全新版大学英语综合教程第二册Unit4.ppt

1、College English (New Edition) Integrated Course 1,Unit 4 The Virtual World,Text A A Virtual Life,Pre-reading Tasks While-reading Tasks Post-reading Tasks Assignments,Questions on the poem,Tasks,Pre-reading Tasks,Movie,Warm-up Questions,Pair Work,Questions on the poem Surfing the Internet -What was t

2、he hero doing when his boss came in? (Surfing the Internet) -How did he act in front of his boss? (He pretended to be surprised at the computer which had crashed “unexpectedly”).,Pre-reading Tasks,Lets watch a fragment of a movie (The Matrix) with 3 questions. Questions: What is the Matrix? What is

3、a computer loading program? Is the loading program they talk about similar to what you know in common sense? The movie is a science fiction. Do you think it will come true in the future?,Pre-reading Tasks,Pre-reading Tasks,Pair Work Please describe the pictures and show their ideas on them.,梦话西游,War

4、m-up Questions： 1) What are the antonyms of “Virtual world” and “Virtual life? (real world, real life) 2) What are synonyms for Virtual world? (cyberspace, cyberia，etherworld，virtual reality，Internet world, net world, etc.),Pre-reading Tasks,Warm-up Questions： 3) What can people do on the Internet?

5、(Communicating with people，shopping, reading, entertainment, education, working, hacking, publishing, etc.) 4) What do you usually do on the Internet, and what websites do you usually visit? Some famous websites： ,Pre-reading Tasks,Globe Reading,Detailed Reading,Text Organization,Questions about the

6、 text,the Key Language Points,Future Understanding,While-reading Tasks,1 Text Organization Try to complete the Text Organization Exercise by simply reading the first sentence of each paragraph in Text A.,Globe Reading,Description of the authors virtual life,Her feeling about the virtual life,Her eff

7、ort of returning to the real world and her feeling about the real world.,Questions about the text： What is the main idea of Text A? (Despite the many negative effects of virtual life, the author prefers it to real life.) What are the roles of the first paragraph and the last?,Globe Reading,(The firs

8、t paragraph tells about the consequences of living a virtual life and the last tells about the authors return to it. Together, they show us the dilemma people at present are in.Because of modern technology，we have a choice between a virtual life and real life，but we find both unsatisfactoryThe autho

9、r，however, finally has to choose the former despite its negative effects.),Globe Reading,Further Understanding： 1) Read part I carefully and answer the following questions: What did the author do three years ago and what is she doing now? (She worked as a TV producer, and communicates with colleague

10、s on Internet mailing lists.) How does the author manage her daily life? (She can order food, and manage her money, love and work on the Net.),Globe Reading,Further Understanding： 2) For part II，we have some multiple-choice questions. Choose the best answer. How does she feel when she is suddenly co

11、nfronted with people in the real world? Shy, angry, cautious or excited? How does the author behave on 1ine? Friendly，humorous, bad-tempered or talkative?,Globe Reading,Further Understanding： Why does the author fight her boyfriend on the Net sometimes? ABecause they havent seen each other for a lon

12、g time BBecause the typed dialogue lacks emotional cues and she misinterprets it CBecause he doesnt love her any longer. DBecause he doesnt send e-mails to her frequently.,Globe Reading,Further Understanding： What does she think daily routine is? ADressing for work BWork with colleagues at office CS

13、1eeping normal hours DAll the above (3 B 4 D),Globe Reading,Further Understanding： For part III，decide whether the following sentences are true or false. AThe author tries to at least get to the gym in order to keep fit BAuthor can get used to the real world well CAuthor cant bear her friends 1aught

14、er and the noise in the restaurant DAuthor cant make a choice between real world and virtual one,Globe Reading,The key language points: 1) virtual： a. (1) created and existing only in a compute E.g. virtual world，virtual life Some people spend too much time escaping from reality into the virtual wor

15、ld. (2) factual E.g. The woman was the virtual head of the family. War in the region looks like a virtual certainty.,Detailed Reading,My boy friends Liverpool accent . it would be. What does the sentence imply? It implies that the author has become more familiar with the virtual world than the real

16、world.,Detailed Reading,2) interpret：v. (1) understand E.g. The students interpreted the new regulation as a restriction of their rights. (2) give the meaning of, explain E.g. This dream can be interpreted in several different ways. (3) translate what is said in one language into another E.g. We cou

17、ldnt speak Spanish so we had to ask the guide to interpret.,Detailed Reading,3) stretch: v. (cause to) become longer, wider，etcwithout breaking E.g. The boy stretched a rubber band to its full extent. 4) submit: vt. (1) give (sth) to sbso that it may be formally considered (followed by to) E.g. You

18、should submit your reports to the committee (2) obey E.g. She submitted to her parents decision at last.,Detailed Reading,5) email (1) n. electronic mail E.g. send/receive an email，keep in touch with friends via/by email (2)vt. Send an email to E.g. I will email you the instant I get the news. 6) co

