A Virtual Life

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A Virtual Life

• COLLEGE ENGLISH
• BOOK TWO
• UNIT FOUR

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Unit 4 A Virtual Life

• I. New Computer-and-Internet-
• related Vocabulary
• II. New Words and Expressions of
• Text A
• III. Vocabulary Test of Unit 4
• IV. Cultural Notes of Text A
• V. Text Organization and Analysis
• VI. Translation
• VII. Essay Writing

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New Computer-and-Internet-related Vocabulary

• Prefixes cyber-, virtual-, net-, Web-, E-(e-)
• cyber-interaction????
• cyber-culture????
• cybernut??
• cyberpet????
• cyber-affairs??
• cyberlove??
• cyberdoc.(cyberdoctor)????
• cyberize(cyberize)???

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New Computer-and-Internet-related Vocabulary

• virtual life????
• virtual world????
• virtual space????
• virtual office?????
• virtual pet????
• netter??
• nethead??
• netizen??
• netsurf????

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New Computer-and-Internet-related Vocabulary

• Webmaster?????
• Website??
• Webpage??
• Webnomics(Webeconomics)????
• Webzine (Webmagazine)????

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New Computer-and-Internet-related Vocabulary

• E-book ????
• E-journal ????
• E-business????
• E-commerce????
• E-card ????
• E-tailing(e retailing) ????

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Words and Expressions of Text A(virtual)

• Virtual
• a.1.??? virtual image ?? a virtual world a
  virtual library
• 2.????
• Because the government was weak, the army became
  the virtual ruler of the country.
• ??????,????????????????
• ??virtually adv.???,???

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Words and Expressions of Text A(interpret)

• Interpret
• v.1.understand?? e.g. They are worried that the
  students might interpret the new regulation as a
  restriction of their rights.
• 2.explain?? e.g. Can you interpret the meaning
  of these passages?
• 3.translate ?? e.g. I dont speak German, will
  you interpret what he says for me?
• interpretation n.??,?? interpretor n.???

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Words and Expressions of Test A(stretch)

• Stretch
• v.1.??,?? e.g. The desert stretched away with
  the distance.
• 2.??(???) e.g. Can you stretch for the book on
  the top of the shelf?
• ??stretch oneself ???,????? stretch out???????
• ?? expand, stretch?extend expand??,??,???????
  stretch ?,????????????? extend??,??,?????(??,???).

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Words and Expressions of Text A(submit)

• Submit
• vt.1.??,?? e.g.He submitted his resignation.(??)
• 2.??,?? e.g.He is the last man to submit tamely
  to anothers opinion.
• ?????????????
• 3.?? e.g. After being defeated, they submitted to
  the enemy.
• ??submit sth. to sb.? ??,?? submit (onself) to
  ??,??

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Words and Expressions of Text A(communicate)

• Communicate
• vi.1.??,???? e.g.Young people sometimes compain
  of not being able to communicate with their
  parents.
• 2.??,?? e.g. Our teachers communicate his ideas
  clearly.
• 3.?? e.g. School children often communicate colds
  to each other.
• ??communication n.?? ??
• communicative a.?????

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Words and Expressions of Text A(spit) (symptom)

• Spit (spat or spit)
• vt.?? spit blood spit curses
• ??spit at(upon) (?????)?? e.g. They spat at(on)
  her ideas.
• Symptom
• n.1.??,?? e.g. Civil unrest may be a symptom
  of the decline of a society.
• ????????????????
• 2.?? e.g. The doctor made his diagnoses
  after studying the patients symptoms.

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Words and Expressions of Text A(interaction)

• Interaction
• n.1.?? e.g. There is a need for more interaction
  between staff and children.
• 2.???? e.g.His illness was caused by the
  interaction of the two drugs.
• ???????????????????
• ??interact v. ????,???? interactive
  a.?????,?????

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Words and Expressions of Text A(jar) (suck)

• Jar
• v.1.(?)????,??(???) e.g.She was badly jarred by
  this unexpected blow.
• 2.??,??,???
• My opinion jarred with his.
• Suck
• v.? e.g.She was sucking milk through a straw.
• ??Suck in??,??? e.g. Britains high interest
  rates are sucking in a lot of foreign money.

