Unit 4 The Virtual World (1)

Unit4TheVirtualWorld NewEnglishVocabularyitemsderivedfromcyber virtual net web andE 1 Combiningforms prefixes noun virtuallife虚拟生活virtualworld虚拟世界virtualcommunity虚拟社区virtualoffice虚拟办公室virtualreality虚拟现实 cyber interaction网络互动Cyberculture网络文化Cybernut网虫Cyberpet电子宠物Cyberspace网络空间 netwriter发送电子邮件的人nethead网虫Webmaster网站维护人Webpage网页Website网站 WebTV网络电视机E book电子书籍E shopper网上购物者e card电子贺卡email电子邮件 e business电子商务e cash电子货币e commerce电子商务e journal电子杂志 2 Combiningforms prefixes verbs cybersurf网络漫游Netsurf网络漫游Websurf网络漫游Email发送电子邮件 3 Wordslikecyber net etc suffix cyberian cyber ian 网络用户cyberphobia cyber phobia 电脑恐惧症cybernaut cyber naut 网络用户netter net er 网民 webify web fy 使万维网化cyberize cyber ize 使联网 4 Clippedword cyberdoc cyber doctor 网络医生Netcast Net broadcast 网络播放Netiquette Net etiquette 网规 Netizen Net citizen 网民Netpreneur Net entrepreneur 网络企业家Webcam web camera 网络摄像机 Webnomics web economicsWebnomics 网络经济e tailing electronic retailing 电子零售e zine electronic magazine 电子杂志 Webliography web bibliography 网络书目Webcasting web broadcasting 网络播放Webzine web magazine 网络杂志 GlobalReading 1 UnderstandtheTextOrganizationReadtheinstructionsaswellaswhathasalreadybeendoneintheexerciseonPage107 TrytocompletetheexercisebysimplyreadingthefirstsentenceofeachparagraphinTextA Compareyouranswerswithyourpartner TextOrganization Descriptionoftheauthor svirtuallifeParagraphs2 3HowshefeelaboutitafterstayingontheNetforawhileParagraphs1 4 10 13WhatshedoesintryingtoreturntotherealworldParagraph11Howshefeelsabouttherealday to dayworldParagraph12 QuestionsforPara 2 3 Whatdidtheauthordothreeyearsagoandwhatisshedoingnow Sheworkedasatelevisionproduceratthetime andnowsheisworkingasatelecommuter Howdoestheauthorworknowadays ShesubmitsarticlesandeditsthemviaemailandcommunicateswithcolleaguesonInternetmailinglists Howdoestheauthormanageherdailylife Shecanorderfood managehermoney loveandworkonNet QuestionsforPara 4 10 Whatarethesymptomssharedbypeoplewholiveavirtuallife Theyfeelasthoughtheyhavebecomepartsoftheirmachines Theytakedatain andspitthembackout justanotherlinkintheNet WhatistheNetcritics worstnightmare Thosepeoplewholiveavirtuallifestarttofeelanaversiontooutsideformsofsocializing Howdoestheauthorfeelwhensheissuddenlyconfrontedwithpeopleintherealworld Shefeelsoverexcited Howdoestheauthorbehaveonline Why Sheisbad tempered Becauseshethinkseveryoneonhermailinglistisinsensitive Howdoesvirtuallifeaffectherrelationshipwithherboyfriend Why Theauthorfightherboyfriendonnetsometimes becausetheirtypeddialoguelacksemotionalcuesandshemisinterpretsit Whatdoestheauthorthinkthedailyroutineforordinarypeopleis Dressingforwork workingwithcolleaguesattheoffice sleepingnormalhours Accordingtotheauthor whyareco workersimportanttoahumanbeing Becauseeveryoneneedstorelyonco workersforcompanyandsupport TrueorFalseforPara 11 13 Theauthortriestoatleastgettothegyminordertokeepfit Theauthortriestoatleastgettothegym sothatshemaysetaparttheweekendfromtherestofherweek Theauthorcangetusedtotherealworldverywell Shefindsthatsometimesbeingfacetofaceistoomuch Theauthorcan tbearherfriend slaughterandthenoiseintherestaurant Theauthorcan tmakeachoicebetweentherealworldandthevirtualone Shefinallychoosesthevirtualworld QuestionsabouttheText 1 WhatisthemainideaofTextA Despitethemanynegativeeffectsofvirtuallife theauthorprefersittoreallife 2 Whataretherolesofthefirstparagraphandthelast Thefirstparagraphtellsabouttheconsequencesoflivingavirtuallifeandthelasttellsabouttheauthor sreturntoit Together theyshowusthedilemmapeopleareinatpresent becauseofmoderntechnology wehaveachoicebetweenthevirtuallifeandthereallife butwefindbothunsatisfactory Theauthor however finallyhastochoosethelatterdespiteitsnegativeeffects ScanTextAtofindoutvocabularyitemsrelatedtocomputerandtheInternet TitlevirtuallifeL1onthenetL8telecommuterL9emailLL9 10InternetmailinglistsLL10 11computer assistedL18data L19linkL 25cyber interactionL39onlineL47systemcrashL64clickonthemodemL64connectionL65password Canyouusethe findoneself adj pastparticiple presentparticiple structure Re readParas4 10 workinpairstofindoutconsequencesof my virtuallife Use findoneself adj findoneself V edfindoneself V ingIfindmyselfshyer morecautious moreanxious Ifindmyselfsuckedinbysoapoperas Ifindmyselfattackingeveryoneinsight LanguageStudy virtual adj 1 createdandexistingonlyinacomputerIcanvisitavirtualstoreandputwhatIwantinmybasketattheclickofamousebutton 2 almostwhatisstated infactthoughnotinname国王处处都受王后的影响 以至于王后成了国家实际上的统治者 Thekingwassomuchundertheinfluenceofhiswifethatshewasthevirtualrulerofthecountry Myboyfriend sLiverpoolaccentsuddenlybecomesimpossibletointerpretafterhiseasilyunderstoodwordsonscreen asecretary sclippedtoneseemsmorerejectingthanI dimagineditwouldbe Whatdoesthesentenceimply Theauthorhasbecomemorefamiliarwiththevirtualworldthantherealworld interpret L 2 v 1 understand sth said ordered ordone Thegiftisgenerallyinterpretedasabribe 2 giveorprovidethemeaningof explain诗有助于阐述人生的意义 Poetryhelpstointerpretlife 3 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