新编英语教程4-unit5

1、Unit 5Text I Network Designer Tim Berners-Lee Text II Angels on the Internet Text I Text II Oral Work Listening Pre-reading Activity Structure Vocabulary Acquisition Intensive ReadingText 1: Network Designer Tim Berners-Lee Do you know what these letters www and http stand for? Make a list of what y

2、ou usually do on the Internet.How the Internet has changed the world as well as your life? And how can we make the most of it?Whatre the negative effects of Internet? Pose your suggestion to Internet mania.Text IPre-reading ActivityListen to the recording, try to catch following information:Text IPr

3、e-reading ActivityWhoWhat is the person? Key words of what they say about Internet / what Lee RainieTim Berners-LeeHilary ConnorsPhilip RosedalePaul SaffoSonya Foster-Amie Tugwellcomputer industry analystinventor of the World Wide Webmall, peepshow, telephone sys.humanitystay-at-home mother-of-two i

4、t is an escape founder of Second Life another kind of social contact Industry analyst spend more time in the virtual world a mother of five, soldier in Iraq a wife of a soldier in Iraq life line Tim Berners-Lees original World Wide Web browser Tim John Berners-Lee Tim 1955年6月8日生于英国伦敦。CERN（European P

5、article Physics Laboratory，欧洲量子物理研究所），位于瑞士日内瓦。在那里，为了工作需要，Tim写了一个从未发布过的工具Enquire这个我们无缘得见的Enquire，正是World Wide Web的雏形。 Consider the meaning of following wordsHTML MUDFTPISPP2P BT Big5 GBspam netizenHypertext markup language:超文本标记语言 Multi-user dungeon: 多用户游戏File transfer protocol ：文件传送协议Internet servic

6、e provider ：因特网服务提供商垃圾邮件网民Point to point: 点对点下载BitTorrent:比特流大五码：繁体中文国标码：简体中文Consider the meaning of the facial expressions- 0 - ?-? :-=) :- 8- ) :- 7 :- 1 :- :- :- : -) 生气高兴优雅的笑疑惑日本胡抿嘴睁大眼睛火冒三丈平淡的笑抽烟吐舌头语无伦次小猪卷发Consider the meaning of the expressionsBH RPWTPF TFQrz 囧BTW ASAP 马甲 无间GJM YY彪悍人品问题佩服踢飞膜拜拜服

7、By the wayAs soon as possible语出春晚小品语出电影无间道抄袭语出红楼梦论坛相关术语版主 注册用户昵称 密码提示贴子 附件回复贴子 引用投票 锁贴加精 用户设定个人资料 头像级别 用户控制面板moderatorregistered usernicknamepassword hintpostattachmentpost a replyquotepollinglock a posthighlightuser preferencepersonal profileavatarrankinguser control panelText IStructureText IVocab

8、ulary AcquisitionWrite down the definition of each word that fits the context.exotic (L.9)hack (L.17)stint (L.28)cobble (L.51)quintessential (L.64)Unconventionally (L.66)cash in onStriking or unusual in appearanceA person paid to do hard and uninteresting workFixed amount of timePut together quickly

9、 or roughlyThe most typicalDoing things no in the accepted wayProfit from, turn to ones advantageText IVocabulary AcquisitionWrite down the definition of each word that fits the context.Zip off (L.7) _unencumbered (L.12) _nifty (L.15) _Noodle around (L.29) _debut (L. 60) _The elite (L. 74) _Sparse (

10、L. 84) _Move away with speedNot obstructedcleverPlay aboutMake first public appearanceA group pf people with a high professional or social levelInadequately furnishedIt turns out you can “enquire” about nearly anything Turn out : happen to be, or be found to beMuch to his disappointment, his experim

11、ent turned out a failure.After a long spell of rain, it turned out to be fine and sunny on the day of our sports meet.It turned out that the unexpected visitor was one of my mothers former students. Task: Translate 事实证明，他是队里最出色的击球手。It turns out he is / He turns out to be the best hitter in the team.

12、 It turns out you can “enquire” about nearly anything enquire : BE = inquire inquire aboutI am writing to inquire about your advertisement in The Times.inquire whether / why / how etcThe waiter inquired whether we would like to sit near the window.inquire sth of sbWheres the station? she inquired of

13、 a passer-by. Task: Translate 他已经查出敌军的部署情况。He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. “Where excellence is not an act but a habit.”Task : paraphraseWhere high quality is not just something someone does on certain occasions, but rather something that one does regularly and that one finds

14、 it difficult to stop doing.Click again, and zip off to singapore,zip : n. = zipper v. 1.to fasten something using a zipzip something shut/open e.g. Olsen zipped the bag shut. He zipped open the case 2. informal to go somewhere or do something very quicklyzip through/past/along etc e.g. We zipped th

