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Read the following information and answer the questions that follow. Do research to help you answer them.

Mark Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is a former Harvard University 0student who created a social network when he was still studying computer science. The founding of this platform made Zuckerberg one of the youngest-ever billionaires, according to a famous American business magazine.His founding of the popular social network was portrayed in a movie in 2010. In the same year, he said that he was going to give most of his money to charity. In 2010, he was also named Person of the Year by a very famous American magazine.

The Social Network that made him famous

On February 4, 2004, Zuckerberg launched the platform from his Harvard dorm room. An earlier inspiration for creating the social network may have come from Phillips Exeter Academy,the prep school from which Zuckerberg graduated in 2002. It published its own student directory, "The Photo Address

Book", which students referred to as "The Facebook". Such photo directories were an important part of the student social experience at many private schools. With them, students were able to list attributes such as their class years, their friends, and their telephone numbers.

Source: https://kids.kiddle.co/Mark_Zuckerberg

a.Did you know anything about Mark Zuckerberg before reading the text above?

b.What was Zuckerberg's inspiration to launch his famous social network?

c. Why was this social network important for students at that time?


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Lesson 1· The World of Apps

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