大学英语教程1读写译 UNIT 4

UNITFOURPOWEROFTHEWEBPartILANGUAGESKILLPARTIILANGUAGEINCONTEXTPARTIIITOWARDPRODUCTIVELANGUAGE若出现禁用“宏”和“ActiveX”对话框，请选择“启用”UNITFOURKEYWORDSMADEEASYKEYEXPRESSIONSINUSEPartILANGUAGESKILLBACKUNITFOURKEYWORDSMADEEASYAReadaloudthefollowingsentencesandfigureoutwhateachitalicizedwordmeans.Theclueintheparentheseswillhelp.1.Therehasbeenasharpdeclineinprofitsthisyear.(drop)2.ProfessorBrownpraisedJackforhisoriginalideasinhistermpaper.(creative)3.Lisadidn’thaveanyclueabouthowtostartherM.A.thesis.(idea)4.Mostcomputerssharesomestandardfeaturesintheiroperation.(characteristics)5.Whatafabulousideayou’vefoundonthecomputer!(marvelous)BACKUNITFOURKEYWORDSMADEEASYAReadaloudthefollowingsentencesandfigureoutwhateachitalicizedwordmeans.Theclueintheparentheseswillhelp.6.Thedeanmadesomesuperficialcommentsonmypaper.(shallow)7.Now,youhaveanopportunitytodemonstrateyourskillsontheInternet.(show)8.Wedonothaveenoughmoneytosustainourcampaignforlong.(maintain)9.Thisnewversionofthedatabasesoftwareworksverywell.(edition)10.Tomseemstohaveastrongurgetogeton-linewheneverheisinthelaboratory.(desire)BACKUNITFOURAStudythefollowingexpressions.havelittlerelationtohavenothingtodowith与……没有关系beboundtomust注定；必然要makesenseofunderstand弄明白taketheblameforbeartheresponsibilityfor承担责任comeupwithproduce;thinkof想出（计划、回答）；做出（反应）；产生KEYEXPRESSIONSINUSEBACKUNITFOURBReadaloudeachofthefollowingsentences.Seehowtheseexpressionsareused.1.Aperson’srealabilityhaslittlerelationtothescorehecangetinatest.2.Weareboundtoloseourfilesifwefailtokillthiscomputervirus.3.Judycan’tmakeanysenseofthelecturebyherprofessor.4.ProfessorZhangshouldtakemuchoftheblameforhisstudents’failureintheexam.5.ProfessorSmithhopeshisstudentscancomeupwithsomeoriginalideas.KEYEXPRESSIONSINUSEBACKUNITFOURPARTIILANGUAGEINCONTEXTREADINGSELECTION:TEXTASTUDYANDPRACTICEQUESTIONSFORDISCUSSIONBACKUNITFOURPreviewQuestionsWorkinpairsorgroups,anddiscussthefollowingquestions.1.DoyouliketousealibraryortheInternetwhenyouworkonyourwritingassignment?Why?2.Doyouthinkatermpaperisabetterwayofevaluationthanafinaltest?Why?3.DoyouthinktheInternetwillmakestudentslazy?Whyorwhynot?BACKREADINGSELECTION:TEXTADoyouliketousealibraryortheInternetwhenyouworkonyourwritingassignment?Why?Tips:Somepreferalibrarybecausetherearealotofsourcesofup-to-dateinformationthere.Manyusefulbooks,especiallyrecentpublications,donotappearontheInternet.AnotherdisadvantageoftheInternetinformationisthattheyareusuallypiecesofarticlesthatcannotprovideacompleteargument.SomeprefertheInternetbecauseitismucheasierandquickertosearchforinformationofalmostallkinds.Justbyasingleclick,youcansavehoursorevendayssearchingpilesofbooksorjournalsinalibrary.Meanwhile,whenyoufindtheinformationyouwantonthescreen,youclickandjustpasteitintoyourpaper.Itsavesalotoftypingwork,too.大学英语教程1读写译UNITFOURDoyouthinkatermpaperisabetterwayofevaluationthanafinaltest?Why?Tips:Ofcourseatermpaperisabetterwayofevaluationthanafinaltest.ForeveryChinesestudent,thetimespentpreparingfortheCollegeEntranceExamisanightmare.We’veheardstoriesthatsomehighschoolstudentswerehurtbythatcruelexam,eitherphysicallyormentally,evenboth.Somehavedevelopedanaturalfearofteststhathascontinuedevenaftertheyenteredcollege.Moreover,moreandmoretestsaimatonlytestingone’smemory.Sometestsarepoorlydesignedbyteacherswholackprofessionaltraining.大学英语教程1读写译UNITFOURDoyouthinktheInternetwillmakesstudentslazy?Whyorwhynot?Tips:TheInternetwillmakestudentslazybecauseitprovidesthemwithready-madeinformationwhichstopscriticalthinkingandactiveimagination.Studentsareoftenattractedbycolorfulpicturesandfancycartoonsonthecomputerscreens,ortheymayplaygamesoncomputerandforgetabouttheirassignmentandthethinkingskillsitrequires.大学英语教程1读写译UNITFOURStructurePara1-2:Introducingthephenomenontobeinvestigatedbyacontrast.Para3-5:Providingevidencewhichleadstotheauthor'ssuspicionandworry.Alsocounteringapossiblehypothesiswhichmayweakenhisarguments.Para6-9:Analyzingvariousfactorsindetailwhichmightresultinthedeclineofthequalityofstudents'researchpaper.MainIdeaPara10:MakinganurgetostopstudentsfromusingtoomuchInternetinformationordatawhendoingresearch.大学英语教程1读写译UNITFOURUNITFOURBACKREADINGSELECTION:TEXTATheWebIsMagicbutStudents¡¯ResearchPapersAreNotDavidRothenbergSometimesIlookforwardtotheend-of-semesterrush,whenstudents¡¯finalpaperscomestreamingintomyofficeandmailbox.Icouldhavehundredsofpagesoforiginalthoughtstoreadandevaluate.Onceinawhile,itistrulyexciting,andbrilliantwordsaretypedacrossapageinresponsetoaquestionI¡¯veaskedtheclasstodiscuss.Butthispastsemesterwasdifferent.InoticedadeclineinboththequalityofthewritingandtheoriginalityoftheUNITFOURBACKREADINGSELECTION:TEXTA网络神奇，论文糟糕有时候我期待着学期末学生们交作业的时刻，那时学生们的学期论文会涌入我的办公室或信箱，我会读到上百页充满原创思想的文字，并对它们做出评判。有时读着学生们回答课上讨论问题的精彩语句真的很让我激动不已。但这个学期却不同，我注意到学生的论文质量下降了，里面的创新思想也少了。从秋季学期以来发生了什么事？是我问的问题不好了？学生们变懒了？不，是因为班上很多学生都是在用最时髦最容易的方法写论文：在互联网上查资料。UNITFOURBACKREADINGSELECTION:TEXTANotesThisessayisadaptedfromDavidRothenberg¡¯s¡°HowtheWebDestroystheQualityofStudents¡¯ResearchPapers.¡±Alterationshavebeenmade.Neo-Luddite:apersonwhoopposesthea