. Unit 4
After listening 1. An employee 2. Surfing the net
3. He acted all surprised, as if he didn’t know why the computer had died suddenly
Content questions
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 to 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 o
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-workers for company
10. She calls people, arranges 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 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 livingon a virtual life and the lat 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. Read aloud
1) Routine
2) For company
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. 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) Unemployment Externally Drug abuse Restore Fled Gym Set apart
Appointments
Vocabulary
Fill the gaps
1) Conversely 2) But then 3) Symptom 4) Spitting 5) Abusing 6) Tone 7) Took in 8) Editing
9) Have arranged 10) In sight 11) Stretched 12) Data
Rewrite the sentence
1) Smoking cigarettes jars on me
2) Finding themselves getting sucked in
3) Arranged for a technician form 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 Complete the sentence
1) The virtual online via
2) Nightmare routine any appointment arrange for 3) Cue remarks his tune Collocation
1) We came here all the way on foot
2) Private cars are not allowed on campus 3) They are on vacation in Florida
4) Many has been talking to her friend on the phone for an hour 5) Don’t worry. Lucy is always on time 6) Industrial demand on fuel is on the rise
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. Usage
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Cloze
Hard Difficult Impossible Tough Hard Easy
Text-related
1) Internet 2) Click 3) Virtual 4) Routines 5) Arrange 6) Nightmare 7) Annoying 8) Connection 9) Crawls 10) Take in 11) Spit 12) Data
13) Sucked into 14) At times 15) Flee 16) On line Theme-related
1) Companion 2) Deliver 3) Access 4) Enables 5) Customers 6) Delights 7) Provides 8) Small 9) Remote 10) Information Translation
Sentences
1) Research shows that laughter can bring a lot of health benefits 2) A slow internet connection speed is really annoying
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. 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 Passage
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. Text B
Choose the best answer 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)
C A A B D C
Translation
1) 这是一个原本安宁的家庭中唯一持续不去的不和谐音
2) 它使人们还未相识就已亲近；它不能保持秘密反而扩散秘密；而最令人担心的是，它是
撒谎人传播谎言的工具
3) 我说，他们啪嗒啪嗒“讲给”互相听的事情中，杀人的倾向或许就被忽略了，难道这不
可能吗？我说这话时尽量想做到通情达理，但不完全成功
4) 不用说，这又是一些无辜的人引出了邪恶的力量，却又不能控制的老故事的翻版。这一
次的邪恶力量是以一位来客的面貌出现，但行囊中却藏着斧头，随时可以拿出来杀人 Language practice Matching the definition 1) D 2) E 3) A 4) C 5) B 6) F 7) G 8) H
Fill the gaps with words or phrases
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1) Vehicle 2) Hooked 3) Intense 4) Worldwide 5) Overnight 6) Slipped
7) On the whole 8) Called forth 9) Outwards
10) Needless to say 11) To my knowledge 12) On top of that
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