Unit 4 The Virtual World

1. Unit 4 The Virtual World

2. Teaching Objectives Students will be able to: • Grasp the main idea and structure of the text; • Learn some rules of interpreting new vocabulary and usage related to computers and the Internet in English; • Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; • Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit . www.brainybetty.com

3. Teaching Set-up • Text A Pre-reading: Discussion About the Title Background Information While-reading: Main Idea Text Organization Global Reading www.brainybetty.com

4. Language Points Related Exercises Post-reading: Computer-related Vocabulary Items Useful Expressions Mock Debate • Text B Language Points • Assignments www.brainybetty.com

5. Discussion 1.What do people usually do on line? 2. What web sources interest you most? • What do you think are the differences between the web sources and the normal media ones (such as news in the newspaper, on television and over radio)? www.brainybetty.com

6. About the Title 1. What does the title mean? 2. Try to find the synonyms and antonyms for “virtual life”. Synonyms: cyberspace, cyberia, net world, virtual reality, virtual existence Antonyms: real life, real world, actual world, reality www.brainybetty.com

7. Word-web Scan Text A to find out vocabulary items related to computer and the Internet. link virtual life L19 Title cyber-interaction L25 on the net L1 on line L39 telecommuter L8 system crash email L47 L9 click on the modem L64 Internet mailing lists L9-10 connection L64 computer-assisted L10-11 password L65 L18 data www.brainybetty.com

8. Background Information SOHO -- Small-Office/Home-Office 1) What do you guess is the meaning of SOHO in information technology? 2) What kind of people do you think belong to the group of SOHO? www.brainybetty.com

9. In information technology, SOHO is a term for the small office or home office environment and business culture. A number of organizations, businesses, and publications now exist to support people who work or have businesses in this environment. These people needn’t go to the office every day. They work at home without worrying about their dress and the strict rules of the company. The term “virtual office” is sometimes used as a synonym. www.brainybetty.com

10. Writers, program designers, ad-agents, etc., all belong to the group of SOHO. Obviously, the author of Text A is a member of them. www.brainybetty.com

11. Main Idea Despite the many negative effects of virtual life, the author prefers it to real life. www.brainybetty.com

12. Text Organization Description of the author’s virtual life. Her feeling about the virtual life. Her effort of returning to the real world and her feeling about the real world. www.brainybetty.com

13. Global Reading Skim the text and find: 1. What does the author do in her virtual life? 2. How does she feel about the virtual world? 3. What does she doto return to the real world? 4. How does she feel about the real world? 5. Which does she prefer, the virtual life or the real life? www.brainybetty.com

14. Language Points 1. virtual: 1) created and existing only in a computer: I can visit a ~ store and put what I want in my basket at the click of a mouse button. Some people spend too much time escaping from reality into the ~ world conjured up on their computer screens. ` 2) being or acting as what is described, but not accepted as such in name or officially: Our deputy manager is the ~ head of the business. www.brainybetty.com

15. 2. interpret: 1) understand: They worry that students may ~ the new regulations as a restriction of their rights. She ~s the dream as an unconscious desire to be young again. 2) explain: How do you ~ his refusal to see us? 3) translate: Could you ~ for me? www.brainybetty.com

16. 3. stretch: (cause to) become longer, wider, etc., without breaking The child ~ed the rubber band to its full extent. The meeting ~ed over 3 hours. The cornfield ~ed for miles. ~ yourself / ~ her neck to see what was going on / ~ out a friendly hand to sb. www.brainybetty.com

17. 4. take in 1) receive, admit 2) see at a glance; see at once understand make (clothes) narrower 3) 3) 4) 5) deceive 6) include The dress was too big, so I took it in. 4 I didn’t take in what you were saying. 3 She took in every details of the other woman’s clothes. 2 Do you mean we should get rid of the stale and take in the fresh? 1 Don’t be taken in by her promises. 5 This is the total cost of the trip, taking in everything. 6 www.brainybetty.com

18. take apart take back take down take for take off take on take out take over take up take after 拆开 收回（所说的或所写的事） 拿下，放下 把……视作；误认为 脱掉（衣服等）；起飞 从事；开始对付 取出；弄走 接管 举起；开始从事 仿效，跟随；相像，在相貌、 脾气或性格上相似 Collocation: www.brainybetty.com

19. 5. arrange: prepare or plan (usu.used in the pattern: arrange to do sth. / arrange for sb./sth. to do sth. ) I’ve ~d for my secretary to meet you at the airport. Let’s ~ to have a dinner together some time before we graduate. I have ~d for a taxi to pick us up at 8:00 a.m. www.brainybetty.com

20. Sentence Structure Read Paras 4~10 and work in pairs to find out consequences of “my” virtual life. Use the “find oneself + adj./past participle/present participle” structure when summing up the consequences. Models: I find myself shyer, more cautious, more anxious. I find myself sucked in by soap operas. I find myself attacking everyone in sight. www.brainybetty.com

21. Computer-related Vocabulary Items Combining forms & prefixes: cyber- virtual Net- (net-) Web- (web-) E- (e-) 网络的 虚拟的 网 网 电子的 www.brainybetty.com

22. netwriter (发送电子邮件的人) webmaster (网站维护者) web page (网页) website (网站) web TV (网络电视机) E-book (电子书籍) E-shopper (网上购物者) e-card (电子贺卡) e(-)mail (电子邮件) e-journal (电子杂志) e-business (电子商务) e-cash (电子货币) e-commerce (电子商务) virtual life (虚拟生活) virtual reality (虚拟现实) virtual world (虚拟世界) virtual office (虚拟办公室) virtual pet (虚拟宠物) virtual community (虚拟社区) cyber-interaction (网络互动) cyberculture (网络文化) cyberpet (电子宠物) cyberspace (网络空间) cybernut/ nethead (网虫) a.Combining forms/prefixes + noun (The most common type): www.brainybetty.com