19、mmunicate: vi. (followed by with) E.g. Nowadays people usually communicate with each other by email. They have been divorced for years and never communicate with each other.,Detailed Reading,7) at times：sometimes E.g. At times I go out to the beach. At times she wishes she had grown up. 8) take in:

20、(1) absorb (sth.) into the body by breathing or swallowing E.g. take in heat and light/oxygen (2) understand E.g. I couldnt take in what he said at all.,Detailed Reading,9) on line：connected to or controlled by a computer (network) E.g. Our system is to the main computer. Children on line chatted ha

21、ppily. 10) symptom：n. (1) sign of the existence of sth. bad E.g. High interest rates are a symptom of a weak economy. (2) change in the body that indicates an illness E.g. Cancer doesnt show a symptom in the early stages.,Detailed Reading,11)nightmare：n. a terrifying dream E.g. Watching horror films

22、 gives me nightmares. We have become the Net critics worst nightmares. Paraphrase the sentence. We have got into a situation that critics of the Net describe as most dreadful.,Detailed Reading,And once you start.can be quite difficult. What does “cyber-interaction mean? “cyber” is a prefix which mea

23、ns “of the computer network”. “cyber-interaction” means “the contact via the computer network” What does “cave” here refer to? “cave” here refers figuratively to the isolated life of the virtual world.,Detailed Reading,12) conversely：adv. in a way that is opposite to sth E.g. You can accept the invi

24、tation，or conversely refuse it converse: adj. but then，she studied harder than they did. 14) jar: v. have a harsh or an unpleasant effect (used in the pattern：jar sth., jar on sb./sth.) E.g. The loud bang jarred my nerves. Her sharp voice jarred on me.,Detailed Reading,15) keep up with：learn about o

25、r be aware of; move at the same rate as E.g. Keep up with the changes in fashion He doesnt want to keep up with the news. His only concern was to study. Give Chinese equivalents for Dateline, Frontline, Nightline, CNN, and New York 1“ 16) in sight：visible; likely to come soon E.g. Peace is now in si

26、ght. Victory is in sight In the early morning，there wasnt anyone in sight on campus.,Detailed Reading,17) remark: n. things said or written as a comment. v. speak E.g. Dont make rude remarks onabout their appearances She remarked that it was getting warmer and warmer. 18) emotional: adj. of the emot

27、ions; having emotions that are easily excited E.g. seek emotional support, handle emotional problems, emotional music,Detailed Reading,When Im in this state. Why does the author misinterpret her boyfriends intention? Because the typed dialogue lacks the emotion that is expressed and implied in the r

28、eal dialogue.,Detailed Reading,19) rely on/upon: depend confidently on, put trust in Dictation: Some children relied heavily on the advice of their parents. E.g. I rely on her to pay back the money. You may rely on it that hell come to meet you. 20) abuse： n. wrong or bad use or treatment of sth.sb.

29、 v. use badly, treat cruelly E.g. He abused my confidence,Detailed Reading,21) arrange: vt. Prepare or plan (used in the pattern：arrange sth, arrange to do sth., arrange for sb.sth. to do sth) E.g. arrange meetingmarriage Lets arrange to have a dinner together some time before graduation. I could ar

30、range for you to come along with us if you like.,Detailed Reading,22) flee: v. run away (from) (used in the pattern：flee fromto，flee someplace) E.g. flee (from) the houseresponsibility The refugees have fled to other countries I arrange interviews for stories- What does “story here refer to? It refe

31、rs to any descriptive article in a newspaper or an event，a situation, etc. suitable for such an article.,Detailed Reading,23) interview: n. (1) a meeting at which a journalist asks sb. questions in order to find out their news. E.g. Television/radio interview, give an interview (2) a formal meeting

32、at which sb，applying for a job is shown questions, as a way of judging how suitable they are. E.g. interview for a job/job interview v. E.g. She was interviewed by reporters about her marriage.,Detailed Reading,24) appointment: n. (l) an arrangement to meet or visit sb. at a particular time. E.g. I

33、made an appointment with/to see the doctor at 3 oclock. (2) to give a post officially to sb E.g. the appointment of Jane as chairmen,Detailed Reading,Computer-related vocabulary item Please scan Text A and find out vocabulary items related to computers and the Internet. (They are：virtual 1ife，the ne

34、t，telecommuter, email，internet mailing lists， computer-assisted， data ，1ink,cyber-interaction，on line, system crash，click on the modem，connection，password),Post-reading Tasks,The most dynamic combining forms / prefixes for new computer-and Internet-related vocabulary in English are cyber-, virtual,

35、Net- (net-), Web-(web-), and E-(e-). New English vocabulary items derived from them usually appear in the following forms:,Post-reading Tasks,1 combining forms/ prefixes + noun : this is the most common type, e.g. virtual life （虚拟生活），virtual world （虚拟世界），virtual community （虚拟社区）； cyber interaction （网络互动）， cybernut （网虫）， cyberpet（电子宠物）， cyberspace（网络空间），netwriter（发送电子邮件的人），nethead（网