New Horizon College English

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New Horizon College English
New Horizon College English
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UNIT 6
Do You Surf the Net?
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Contents

• Brainstorming

• Lead-in

• Games Meaning Guessing

• Watching and Discussing

• Group Work

• Debating

• Acting It Out

• Oral Assignment

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Brainstorming

• Look at the pictures of the homepages of some
  webs in
• the following pages.
• Are you familiar with them?
• What are the characteristics of them?

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Are you finished? Now look at the references to
the previous web-pages and see whether you have
guessed them correctly.
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Brainstorming
This picture is the homepage of sohu website,
through which one can browse a diversity of
news and information.
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Brainstorming
In the upper right of this picture is a friend
list of QQ, through which one can chat with
friends on line, and one can also add strangers
as friends. It is a very convenient way of
communication and making friends.
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Brainstorming
These two pictures are the homepages of online
shopping websites, through which one can choose
and purchase merchandises. By online shopping,
the items can be delivered directly to the door,
therefore it is not necessary for one to go to
the different stores by himself.
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Brainstorming
This picture is a searching engine, through which
one can search information or relevant websites
by simply inputting the key words, then the
searching engine will list out all the relevant
website pages for you. It is very quick and
efficient.
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Brainstorming
This picture is a friend-seeking website in which
you can find lots of information of males and
females, and you can contact them by e-mail or
phone. However, not all the information is
genuine, and there are inevitably traps in it.
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Lead-in
Work in groups, discuss the following questions
and then share your answers with the whole class.
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Lead-in

• How many of you have computers?
• How often do you surf on the net? Why?
• Is it convenient for you to surf on the net?
• What are the advantages of surfing on the net?
• What are the disadvantages of surfing on the net?

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Games Meaning Guessing
Now look at the internet jargons (??,??), guess
the meaning of them, and think about the
corresponding Chinese and English names of them.
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Games Meaning Guessing
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girl ??,??
pretty girl ????,????
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photo, picture ??,??
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criticize, beat ??,??
bt
girlfriend ???
gf
boyfriend ???
bf
Good bye ??
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Games Meaning Guessing

• like ??
• praise, over-praise ??
• super excellent ??
• like this ???
• like that ???
• someone who only reads others opinion, without
  offering any comment ?????????????
• ugly girl ???
• green hand/layman ??,??
• experienced/skillful net surfer ??,?????
• dont do it ??
• shocked ??,
• what ??
• the first one who follows the main theme ???????

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Watching and Discussing
Now watch two video clips about online love, then
work in groups of 3 to discuss the main idea of
the clips and offer your opinions on them.
Watch and Discuss
Watch and Discuss
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Watching and Discussing
Watch Clip 1 and discuss the questions on the
next page.
Reference 1
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Discussion Questions for Clip 1
Watching and Discussing

• Do you think the man and the woman in the movie
  clip should correspond with each other when both
  of them have their own families? Is their
  relation against marriage ethics (??)? Why or why
  not?
• Do you support online love, why or why not?

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Guessing about Clip 2
Watching and Discussing

• Make a prediction of the final result of the
  film. Then
• tell your partners about your ending of the
  story.
• Now watch the second clip to see if you have
  made the correct guess.

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Watching and Discussing
Reference 2
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Watching and Discussing
Reference to Clip 1
The woman and the man, both of them have husband
and wife. In the morning, their life partner
leaves home for work. Super-facially
speaking, they have an intimate relation with
their life partner, but actually, their hearts
are hooked to the internet. They tried to
suppress their impatience and anxiety. Once
they are home alone, they connect the internet
right away to check their email box, then they
begin to correspond with each other on line.
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Watching and Discussing
Reference to Clip 2
In the end, the man walks to the woman. They hold
each other and express their love to each other.
In one word, they are together.

• Questions for reflection
• Is this ending the same as the ending of your
  story?
• Does the ending bring about any social problems?
• Have a further discussion with your partners.

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Group Work

• Design a website of campus
• Work in groups of 3 or 4 students, try to set up
  a campus website.
• Keep the following questions in your mind while
  discussing. In the
• end, there will be competition to see whose
  website is the best.
• What sections should be included?
• Would it be a comprehensive website, or a
  professional one?
• How can you reach a high click rate?
• How much is your budget?
• Where can you get the investment?
• Design a new logo for your website.

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Debating
The whole class is divided into two sides to
debate. One side is supposed to support the
provided idea, whereas the other side is supposed
to oppose it. In the debate, each side must
provide concrete and convincing evidences to
support your argument and attack your opponents
idea. The teacher will serve as an umpire (??),
and (s)he must maintain justice in the judgment.
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Debating
Topic

Whether surfing on the web should be prohibited
to college students?
Side A Surfing on the web should be prohibited
to college students. Side B Surfing on the web
should not be prohibited to college students.
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Debating
References
For 1. Students can get referential
knowledge from webs. 2. There are online classes
for students to attend. 3. It is money-saving to
download useful materials com-pared with
purchasing books from bookstores. 4. The
materials and information are updated very soon,
so the students can benefit from the latest. 5.
Students can take online tests.
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Debating
References
For 6. Students can consult online
famous teachers about diverse problems they
encountered in study and life, which are
inaccessible and infeasible in real life. 7. One
can purchase books from net-stores, getting more
discount, faster delivery and good service. 8.
One can talk with friends online by QQ or MSN.
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Debating
References
Against

• Many students get addicted to online games.
• There are many distractions on the web, some of
  which are not healthy, containing sexually and
  violently filthy content.
• There are some traps in QQ chatting. Since
  students lack social experience, they cannot
  differentiate truth from the false,
  consequently they can be easily
  entrapped.

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Debating
References
Against

• 4. If students spend too much time in virtual
  world
• communicating, they will get sunk in the
  illusive
• world, and they do not know how to
  communicate
• with genuine people in the real world.
• 5. The quality of referential materials cannot be
  
• guaranteed.

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Acting It Out
Situation 1 Father and Son
The son wants to buy a computer to surf on the
net, but father refuses. Please think about
some reasons for refusing and then have a role
play. There are some tips for your reference on
the next page.
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Acting It Out
Tips for Situation One

• Fathers perspective
• expensive
• a waste of time
• form bad habit
• seemingly get to know the world, but in fact get
• disconnected with real life around you

• Sons Perspective
• a digital world and information age we are
  living in
• quick to get information from the internet
• an easy access to knowledge learning
• easy to download useful software and materials
• convenient to communicate with friends

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Acting It Out
Situation 2 Student A and B
Student As computer is broken down. s/he
turns to student B for help. Student A should
explain the details of the problem. Student B
is supposed to check out what is the cause of
the problem and offers corresponding solutions.

• Possible problems
• web virus attack
• mechanical problems with CPU
• electrical fan doesnt work

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Oral Assignment
Prepare for a presentation and role-play
Collect some information about western holidays
and festivals, list the names of them, and
note down how western people spend their
holidays and how they celebrate their
festivals.
In the next class, you are supposed to give a
presentation of western holiday and Festival
traditions, and make groups to act out a
mini-play related to a specific western festival.
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Nice being with you for the session
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