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Catherine loved Facebook. With Facebook she could stay connected with her family no matter how far away they were.
Catherine很喜欢脸书。有了脸书，不管她和她的家人相距多远都可以随时保持联络。
She could see their photos and read their status updates.
她可以看到她家人的照片以及状态更新。
With Facebook she could keep her relatives up to date on what she was doing.
有了脸书，她可以随时知道亲戚们的近况。
Another thing Catherine loved about Facebook was that she didn't have to think about time zones when updating family.
Catherine很爱脸书的另外一点就是，她看她家人发的状态时也不用担心时差。
Whenever she called her parents or other relatives,
每当她给父母或其他亲戚打电话时，
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.
她总得考虑时差不同，以免吵醒了谁或打扰到正在做礼拜的人。
Facebook was so convenient.
脸书是如此方便。
When Catherine joined Facebook, some of her classmates at high school started to add her as a friend.
Catherine刚用脸书的时候，她的一些高中同学也加她为好友了。
At first, this didn't bother her.
一开始这并不影响她什么。
She loved learning about the success of people she knew when she was just a teenager.
她乐于了解她在十几岁时认识的同学现在的成功。
She loved finding out people were getting married, having babies and traveling.
她也喜欢了解谁有结婚了，谁怀孕了，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，她发现自己在和她在脸书上了解的人做比较。
It began to make her feel bad that some people seemed to be doing so much better than she was.
当她看到脸书上的朋友做的比她好很多，她开始觉得不开心。
She was also spending a lot of time on Facebook.
她花了太多时间在脸书。
It took a lot of time and energy to keep up with everyone's status updates. Catherine started to think.
她花了很多时间与精力去看每个人的状态更新。Catherine开始思考。
She looked at the list of over 500 friends she had on Facebook and realized some of them were not really friends at all.
看着脸书上五百多人的好友名单，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.
请根据你刚刚听到的文章回答问题19至问题21。
Question 19: What was one particular convenience Catherine loved about Facebook?
问题19：Catherine喜欢的脸书的一个尤为突出的便利是什么？
Question 20: How did Catherine feel when her classmates added her as a Facebook friend?
问题20：当她的同学加她为脸书好友时，Catherine怎样感觉的？
Question 21: What made Catherine feel bad about herself later on?
问题21：为什么Catherine后来感觉不开心？