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Words and Expressions of text A(commercial) (cue)

• Commercial
• n.???? e.g.The TV show was interrupted by many
  commercials
• a. ??? commercial education commercial
  vehicles ????
• Cue
• n.??,?? catch ones cue from ? ????? miss
  ones cues ???????? throw cues to sb.?????

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Words and Expressions of Text A(remark)

• Remark
• n.1.??,?? e.g.make a few introductory remarks
  
• 2.??,?? e.g. None of those at present
  ventured to make any remark on this assertion.
• ?????????????????
• v.?,??,?? remark on/upon e.g. Its rude to
  remark on a girls appearance.

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Words and Expressions of Text A(project)

• Project
• v.??????(????????),?(??????)?????
• e.g. She easily projects her anxieties and
  insecurity upon other people.
• ??????????????????????
• n.??,??,??,??
• e.g. They enthusiastically approved of his
  project.
• The government has begun a project to increase
  the size of the harbor.

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Words and Expressions of Text A(emotional)

• Emotional
• a.1.????
• e.g. He has emotional difficulties.
• 2.????? e.g. Women are often said to be more
  emotional than men.
• ??emotion, feeling? passion emotion
  ??,?,????????, ???feeling??,???????????? feeling
  ????,????????????passion?????? ??????, ???

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Words and expressions of Text A(routine)

• Routine
• n.????,????,??
• e.g. break the routine???? follow a routine????
  business routines ?????? daily routines ????
• a.???,??? e.g. a routine examination ????
  routine maintenance????

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Words and expressions of Text A(abuse)

• Abuse
• n.1.?? e.g. an abuse of ones trust ??????? an
  abuse of (privilege,authority) ????,?? alcohol
  abuse ?? drug abuse??
• 2.?? e.g.child abuse sexual abuse v. 1.??,??
  e.g.abuse ones power abuse ones kindness
• 2.?? e.g. The prisioners were often physically
  abused.

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Words and Expressions of Text A(crime) (suicide)

• Crime
• n.?? e.g. commit a crime?? confess the crime
  ??????wipe out crimes ????
• Suicide
• n.?? e.g. attempt suicide???? commit suicide??
  an attempted suicide ????

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Words and Expressions of Text A(arrange)
(appiontment)

• Arrange
• vt.?? e.g. We have arranged a meeting for next
  week.
• ?? arrange for sb.to do sth.??? e.g.The
  company will arrange for a car to meet you at the
  airport.
• Appiontment
• n.?? e.g. make(cancel)an appiontment ??(??)??
  keep(break) an appiontment????,?? e.g. They
  arranged an appointment for next week.

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Words and Expressions of Text A(restore)

• Restore
• vt.1.?? e.g. Winning three games restored their
  confidence.
• 2.??,?? e.g. The factory was restored to full
  working order .
• ?????,???????????.
• Recover? restorerecover??????????????,????????,??
  ??? restore????????????,???????,??????.

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Words and Expressions of Text A(interview)

• Interview
• n.1.??,??,?? e.g. allow an interview with??????
  give an interview to sb. ??????have an interview
  with sb.????request an interview??????2.??,??
  e.g. Big industrial companies hold job interview
  all over the country.
• ????????????????.
• interviewer n. interviewee n.

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Words and Expressions of Text A(annoy)

• Annoy
• vt.???,???
• e.g.The baby is always annoying his sister by
  pulling her hair.
• ?? annoyance n. ??,??
• ?? be annoyed at(by, about) e.g.He is annoyed at
  being left out in the cold.
• Annoy? irritateannoy???????????????,???????????
  irratate ???annoy??

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Words and Expressions of Text A(highlight)

• Highlight
• n.1.??(??) e.g.Rembrandt used highlights to focus
  attention in his paintings.
• ???????????????????????.
• 2.??????,?????? e.g. The highlights of the match
  will be shown on TV tonight.
• vt.??,??
• The senators speech highlighted the need for
  reduced tariffs.

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Words and Expressions of Text A(at times)

• At times
• at times ?? e.g.At times she had an overwhelming
  desire to see him.
• at a time??,?? e.g. Take the pills two at a time.
• at one time??,?? e.g.It seems quite possible that
  at one time the two continents were joined
  together.
• But thenon the other hand moreover,
  nevertheless
• ????, ?? e.g. He is a good fellow,but then he is
  so erratic.(??)

