Unit4Book2.ppt

1、NBC (the National Broadcasting Company):,The first of the original three US national broadcasting companies. It was established in 1926 by Radio Corporation of America as two groups of radio stations. The first NBC television channel opened in 1940. Dateline of NBC: a weekly news program produced by

2、 NBC (National Broadcasting Company) since 1992. The company is the first of the original three US national broadcasting companies. Its now owned by General Electric.,PBS (the Public Broadcasting Service):,It is a television system that broadcasts programs to an association of local stations which u

3、se no television advertisements and do not make a profit. It was established by the Public Broadcasting Act and is supported by money from the US government, large companies and the public. PBS is known for the high quality of its programs.,Frontline of PBS a news program produced by PBS (the Public

4、 Broadcasting Service), which in the US is a television system that broadcasts programs to an association of local stations which use no television advertisements and do not make a profit.,ABC (the American Broadcasting Company),It is one of the original three major television networks in America. I

5、t began in 1943 as the Blue Network of six radio stations. ABC is now owned by the Walt Disney Company. Nightline of ABC: an ABC News program in the night, recapping of the days news from Monday through Thursday. ABC, the American Broadcasting Company, is one of the original three major television n

6、etworks in America. It began in 1943 as the Blue Network of six radio stations. ABC is now owned by the Walt Disney Company.,CNN: Cable News Network, advertising-supported cable television network founded in 1980 by American businessman Ted Turner. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, CNN was the firs

7、t 24-hour television network devoted entirely to news broadcasts.,IV key words and structures,virtual , interpret , stretch , submit , at times , take in , symptom , conversely , confront , emotional , rely on , abuse , restore They are of no use to me. I find myself sucked in by soap operas. I find

8、 myself attacking everyone in sight.,V. Get the main idea of each section,Section I (paras. 2-3) Section II (paras. 1,4-10,13) Section III (para. 11) Section IV (para. 12),Text organization,Section I: Description of the authors virtual life. Section II: How she feels about it after staying on the Ne

9、t for a while. Section III: What she does in trying to return to the real world Section IV: How she feels about the real day-to-day world.,Along the way, she compares the digital world to the “real” world, acknowledging the attractions of the electronic dimension. (foreword)compare to: 作比较；比喻1). How

10、ard James had felt pain before, but nothing to compare to the agony he felt from his shattered leg. 2). 诗人一直把睡眠比作死亡。 Poets have compared sleep to death.,virtual: 1) created and existing only in a computereg. Many boys spend too much time escaping from reality into the virtual world 2) being or actin

11、g as what is described, but not accepted as such in name or officiallyeg. Our deputy manager is the virtual head of the business.,accent (L2): individual, local or national way of pronouncing 口音，腔调a Cockney accent 伦敦东区的口音speaking English with a foreign accent 说英语带外国强调 tone (L3): sound, esp with refe

12、rence to its quality, pitch, duration, feeling etc音调，音质，语调，语气the sweet tone of the violinspeak in an angry tone dialect: 方言,Stretch V. but now it has become a way of escaping from the outside world, and a kind of life without discipline.,And once you start replacing real human contact with cyber-int

13、eraction, coming back out of the cave can be quite difficult.(L25)paraphrase: and once you interact with people with cyber instead of real human contact and are used to that way of interaction, you live like staying in a cave, and to step out of such situation will be very hard. “cave” here refers t

14、o the isolated life the virtual world.,jar (L33): have a harsh or an unpleasant effect (used in the pattern: jar sth, jar on sb/sth) 刺激e.g.: The loud bang jarred my nerves. Her squeaky voice jarred on me.,I find myself sucked in by soap operas, or needing to keep up with the latest news and the weat

15、her.(L33-35)keep up with: learn about or be aware of eg: He did not bother to keep up with the news. His only interest was to study., even when they are of no possible use to me. (L36-37) pay attention to the structure: be of + Ne.g.: you are of a soldier.be of use, be of good, be of benefitbe of im

16、portanceDo the structure exercise on P114,Work moves into the background. (L37) Paraphrase: Work becomes secondary to me. I am bad-tempered, and easily angered. (L39-40)Paraphrase: I am easily short with others. (be short with sb comes from unit three),I dont realize that I am projecting until after

17、 I have been embarrassed by someone who politely points out that I have attacked her for agreeing with me.(L42-44) project: imagine that others have (the same feelings, usu, unpleasant ones) as you 投射，映射over-projector,cue (L46): anything that serves as a signal about what to do or say (followed by t

18、o / for)eg. When I nod my head, that is your cue to give flowers to him.routine (L49): a fixed and regular way of doing thingse.g.: The job is really just a dull series of fairly routine tasks. I do not think you will take it .,restore: bring back to a former condition (used in the pattern：restore s

19、th; restore sb to sth),Winning three straight games restored their confidence. 地震之后，日本迅速的恢复了正常的生活秩序。 Normal way of life was restored shortly after the earthquake in Japan.,flee (L56): run away (from) (used in the pattern: flee from/to; flee someplace)e.g. The customers fled from the bank when the al

20、arm sounded. Many Libyan refugees have fled to other countries.,interview (L57): n/v1) a meeting at which a journalist asks sb. questions in order to find out their newse.g. Radio interviews are generally more relaxed than television ones.,2) a formal meeting at which sb. applying for a job is asked

21、 questions, as a way of judging how suitable they aree.g. She has had a couple of job interviews, but no offers.,But sometimes being face to face is too much.(L60)paraphrase: On occasions, it is unbearable to stay with others face to face.,VI Supplementary Vocabulary,cyber-; virtual; net-; web-; e-

22、+ noun virtual office, virtual pet, cyber-interaction, cyberculture, cybernut (网虫), cyberpet (电子宠物), cyberspace, netwriter, nethead (网虫), webmaster (网站维护者), Web TV (网络电视), E-book, E-shopper, e-card, e-journal, e-cash,cyber-; virtual; net-; web-; e- + verb cybersurf, netsurf, websurf, email,cyber-; virtual; net-; web-; e- 3. + suffix cyberia (网络世界), cyberian (网络用户), cyberphobia (电脑恐惧症; globaphobia全球化恐惧症, claustrop