15、rough customs in no time.3. zip it / zip your lip AE spoken informal= shut up e.g. Youd better zip your lip or youll be in trouble! Task: Translate 玛丽飞快地做她的家庭作业。Mary zipped through her homework. Euquire about buying industrial-age nuts and bolts from. Task: Translate 政府的基本职责是服务大众。The nuts and bolts

16、of government is to serve the masses. Teddy Bear泰迪熊(Teddy Bear)源自欧洲的一种文化，距今已有120多年的历史。欧洲家庭有制作玩具熊的传统，在德国，许多人是抱着泰迪熊长大的。全世界第一只泰迪熊就是德国人史戴夫的作品.泰迪熊名字的由来: 1902年美国第26任总统罗斯福(呢称Teddy)打猎时曾遇到一只小熊,总统没有射杀这只无自卫能力的小熊,终把它放生了,事件被漫画家用作政治漫画的题材,恰巧此时美国掀起入口德国玩具熊的热潮,人们便叫这熊为泰迪熊.Teddy Bear, these days you can point-and-click

17、 anywhere on the planet, unencumbered by time or space or long-distance phone tariffs.Task : paraphrase nowadays by using a computer equipped with a modem and pointing and clicking with a mouse, you can get information from any place in this world, and neither time, nor space, nor high long-distance

18、 phone tariffs will make it difficult for you to do so.Thanks to the rapid development of modern means of telecommunication, international communication is generally unencumbered by time or space. Task: translate 由于现代化电信手段的快速发展，国际间通信基本上可以不受时空的限制。This hidden Rosebud of cyberspaceCyber- relating to co

19、mputers, especially to messages and information on the Internet GUESS the meaning of following words:cybershop cybershopper cyberchat cyberworld cybercrime cyberculture cyberholic cyberfraud cybersickness cyberwidow cyberterrorist cyberstalkingWho knew then that from this modest hack would flow the

20、civilization-altering, millionaire-spawning, information suckhole known as the World Wide Web? Task: paraphrase Who know at that time that this humble software consultant would create the World Wide Web which would change our civilization, bring about millionaire, and a rich source of information.Sp

21、awn: call forth The computer industry has spawned a lot of new companies.Thomas Edison got credit for the light bulb Credit for something: the recognition or respect or praise given to someone because of something they have done or achieved. e.g. We gave Wang credit for his remarkable achievements i

22、n biotechnology.e.g. Tim Berners-Lee should be given credit for the creation of WWW. Task: translate 事情是我做的, 她却受到称赞。She was given the credit for what I had done. It started, of all places, in the Swiss Alps. Task: paraphrase Surprisingly enough, such a fact did not take place in an industrial city o

23、r town but in the Swiss Alps, which seemed to be remote from industry.noodle aroundPlay around He went to the piano and noodle around until the tune came back to him. I really dont understand why he noodles around that antiquated / outmoded / old-fashioned computer all day long. task: translate 我真弄不

24、懂他为什么整天在摆弄那台老掉牙的电脑。The opposite of “keep track of” is “lose track of”. e.g. Weve lost track of him since he left Shanghai for home.keep oneself informed about something or pay attention to something so that one knows what is happeninge.g. As a doctor James has to keep track of the latest development

25、s in medicine. The computer will automatically keep track of the number of items and their price. keep track of all the random associations one comes acrosskeep track of all the random associations one comes acrossAt random is used adverbially. e.g. Please choose a number at random. The questionnair

26、es were distributed at random. Random : unplanned, unintentional, aimless, purposeless, etc. e.g. random sampling 随机抽样 And yet their mistakes are not random. While everyone was discussing the question seriously, John made a few random remarks now and then. Task: translate 随便读许多书不如细细地读几本书 It is bette

27、r to read a few books carefully than to read many at random. that could keep “track of all the random associations one comes across in real life and brains are supposed to be so good ate remembering but sometimes mine wouldnt.”Task: paraphrase that could keep myself informed about all the change con

28、nections that one may meet with in real life, and which ones brains ought to be good enough to remember, but sometimes I would just not remember.Berners-Lee fashioned a kind of “hypertext” notebookto shape or make something, using your hands or only a few tools . Task: translate 教练把他培养成了优秀的运动员。 The

29、coach has fashioned him into a fine / excellent sportsman.fashion something from something e.g. He fashioned a box from a few old pieces of wood.fashion something into somethinge.g. Jamie could take a piece of wood and fashion it into a wonderful work of art.To add stuff that resided in someone else

30、s computer? Task: translate 真正的权力属于人民。 The real power resides in the people.to live in a particular placee.g. He spent most of his time in Thailand, where his family resided.reside in something/somebody e.g. Joes talent resides in his storytelling abilities.reside within something/somebodyif a power

