Unit+3+The+Internet+Reading+and+Thinking 高中英语人教版（2019）必修第二册

Unit3

The

InternetReadingandThinkingchat

onlinestream

movies

and

music

usea

search

enginewritea

blog

postorder

foodplaycomputergames

paythebillsBrainstormingWhat

can

we

do

on

the

Internet?●●●Read

headlinesHeadlinesusually

includeonlykeyideasor

information

fromthe

text.They

often

do

notfollow

strict

grammar

rules,becausewritersuseas

few1.Whatdoyouthinkthetextwill

say?2.How

do

you

think

the

writer

feelsaboutthe

topic?StrongerTogether

:HowWeHaveBeenChanged

bytheInternetReadingandThinkingLookatthetitle

andpredict.words

as

possible

to

catch

theattention

of

the

readers.SubtitleMainTitleWhat

does

the

text

mainly

tell

us?Jan'slifehasbeengreatlyimprovedbytheInternet.Read

to

get

the

main

ideaWho?What?

How?Readtogetthemain

idea(Para.1)Much

has

beenwrittenaboutthewondersoftheWorld

Wide

Web.There

are

countlessarticlestellingus

howthe

Internet

has

madeourlives

moreconvenient.Weno

longer

haveto

wait

in

line

or

carry

cash

around

when

we

go

shopping.We

can

get

the

most

updatedinformation

from

large

databases.

We

can

download

software,

documents,and

imageswhenever

we

need

them(But

the

Internet

has

done

much

more

for

people

than

simply

makelife

moreconvenient.People'sliveshave

been

changed

by

online

communities

and

social

networks.Readtogetthe

main

ideaWhatdoesthetextmainly

tell

us?Jan'slifehasbeengreatlyimprovedby

theInternet.How?

onlinecommunitiesandsocialnetworksMainidea:

Jan's

life

has

been

greatly

improved

by

online

communitiesandsocialnetworks.JanTchamani,anEnglishteacher

in

Birmingham,UK,suddenly

developed

a

seriousllness

and

had

to

quit

her

job.At

age50,she

found

herself

out

of

work

and

stuck

at

homewithonlyhercomputertokeephercompany.After

awhile,she

discovered

that

surfing

the

Internet

could

help

herfeel

less

lonely

and

bored.She

could

listen

to

music,watch

films,

play

games,and

exploretheworld.She

alsojoined

an

online

groupwhere

she

couldtalk

about

her

problems

and

get

support

and

advicefrom

others.She

realisedthat

one

ofthegreatest

benefits

of

the

Internet

was

its

ability

to

remove

the

distance

that

usually

existsbetweenpeople.1.WhydidJanquit

herjob?2.Howdidthepeopleintheonlinecommunity

help

her?Readtogetthemainidea(para.2)Para2Janhasimprovedher

own

life.Shewassoinspiredbythe

peopleshe

metonlinethatshe

decided

to

start

an

IT

club

toteacholderpeople

howtousecomputers

and

the

Internet.She

and

herfriends

now

organiseeventsandcollectmoneyto

payfor

privateteachers.Many

people

have

been

helped

by

the

club.A

59-year-old

man

learnt

how

to

apply

forwork

online

and

found

a

greatjob.Now

that

heworks

and

can

take

care

of

himself,his

daughter

has

time

to

studyatuniversity.A61-year-oldwomanwhowaslivingalone

has

started

a

small

online

company

together

with

two

friends.She

no

longer

feels

lonely,and

her

company

has

becomequitesuccessful.Jan

hasstartedtakingonlineclassestolearn

more

about

howto

use

the

Internet

to

make

societybetter.She

believesthat

it

is

highly

importantto

bridgethedigitaldivideand

make

surethateveryonehasaccesstothe

Internetand

knowshowtouse

new

technology.Her

nextgoal

istostartacharitywebsiteto

raise

moneyforchildren

in

poor

countries.Para3-4Janhasimprovedotherpeople'slife.

Read

to

getthemainidea(para.3-4)Jan'slifehasbeengreatlyimprovedbytheInternet

onlinecommunities

and

social

networks,and

she

has

movedforwardtohelpotherpeoplelearntouse

the

Internet

to

improvetheirlives.Whatdoesthetextmainly

tell

us?Mainidea:Jan'slifehasbeengreatlyimprovedby

online

communitiesandsocialnetworks.Readtogetthe

main

ideaRead

and

find1.Whydidshe

startthe

IT

club?Janwassoinspiredbythepeopleshe

met

onlinethat

she

decidedtostartanITclubtoteacholderpeoplehow

to

use

computersandTheInternet.2.Whatisthe“digitaldivide”?ItisthegapbetweenthosewhohaveaccesstotheInternetand

those

who

don't,and

those

who

know

how

to

use

new

technologyandthosewhodon't.HowhasJan'slifebeenimproved?tostarta

charity

websitebridgethedigital

divideInspiredtostart

anIT

clubgotsupport

and

advicestuck

at

home

only

had

a

computer

to

keep

her

companydevelopaseriousillness

&quitherjobjoinedanonline

groupfeellonely&bored