Reading N2–N1 · Lesson 18 · N2

An opinion piece: can people you meet online be friends?

冗談じょうだんのつもりで書かいた言葉ことばが、相手あいてを深ふかく傷きずつけかねないのだ。

“Online friends aren’t real”: the writer disagrees, admits the risks and sets her own rules; 「〜かねない」「〜に越こしたことはない」.

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In this lesson

  1. 01The text
  2. 02Vocabulary
  3. 03Key sentences
  4. 04Reading tips

Practice

  • Content and the writer’s claim
  • What does it refer to?
  • True or false
  • The argument and how the friendship developed
  • Match the words to their meanings
  • Choose the right expression

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