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.,UNIT3,ALIENATIONANDTHEINTERNRTWillBaker1307010135王宇1307010203张文斐,.,Textcomprehension,.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthorspurposeofwriting.A.Totellthereaderthatheisbewildered（困惑的/使困惑）bythebenefitsandthenegativeconsequencesbroughtaboutbytheInternet.B.ToconvincethereaderofourabilitytoreapthebenefitoftheInternetwithoutbeingpenalized(处罚）byit.C.Toarguethatthedemerits（短处）oftheInternetoverweighitsmerits（长处）.,（B）,.,.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1.Theauthorbelievesthatthehumanpotentialcantberealizedwithouttheglobalizationofideas.（作者认为没有信息全球化，人类的潜力就不能实现）2.TheparadoxseemsunintelligibletotheauthorthattheInternetalienatestheparticipantandatthesametimeitdrivestowardsglobalunification.（互联网一方面使全球紧密团结，另一方面却又使互联网使用者互相隔离，对这种自相矛盾的现象，作者似乎不能理解）3.WhenhisfriendtoldhimabouthisInternetbinges，theauthorthoughthewasexaggerating.（当他的朋友告诉他关于互联网热潮时，笔者认为他在夸大其词）,T,F,F,.,4.Whenpeoplespendtoomuchtimeonline，theywillbeunabletoparticipateinactivitiestogetherwithothercommunitymemberssothattheirsenseofcommunitygraduallydiminishes.（人们花太多时间上网，他们就不能与其他社区成员一起参加活动，这样他们的社区感就会消失）5.ApersonislikelytobecognitivelyoverloadedifheisconfrontedwithtoomuchinformationontheInternet,andhemayconsequentlyhaveadistortedsenseofreality.(面对着网上的巨大信息，一个人可能认知过度，他也可能看到一个现实中的扭曲世界）,T,T,.,.Answerthefollowingquestions.1.WhatstheauthorsviewpointaboutthebenefitoftheInternet？Whatdoesheseeaboutitsnegativeside？Answer:-Astheauthorseeit，theInternetismostlikelytomakeourglobalvillageabetterplacetolivein.Itprovidesamiraculousforumfortheglobalizationofideas，whichcontributestotherealizationofhumanpotential.Furthermore，itisapowerfultoolfortheacquisitionandapplicationofknowledge.,.,ThebenefitsoftheInternet，however，maybedarkenedbyitsnegativeconsequences.Itmaydepriveitsuserofhistimefornecessaryinteractionwithothersocietymemberssothatthewholeworldmaybefurtherfragmented.Inaddition,thereisareasonablelikelihoodthattheInternetpresentstoomuchinformation,whichgivesitsuseraskewedsenseofrealitybymakinghimacognitivelyoverloadedman.,.,2.WhathappenedtotheauthorsfriendasregardstheInternet?Whatnegativeconsequencesdidheseeaboutit?Answer：-HisfriendwasaddictedtotheInternet.Hewouldspendevenovertwenty-fourhoursnonstopontheInternetsothathehadtoforcehimselfgooffline.Ashespentsomuchtimeincyberspace,hissenseofrealitymighthavebeencrooked.Moreover,withoutanyface-to-faceverbalcommunicationwithotherpeople,hefeltlonelyanddepressed.,.,3.WhatalienatedsocietymembersbeforetheInternetgainedpopularity?Whatalienatesthemintheinformationage?Answer：-ThealienationofsocietymembershadbegunlongbeforetheInternetstartedtobeusedworldwide.AfterWorldWarIIwhenthesoldiersreturnedfromthebattlefields,theydevotedthemselvesto“progress”.Whattheydidtoachievetheirgoalwastomanufacturelargequantitiesofcarsandmakethemavailabletomostpeople.Withthecarpeoplecouldtravelaroundmoreeasily,butattheexpenseoftheirreunionwiththeirextendedfamiliesandcommunicationswiththeirneighbors.Thus,itisapparentthatitwasthecarownershipthatalienatedpeoplebeforetheinternet.,.,Intheinformationage,however,peoplearealienatednotsomuchbycarsasbytheInternet.Internetaddictsarefarformrare.Asillustratedbytheexampleoftheauthorsnephew,itseemstobeanirreversibletrendthatmoreandmorepeople,oldandyoung,arebecomingaddictedtotheInternet.Theywillspendmanyhoursnon-stopincyberspaceratherthanwiththeirfamiliesorfriends.Forlackofcommunications,thearebecomingstrangerstootherpeople.Therefore,thereisagoodreasontobelievethatthesocietyisbeingfurtheralienatedbytheInternet.,.,4.Whatismeantbythe“cruelirony”thatappearsinParagraph4?Answer：-The“cruelirony”meansthattheInternetprovidestheuserwithaconvenientmeansofcommunicatingandmakingfriendswithpeoplefarapartontheonehand,butontheother,itestrangestheuserfromthepeoplearoundhimbycancelinghisavailabilityfortheface-to-facecommunicationsevenwithhisfamiliesandclosefriendsandforinvolvementinthecommunityactivities.,.,5.How,accordingtotheauthor,canthepotentialoftheInternetberealized?Answer：-ThepotentialoftheInternetasapowerfultoolforglobalizingideasandforacquiringandapplyingknowledgecanonlyberealizedwhenitsuserstrikesabalancebetweentherealityandtheInternet.AlthoughtheInternetmakesitpossibleforitsuserstodebate,shop,travelandhaveromanceincyberspacewithoutleavinghome,theoveruseofthistoolprobablyresultsinadistortedsenseofreality.TheonlywaytoavoidbeingpenalizedbytheInternetismakemoderateuseofthistoolwithoutlosingonessenseofplaceintheworld.,.,.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentences.1.Giventherelativelyfewrestrictionsgoverningaccessandusage,itisthecommunicationsmodalequivalentofinterna-tionalwaters.Answer：AstheInternetcanbereachedandusedwithrelativelyfe-wrestrictions,itplaysaroleinconnectingpeopleglobally,whichiscomparabletotravelingthroughinternationalwa-terways.,.,2.ButmuchlesswidelyreportedhasbeenthenotionthattheInternetmayberesponsibleforfurtheringthefragmen-tationofsocietybyalienatingitsindividualusers.Answer：Alotofpeopletalkaboutthenewinformationage,butnotsomanypeopleareacquaintedwiththeideathattheInternetseparatespeoplefromeachotherandfragmentssocietyfurtherasaresult.,.,3.Itseemstomethatweareasocietythatvaluesimmediategratificationaboveallelse,andwhatbetterplacetoachi