31、, right etc resides in something or someone, it belongs to theme.g. Executive power resides in the President.“one had to be able to jump from software documentation to a list of people to a phone book to an organizational chart to whatever.”Task: paraphrase On the Internet one should be able to begi

32、n from ones own software file and move on to get a list of names of people one wishes to contact, and to get access to a phone book, and to get a chart showing an organization, and to obtain whatever information one wishes to get.Cobble togethere.g. The student cobbled together an essay in half an h

33、our. We cobbled together a proposal to put before the committee. Cobble sth together / up: put sth together or make sth hastily or clumsily Task: translate 如果他们不给我足够的时间，我只好粗劣地给他们做那家具。 If they dont give me enough time, I can only cobble up the furniture for them. lingua franca lgwfrk e.g. Swahili is

34、the principal lingua franca in East Africa. English is rapidly becoming the lingua franca of Asia. You should take a computer lesson and learn about the lingua franca of this age. a common language used by speakers of different languages Task: translate 越来越多的年轻人意识到英语是通行全球的语言，所以都在业余努力学习英语。 With the a

35、wareness that the English language is the lingua franca of the world, an increasing number of young people try to learn English as much as they can in their spare time. He hacked a set of rules that 1. To cut or chop with repeated and irregular blows.e.g. hacked down the trees.2. To break up the sur

36、face of (soil).3. Slang To cut or mutilate as if by hacking.e.g. The government hacked millions off the budget.政府削减了几百万元的预算 Task: translate 南方的整个树林都被砍伐了。 The whole forests in the south have been hacked down.e.g. Helen made her debut at a party when she was eighteen. The young actress made her debut

37、in the new comedy. The national edition of the newspaper debuted last summer. the first public appearance of an entertainer, sports player etc or of something new and important Task: translate 电视联播网将于明年三月首次放映她的新的连续剧。 The network will debut her new series next March.In 1991 the World Wide Web debuted

38、, instantly bringing order and clarity to the chaos that was cyberspace.In 1991 the World Wide Web debuted, instantly bringing order and clarity to the chaos that was cyberspace.Task: paraphrase In 1991 the World Wide Web made its first appearance to the world, and thereafter what used to be chaotic

39、 on the computer screen began to be orderly and clear.He took a powerful communications system that only the elite could use and turned it into a mass medium.Task: paraphrase He changed a most effective communications system (i.e., the computer) which used to be only at the disposal of the select ed

40、ucated class into a means of communications for large numbers of common people.elite: / e lit; lit/ (often derogate 常作贬义) e.g. the domination of power by a small political elite a struggle for power within the ruling elite But at every junctureat a particular, esp. important stage in a series of eve

41、nts e.g. It is very difficult at this juncture to predict the companys future. At this juncture, we can only watch how it develops and hope for healthy results. Task: Translate 我公司的总经理完全是一个以市场经济为取向的人。公司发展每到转折关头，他总是选择市场的道路。Our general manager is one who is completely oriented toward the market econom

42、y. At every critical juncture in the business development of the corporation, he would choose nothing but the market road.cash in on take advantage of or capitalize on e.g. Lets cash in on the fine weather and go out. The shop is cash in on temporary shortage by raising price. Task: Translate 欧佩克利用油

43、价暴涨大赚其钱。 OPEC cashed in on the oil boom. What was the problem that Deng Yongxin had? What e-mail did he send on the Internet? Who was the first person that responded to Dengs e-mail and what e-mail did she send out? Who was Dr. Juan Alejos? What did he offer to do to help Shao-Shao? Who was it that

44、made it possible for Yongxin and Han Dan to take Shao-Shao to the United States for treatment? What did she do? Who was Dr. Hillel Laks? What did he do to help Shao-Shao? Was he successful in his attempt? who are the angels on the Internet? Why are they called angels?Text IIExtensive Reading Questio

45、nsAngels on the InternetUseful expressionsmalformed (l. 9)ventricle (l.9)hypertension (l. 10)rivet (l. 18)congenital (l. 18)buoy (l. 34)pending (l. 40)cardiac (l. 45)pediatric (l. 45)catheterization (l. 46)pulmonary artery (l. 94)toddler (l.103)unbridled (l.115)Pedal (l. 117)Oral WorkDiscuss your pl

46、ans after graduation with your partner. You might include the following points:To inquire about agreementTo express disagreementTo express persuasionTo express preferenceTo express certainty or uncertainty Listening Comprehension Dictation A Dictation BListening KeyKeyListeningDictation AWill Comput

47、ers Replace Human Beings?We are in the computer age today. The computers are working all kinds of wonders now. They are very useful in automatic control and data processing. At the same time, computers are finding their way into the home. They seem to be so clever and can solve such complicated problems that some people think sooner or la