, and post two-------- of you, taking it out of the box or the -------, then shuffling it.　And------that make it look like you just --------- it.

Jingjing:　These are all the same ideas! ----------------.　You know, I actually don't post that many photos of myself.

Mark:　Oh, alright.　I guess I was -----------.　Hey, you have ------------.　You could post one about when you rescued--------, and another where you visited the same animal recently, and---------------- there in the key picture.

Jingjing:　Now you're ---------!　I'm not --------- that rescue work.　But it would be fun for me to -------, and reflect, like we were talking before.

Mark:　I'm glad to help you ------------.　Anyway, post about something --------------------.

Jingjing:　That's a good motto.

new words and phrases

from dialogue 1

taken to <doing something> (phrasal verb)　started doing something, similar to a habit they already had, but with a new development

conversation-starter　an interesting object or picture, which people could ask about if they'd like to chat with you (i.e. What's that pin you're wearing on your collar?)

hard to put your finger on <something>　hard to explain something, especially the one remarkable characteristic (i.e. It's hard to put your finger on why Paul is more popular than Peter.)

sift through <something> (verb)　look at many of the same kind of thing, to try to find a certain one (i.e. The HR manager sifted through resumes from 100 applicants for one job.)

miss the boat (idiom)　miss the chance to do something, used either for a major event (like buying stock at a company's IPO) or for something far less important (like a clothing fad)

from dialogue 2

make a mockery of <something> (phrasal verb)　don't take something seriously at all, ridicule it

hear <someone> out　(phrasal verb)　listen to someone, consider their idea

whatevs'　whatever (short slang form) (expression of disinterest)

on the wrong track (idiom)　having the wrong idea, approaching something the wrong way

motto　something someone says to motivate him/herself, or a company motto