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Once upon a time a personal diary was something you kept hidden away. It was where you wrote down your most private thoughts and feelings, knowing that no one else would read it.

PRIVATE

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Then along came the Internet, and now the idea of a private diary seems to be old-fashioned.

COME

B6

These days many teenagers write diaries just for other people to read.

THIS

B7

In the USA along, one in five teenagers has their own web page.

HAVE

B8

Their sites contain stories, poems and are filled with pictures and, of course, diaries. Many teenagers like writing online diaries because they feel free to write anything.

FILL

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However, some people are not sure that online diaries are a good idea.

BE

B10

“Teenagers need to be careful what they write on the website’, says Patricia, a mother of three, who runs her web site. It’s playing with fire.

RUN

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You do not know who is visiting your web site and whether they will try to find you.

NOT KNOW

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And there are always people who find pleasure in finding and spoiling the dearest moments of your life described in the diaries’, she adds.

DEAR