Unit4 The Virtual World Part II Reading Task
Comprehension Content Question Pair Work
1. She used to be a television producer, but now she is a writer.
2. She writes and edits articles online, submits them via email, and
communicates with colleagues via the Internet, too.
3. She could stay computer-assisted at home for weeks, going out only t get mail,
newspapers and groceries.
4. They feel as if they had become one with the computer, and life seems to be
unreal.
5. That people who grew used to a virtual life would feel an aversion to outside
forms of socializing.
6. She gets overexcited, speaks too much, and interrupts others.
7. She is bad-tempered, easily angered, and attacks everyone in sight, all
because she has long become separated from others and lacks emotional face-to-face exchanges with people.
8. She fights her boyfriend, misinterpreting his intentions because of the lack of
emotional cues given by their typed dialogue. 9. Because we rely on co-works for company.
10. She calls people, arrangers to meet the few friends remaining in the City,
gets to the gym, arranges interviews for stories, doctor’s appointments---anything to get her out of the house and connected with others.
11. No, she doesn’t feel happy. She feels being face to face is intolerable.
12. She makes her excuses and flees, re-enters her apartment, runs to the
computer, clicks on the modem, and disappears into the virtual world again.
Text Organization Working On Your Own
1.
1. 2-3
2. 1,4-10,13 3. 11 4. 12 2.
The first paragraph describes the consequences of living a virtual life and the last tells of the author’s escape back into it. Together, they bring out the
dilemma people at present are in: Because of modern technology, we have a choice between a virtual life and real life, but find both unsatisfactory.
Language Sense Enhancement
1.
(1) routine
(2) for company (3) unemployment (4) externally
(5) drug abuse (6) restore (7) fled (8) gym
(9) set apart
(10) appointments
Vocabulary I
1.
1) conversely 5) abusing 9) have arranged 2) but then 6) tone 10) in sight 3) symptom 7) took; in 11) stretched 4) spitting 8) editing 12) data 2.
1) smoking cigarettes jars on me. 2) find themselves getting sucked in.
3) has arranged for a technician from the computer store to check and
repair it.
4) fled their country to avoid military service/fled to other countries to avoid
military service.
5) restore people’s confidence in it. 3.
1) the virtual; on line; via
2) nightmare; routine; any appointment; arrange for 3) cue; remarks; his tune
II. Collocation
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
We came here all the way on foot.
Private cars are not allowed on campus. They are on vacation in Florida.
Mary has been talking to her friend on the phone for an hour. Don’t worry, Lucy is always on time. Industrial demand on fuel is on the rise.
III. Usage
1. 2. 3. 4.
hard difficult impossible tough
5. hard 6. easy
Comprehensive Exercises I.
cloze
(7) annoying (8) connection (9) crawls (10) take in (11) spit (12) data (5) customers (6) delights (7) provides (8) small
(13) sucked into (14) At times (15) flee (16) on line
1.
(1) Internet (2) click (3) virtual (4) routines (5) arrange (6) nightmare 2.
(1) companion (2) deliver (3) access (4) enables
(9) remote
(10) information
II. Translation
1.
1) Research shows that laughter can bring a lot of health benefits. 2) A slow Internet connection speed is really annoying.
3) As the law stands, helping someone commit suicide is a crime.
4) In her report, Mary tries to interpret the data from a completely different
angle.
5) Sue is a girl of great talent. Her amazing memory sets her apart from her
classmates.
2.
Perhaps you envy me for being able to work from home on the computer. I agree that the Internet has made my job a lot easier. I can write, submit and edit articles via email, chat with my colleagues on line and discuss work with my boss. With a click of the mouse, I can get all the data I need and keep up with the latest news. But then, communicating through the Net can be frustrating at times. The system may crash. Worse still, without the emotional cues of face-to-face communication, the typed words sometimes seem difficult to interpret.
Unit5 Overcoming Obstacles
Part II Reading Task
Comprehension
Content Question Pair Work
1. Because the pole was set at 17 feet which was three inches higher than his
personal best.
2. Because pole-vaulting combines the grace of a gymnast with the strength of a
body builder.
3. His childhood dream was to fly. His mother read him numerous stories about
flying when he was growing up.
4. Because he believed in hard work and sweat. His motto: If you want
something, work for it!
5. Michael's mother wished he could relax a bit more and be that \
dreaming\father about this, but his dad quickly interrupted, smiled and said, \want something, work for it!\
6. He began a very careful training program.
7. He seemed unaware of the fact that he had just beaten his personal best by
three inches. He was very calm.
8. He began to feel nervous when the bar was set at nine inches higher than his
personal best.
9. What his mother had taught him about how to deal with tension or anxiety
helped him overcome his nervousness.
10. The singing of some distant birds in flight made him associate his final jump
with his childhood dream.
11. He could imagine the smile on his mother’s face. He thought his father was
probably smiling too, even laughing. However, in fact, his father hugged his wife and cried like a baby in her arms. 12. Because he was blind.
Text Organization Working On Your Own
1.
Part One: Michael faced the most challenging competition in his pole-vaulting
career.
Part Two: Michael’s childhood was marked with dreams and tough training. Part Three: Michael topped his personal best, won the championship and set a
new world record.
2.
(1) It also has the element of flying, and the thought of flying as high as a
two-story building is a mere fantasy to anyone watching such an event. As long as Michael could remember he had always dreamed of flying. (2) All of Michael’s vaults today seemed to be the reward for his hard work.
Language Sense Enhancement
1.
(1) startled (2) bale of hay (3) off
(4) intensity
(5) shaking
tension (6) tense
(7) description
the
(8) out of nowhere (9) pictured (10) scared
Vocabulary I
1.
1) startled 6) vain 11) In my mind’s 2) mere 7) On the occasion eye 3) motion 8) anxiety 12) recurring 4) sweating 9) emotions 5) stretched out 10) ashamed of 2.
1) coincides with her husband’s.
2) sends the prices soaring/results in the soaring of prices. 3) of alternate sunshine and rain.
4) have been his lifelong passions, although he studied economics at
university.
5) Tension came over her 3.
1) media; dedication to; grace
2) his competitors; in excitement; hug him; congratulate him on 3) emotions; numerous; intensity; passion for
II. Collocation
1. Mike, a Green, made the suggestion that a large park be built near the
community.
2. In a letter to his daughter, Mr. Smith expressed his wish that she (should)
continue her education to acquire still another degree.
3. There is no reason to hold the belief that humans have no direct moral
responsibility to safeguard the welfare of animals.
4. Children need to feel safe about the world they grow up in, and it is unwise
to give them the idea that everything they come into contact with might be a threat.
5. Anxiety can result from the notion that life has not treated us fairly. 6. Nobody believed his claim that he was innocent.
III. Words with Multiple Meanings
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