23. b.Combining forms/prefixes + verb: cybersurf (网络漫游) netsurf (网络漫游) websurf (网络漫游) email (发送电子邮件) c. Words like cyber, net, etc. + suffix: cyberian (cyber+ian 网络用户) cyberphobia (cyber+phobia 电脑恐惧) cybernaut (cyber+naut 网络用户) netter (net+er 网民) webify (web+fy 使万维网化) cyberize (cyber+ize 使联网) www.brainybetty.com

24. d. Clipped word （缩略词，截短词） : cyberdoc (cyber+doctor 网络医生) Netcast (Net+broadcast 网络播放) Netiquette (Net+etiquette 网规) Netizen (Net+citizen 网民) Netpreneur (Net+entrepreneur 网络企业) Webcam（Web+camera 网络摄像机） Webcasting (Web+broadcasting 网络播放） Webliography（Web+bibliogrpahy 网络书目) Webnomics (Web+economics 网络经济） Webzine (Web+magazine 网络杂志) e-tailing (electronic+retailing 电子零售) e-zine (electronic+magazine 电子杂志) www.brainybetty.com

25. Word Completion • Complete the words with the help of the definitions given. s ______ become longer, wider, etc. e ______ having or seeming to have no end a ______ a strong feeling of dislike a ______ a particular way of considering an issue m _____ understand wrongly www.brainybetty.com

26. r ______ depend confidently; put trust in a ______ wrong or excessive use r ______ bring back to a former condition i ______ too bad to be endured www.brainybetty.com

27. Useful Expressions 一周中的最好时光 投稿 有时 对…感到厌恶 社交方式 缺乏自律 网络交际 面对 穿着得体 a highlight of the week submit articles at times feel an aversion to forms of socializing a lack of self-discipline cyber-interaction be confronted with be dressed appropriately www.brainybetty.com

28. 坏脾气 在此状态下 日常事务 依赖 长期失业 吸毒 恢复平衡 将…与…区分开 面对面 找借口 bad temper in this state daily routine rely on long-term unemployment drug abuse restore balance set apart … from … face to face make an excuse www.brainybetty.com

29. Mock Debate • Suppose your parents think you and your brother/sister are spending too much time on the Internet, neglecting your schoolwork and normal daily life, and isolating yourselves from the real world. You want to convince them that your time on the Internet is not wasted, and the Internet has in no way isolated you from the real world. www.brainybetty.com

30. Topic: The Internet Will Isolate Us From One Another www.brainybetty.com

31. Text BWords and Phrases 1. on top of: • in addition to : ~ his financial problem, his wife left him. 2) covering, above: The bike fell ~ me. 3) very close to紧挨着: We are ~each other on the bus. 4) in control of: I try to stay ~ things. 5) on top of the world: very happy and satisfied Everything was working smoothly and I felt ~. www.brainybetty.com

32. 2. to my knowledge: as far as I know He has been there several times ~. 3. call forth: The old song called forth my happy memories. www.brainybetty.com

33. Writing Strategy — Inductive Generalization (P.125) What is induction? Example www.brainybetty.com

34. In developing a paragraph by means of the inductive generalization, the writer presents particular instances of a like kind and leads them into valid generalization which serves as his topic sentences. Thus, in the inductive pattern, the topic sentence is likely to appear late in the paragraph, often at the end. The result may be referred to as a periodic paragraph, which, like a periodic sentence, cannot be considered structurally complete at any point before the end. www.brainybetty.com

35. Example As an early-morning pastime, Susie, my tortoise-colored kitten, would frequent the utility room, swing open the small metal door on the gas heater, and peer at the mechanism inside. During the daytime her favorite toy was not the usual ball of the yarn, but a small musical top. And late at night, when there was sometimes a gentle tapping in the study next to my bedroom, the cause proved the same: in the darkness a soft little paw was playing feline rhythms on the key of my typewriter. For a kitten, Susie had an unusual interest in mechanical things. www.brainybetty.com

36. 1. What is the conclusion? 2. How does the author draw this conclusion? 3. Analyze Text A and explain how the author uses the technique of induction. • For a kitten, Susie had an unusual interest in mechanical things. • By three examples of the kitten’s interest. www.brainybetty.com

37. Proverbs and Quotations 1. Lack of work brings a thousand diseases. 一闲生百病。 2. Time and tide wait for no man. 时光如流水，岁月不待人。 3. Don’t burn the candle at both ends. 蜡烛不可两头点。（即：不要过度操劳。） 4. People need to know one another to be at their honest best. --Bobbins Staca, British writer 人们需要相互了解才能达到最诚实的境界。 --英国作家 R. 斯达卡 www.brainybetty.com

38. 5. When one loves one’s art no service seems too hard. --O. Henry, American novelist 一旦热爱自己的工作, 什么奉献也不难。 --美国小说家 欧.亨利 6. No matter how strong you are, how notable your attainments, you have enduring significance only in your relationship to others. --Ziegler Edward, American writer 不管你有多么强大, 你的成就多么辉煌, 只有保持 你与他人之间的关系, 这一切才会有持久的意义。 --美国作家 Z.爱德华 www.brainybetty.com

39. Writing Assignment Write a composition entitledInternet － Two-edged Swordbased on the following outline (no less than 150 words). 1) 因特网的功绩 2) 因特网的弊端 3) 你的看法 www.brainybetty.com

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