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Words and Expressions of Text A(take in) (in
sight)

• Take in
• 1.??,?? e.g. The earth takes in heat and light
  from the sun.
• 2.??,?? The boy could not take in her meaning.
• 3.take sb.in ???? Dont be taken in by his nice
  smile ,hell cheat you.
• In sight
• 1.???? e.g. There was not a soul in
  sight.????????.
• 2.??,?? e.g. There is a great harvest in sight.

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Vocabulary test of unit 4

• 1.As a cleaning woman, her___ duties include
  cleaning the desks and mopping the floor.
• A.continuous B.routine C.initial D.constant
• 2.Mark does not take his school work seriously.
  ___ , no one expects a millionaires son to work
  hard.
• A.However B.Conversely
• C.But then D.Nevertheless

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• 3.Despite a very tight schedule, everyone who
  came to the meeting agreed that at least one day
  should be___ for sightseeing.
• A.set apart B. added
• C.put in D.inserted
• 4.But for her mothers sudden illness, she would
  never think of breaking this___ with you.
• A.arrangement B.schedule
• C.appointment D.interview

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• 5.To be frank, I dont like Jack.His rather
  superior manner___ on me.
• A.jams B.jars C.irritates D.upsets
• 6.We have to___ his words in a modern light.
• A.interfere B.interact
• C.interpret D.interrupt
• 7.The committee members were asked to___
  proposals on this matter.
• A.submit B.commit C.permit D.admit

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• 8.___ people thought that the earth was flat.
• A.At a time B.At times
• C.At all times D.At one time
• 9.Our friendship is___ and we will never be
  separated.
• A.restored B.retained C.reserved D.restrained
• 10.A___ to this problem is expected to be found
  before long.
• A.result B.response C.settlement
• D.solution

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Cultural Notes

• The Internet
• An interantional computer network for the
  exchange of information.It was originally used
  mainly in the academic and military worlds but
  has since become available to the large and
  increasing number of people with personal
  computers.Other services,e.g. the World Wide
  Web,are available through it.
• The Internet is changing our lives and a parallel
  universe is rapidly emerging online.

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Cultural Notes (dateline )

• Dateline ????
• This is a weekly news magazine produced by NBC,
  National Broadcasting Company, since 1992. The
  company is the first of the original three US
  national broadcasting companies.It is now owned
  by General Electric Company.

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Cultural Notes(frontline)

• Frontline ????
• This is a news program produced by PBS, the
  Public Broadcasting Service, which in the US is a
  television system that broadcasts programs to an
  association of local stations that use television
  advertisements and do not make a profit.

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Cultural Notes(nightline)

• Nightline ????
• This is an ABC News programs 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
  networks in America. It began in 1943 as the Blue
  Network of six radio stations. ABC is now owned
  by the Walt Disney Company.

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Cultural Notes(CNN )

• CNN???????
• This is Cable News Network, advertising-supported
  cable television network founded in 1980 by
  American businessman Ted Turner. Headquatered in
  Atlanta, Georgia. CNN was the first 24-hour
  television network devoted entirely to news
  broadcasts.

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While-reading Tasks

• This text makes a contrast between virtual life
  and real life. From the mouth of the author who
  is a nethead or a cybernut herself, we can see
  the side-effects of virtual life. If one is
  addicted too much to Internet, or if one is mad
  about the Internet, one will feel himself/herself
  deeply sucked in the fascinating virtual life. On
  the other hand, after one has stayed too long in
  the virtual life on the net, he/she would like
  very much to return to the real world.

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Text Organization

• Contents
• 1.Description of the authors virtual life.
  (2-3)
• 2.How she feels about it after staying on the Net
  for a while (1,4-10,13)
• 3.What she does in trying to return to the real
  world (11)
• 4.How she feels about the real day-to-day world
  (12)

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The first and the last paragraphs different
roles in the essay

• The first paragraph tells about the consequences
  of living a virtual life and the last tells about
  the authors return to it.Together, they throw us
  the dilemma people at present are inBecause of
  modern technology,we have choice between a
  virtual life and real life, but we find both
  unsatisfactory. The author, however, finally has
  to choose the latter despite its negative effects.

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Translation

• Perhaps you envy me for being able to work from
  home on the computer. I agree 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.

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Essay writing

• Writing
• As an assignment after class, write an essay
  entitled Positive and Negative Aspects of the
  Internet.