Fun English - Seven Digital Sins - Free English Lesson ( ESL )

Fun English - Seven Digital Sins - Free English Lesson ( ESL )

Wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, gluttony ... these are the seven deadly sins":. But just recently, the Guardian newspaper, in collaboration with the National Film Board of Canada, produced an interactive video called The 7 Digital Deadly Sins. Which ones are you guilty of?



1- Wrath: Writing nasty things about someone online. Creating an internet hate campaign. Trolling the comments section of a website. Tweeting rude comments about someone.

2- Creed: Collecting as many friends and followers on your social network accounts as you can, even if you don't know them. Tracking how many hits your posts, images or uploaded videos get. Producing content with the aim of getting lots of hits.

3- Sloth: Using the internet as an alternative to doing any real work. Joining groups or campaigns that you know nothing about. Shutting yourself off at home and lazing about on the sofa with your computer. Chatting to people you've never met, or doing some online social networking rather than going out with your real friends.

4- Pride: Spending time editing the photos you upload so they always show you in the best possible light. Asking people to remove photos of you that you don't like. Googling yourself every now and then to see what others are saying about you. Boasting about the number of friends you've got on Facebook. Using social networks to chronicle every event in your life.

5- Lust: Having a secret e-mail account your partner doesn't know about. Checking up on your exes. Watching pornography. Sending friend requests to people you find attractive but don't know personally. Joining numerous online dating sites.

6- Envy: Feeling envious about all the exotic places your friends have visited. Getting depressed because other people's lives seem to be more exciting and interesting than yours. Comparing your online profile to other people's. Feeling bad because you haven 't got as many online friends as your colleagues.

7- Gluttony: Spending almost every spare moment online. Staying up late so you can do some social networking. Being unable to stop yourself from messaging friends or commenting on Facebook or Twitter posts. Buying things from online shopping sites that you don't even need. Downloading lots of films or music that you 'll never have time to watch or listen to.

Are you ready to repent?

Nasty: horrible; not nice.

A hate campaign: a coordinated series of negative and horrible actions against someone.

To troll: if someone "trolls" the comments section of a website (for example) . they write horrible or stupid things there just for fun.

ToTweet: to send a message via the social network "Twitter."

To track: if you "track" something, you watch it carefully in order to check its progress or see what's happening to it.

A hit: each "hit" on your website refers to the number of files that are down loaded from a single page. If a webpage has a lot of images. one visit to the page could mean 40 "hits", for example.

With the aim of: with the intention of; with the idea of.

To laze about: to stay in a place doing nothing, just relaxing, chatting, etc.

To upload: to put something onto a website from your computer.

In the best possible light: in the best way possible.

To remove: if you "remove" a picture from a website, you take it off that website.

To boast: if you "boast" about something. you talk about how great it is or how fantastic you are.

To chronicle: if you "chronicle" a series of events, you write about them.

An ex: a boyfriend or girlfriend you had in the past.

A friend request: a message you send to someone on Facebook asking them to connect with you and be your Facebook friend.

Envious: if you're "envious", you feel bad because someone has something that you want.

To repent: if you "repent", you show or say that you're sorry for something wrong you did.

Remember!
When people "even native English speakers" talk informally, naturally and spontaneously, they often repeat themselves, correct themselves, use non-standard English and even make mistakes.

Learning English should be a fun experience and I hope with the help of my videos lessons you will discover just how much fun it can be.