unit4-B2-the-virtual-world

Unit4TheVirtualWorldTextAAVirturalLifeWarm-upQuestions•TheInternetemergedintheUnitedStatesinthe1970sbutdidnotbecomevisibletothegeneralpublicuntiltheearly1990s.Withthepopularityofinternet,wearebecomingmoreandmorefamiliarwiththefollowingterm:–Virtualworld–Virtualreality•Whatcanyoudoontheinternetnowadays?•communicatingwithpeople;•shopping,•reading,•entertainment,•education,working,publishing,•hacking=secretlyfindwayofgettinginformationfromsomeoneelse’scomputerorchangeinformationonit•CanyouguessthemeaningofSOHOininformationtechnology?•SOHO--Small-Office/Home-Office•Thesepeopleneedn’tgototheofficeeveryday.Theyworkathomewithoutworryingabouttheirdressandthestrictrulesofthecompany.Theterm“virtualoffice”issometimesusedasasynonym.•telecommuter•WhatkindofpeopledoyouthinkbelongtothegroupofSOHO?Writers,programdesigners,ad-agents,etc.Haveyoubeentointernationalchatrooms?•Canyourecognizethefollowingexpressions?•cyberbar(网吧)，•cybernut(网虫)，•cyberpet(电子宠物),•cybersurf，netsurf(网上冲浪),•Cyberdoc(网络医生),•Chatroom(聊天室),•Netcast(网络播放),•Netizen(网民),hacker(黑客),•webpage(网页),•Website(网站),•e-zine(电子杂志)，•e-card(电子贺卡),•e-business(电子商务)Conclusionforwarm-ups•Someofusliketolivealifeincontactwithrealthingsandrealpeople,butothersfavoravirtualexistence.Whichlifeisbetter?Differentpeoplejusthavedifferentideas.Nowlet’sreadT-AandfindoutwhatMaiaSzalavitzhastosayaboutthesetwolifestyle.GR_PartDivisionoftheText1PartDivisionoftheTextPartsPara(s).MainIdeas11~324~10Descriptionoftheauthor’svirtuallife.Herfeelingaboutthevirtuallife.311~13Hereffortofreturningtotherealworldandherfeelingabouttherealworld.Thefirstparagraphtellsabouttheconsequencesoflivingavirtuallifeandthelasttellsabouttheauthor’sreturntoit.Together,theyshowusthedilemmapeopleareinatpresent:Becauseofmoderntechnology,wehaveachoicebetweenavirtuallifeandreallife,butwefindbothunsatisfactory.Theauthor,however,finallyhastochoosethelatterdespiteitsnegativeeffects.GR_QuestionsandAnswers1QuestionsandAnswers1.WhatisthemainideaofTextA?Despitethemanynegativeeffectsofvirtuallife,theauthorprefersittoreallife.2.Whataretherolesofthefirstparagraphandthelast?•1Whatdidtheauthordothreeyearsagoandwhatisshedoingnow?•2Howdoestheauthorworknowadays?•3Howdoestheauthormanagerherdailylife?•4Whatarethesymptomssharedbypeoplewholiveavirtuallife?•5Whatisnetcritics’worstnightmare?•6Howdoestheauthorbehavewhensheissuddenly•7Howdoestheauthorbehaveonline?Why?•8Howdoesvirtuallifeaffectherrelationshipwithherboyfriend?•9Accordingtotheauthor,whyareco-workersimportanttoahumanbeing?•10Whatdoestheauthordotorestorebalancetoherlife?•11Doestheauthorfeelhappywhenshereturnstotherealworld?Whyorwhyornot?•12Whatdoesshedothen?P94Globalanalysis•1Whatdidtheauthordothreeyearsagoandwhatisshedoingnow?•Para.2:Sheusedtobeatelevisionproducer,butnowsheisawriter.•2Howdoestheauthorworknowadays?•Para.2:Shewritesandeditsarticlesonline,submitsthemviaemail,andcommunicatewithcolleaguesviatheinternet,too.•3Howdoestheauthormanagerherdailylife?•Para.3:Shecouldstaycomputer-assistedathomeforweeks,goingoutonlytogetmail,newspapersandgroceries.•4Whatarethesymptomssharedbypeoplewholiveavirtuallife?Para.4:•Theyfeelasiftheyhadbecomeonewiththecomputer,andlifeseemstobeunreal.•5Whatisnetcritics’worstnightmare?Para.5:•Thatpeoplewhogrewusedtoavirtuallifewouldfeelanaversiontooutsideformofsocializing.•6Howdoestheauthorbehavewhensheissuddenlyconfrontedwithreallivehumans?Para.6:•Shegetsoverexcited,speakstoomuch,andinterruptsothers.P94•7Howdoestheauthorbehaveonline?Why?•Para.8:Sheisbad-tempered,easilyangered,andattackseveryoneinsight,allbecauseshehaslongbecomeseparatedfromothersandlacksemotionalface-to-faceexchangeswithpeople.•8Howdoesvirtuallifeaffectherrelationshipwithherboyfriend?•Para9:Shefightsherboyfriend,misinterpretinghisintentionsbecauseofthelackofemotionalcuesgivenbytheirtypeddialogue.•9Accordingtotheauthor,whyareco-workersimportanttoahumanbeing?•Para.10:Becausewerelyonco-workersforcompany.•10Whatdoestheauthordotorestorebalancetoherlife?Para.11•Shecallspeople,arrangestomeetthefewfriendsremaininginthecity,getstothegym,arrangesinterviewsforstories,doctor’sappointment—anythingtogetheroutofthehouseandconnectedwithothers.•11Doestheauthorfeelhappywhenshereturnstotherealworld?Whyorwhyornot?Para.12:•No,shedoesn’tfeelhappy.Shefeelsbeingfacetofaceisintolerable.•12Whatdoesshedothen?Para.13:•Shemakesherexcusesandflees,re-entersherapartment,runstothecomputer,clicksonthemodem,anddisappearsintothevirtualworldagain.DetailedlanguagestudyP90•AVIRTUALLIFE《虚拟世界的生活》•Virtual:adj.createdandexistingonlyinacomputer虚拟的•E.g.：IcanvisitavirtualstoreandputwhatIwantinmybasketattheclickofamousebutton.•我可以访问网上店铺点击一下鼠标就可以把我想要的东西放进购物篮。•Somepeoplespendtoomuchtimeescapingfromrealityintothevirtualworldconjuredupontheircomputerscreens.•有些人花太多时间逃避现实，沉浸于电脑屏幕所呈现的虚拟世界。•Thetraditionalschoolwillnevergoaway,butthevirtualclassroomisplayingamoreandmoreimportantrole.•传统的教学方式永远不会消失，但是网络课堂的角色越来越重要。VirtualP90•2almostwhatisstated;infactthoughnotinname实质上的•E.g.Theofficialshearthiskindoftalkinvirtualsilence.•官方人员几乎一言不发地听着这种言论。•The