Before you watch, discuss these questions with a partner:

Ø Do you use Facebook? How often do you access it?

Ø Why do you like it (or don’t like it)?

Ø Do you know how Facebook was created?

Ø Do you know anything about its founder, Mark Zuckerberg?

Watch the scene and answer these questions:

1 – What did the Winklevoss twins propose to Mark?

2 – Why is he being sued by them?

3 – What did Mark propose to his friend Eduardo?

4 – Why is Eduardo also suing Mark?

Vocabulary

Match the words with their definitions:

a) plaintiff ( ) to show no respect, or to raise the tip of your thumb to the end of your nose to show that you do not respect somebody

b) witness ( ) someone who makes a legal complaint against someone else in court

c) lawsuit ( ) the state of being famous for something bad

d) notoriety ( ) a problem taken to a court of law, by an ordinary person or an organization rather than the police, for a legal decision

e) to thumb your nose at sb/sth ( ) a person who sees an event happening, especially a crime or

an accident

f) to lead sb on ( ) to persuade someone to believe something that is untrue

Now discuss these questions with your partner:

Ø Do you believe Mark Zuckerberg stole the Winklevoss’s idea?

Ø What’s your opinion about him?

Ø What do you think of Facebook and other social media? Does it really “connect” more people or does it make us like in a virtual world only?

Ø Do you think people are addicted to technology nowadays?