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1. ____________________________________ eventually made Carla Toebe realize she was

spending too much time on the Internet.

2. Jonathan Bishop believes that the Internet overuse problem can be solved if people

___________________________________________.

3. According to Professor Maressa Orzack, Internet use would be considered excessive if

_______________________________.

4. According to Orzack, people who struggle with heavy reliance on the Internet may feel

________________________.

5. Andre Heidrich cut back online gaming because ___________________________________. 6. In one of the messages she posted on a website, Toebe admitted that she __________

_______________________________.

7. Excessive Internet use had rendered Toebe so poor that she couldn‘t afford to seek

__________________________.

8. Now that she‘s got a boyfriend, Toebe is no longer crazy about ____________________.

Put the following into Chinese

What hopes and fears does the scientific method imply for mankind? I do not think this is the right way to put the question. Whatever this tool in the hand of man will produce depends entirely on the nature of the goals alive in this mankind. Once these goals exist, the scientific method furnishes means to realize them. Yet it cannot furnish the very goals. The scientific method itself would not have led any-where, it would not even have been born without a passionate striving for clear understanding.

Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem – in my opinion – to characterize our age. If we desire sincerely and passionately the safety, the welfare and the free development of the talents of all men, we shall not be in want of the means to approach such a state. Even if only a small part

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of mankind strives for such goals, their superiority will prove itself in the long run.

Put the following into English

国际互联网最初是为美国国防部建立的一个实验性网络，现在涵盖了世界范围内的2000多万台计算机，估计每年还要增加50万台。它提供电子邮件、数以千计的简报式新闻以及各种数据库服务。你可以用电子邮件把问候语与电视图像、声音、数据等压缩在一起。更重要的是，它通过大信息量的数据交换促进人们之间的合作。人们已经进行了在互联网现场传输声音和图像的实验。互联网的庞大的规模使它有望成为信息高速公路的主干线。但为了支持越来越多的用户和多媒体应用，必须增加频带宽度，这是信息高速公路的核心问题。

Role-playing

Student A: There has been a growing body of discussion as to whether the Internet is, on the whole, more socially isolating or more socially connecting. Some people believe that the cyber-world expands people‘s social networks and helps people maintain their communities. Others believe the Internet promotes isolation, by replacing real world with virtue world and reducing people‘s outdoor activity. You hold that the Internet is more socially connecting, but your partner doesn‘t agree. Discuss this issue with your partner and try to convince him/her with good points. Remember you should start the conversation.

Student B: There has been a growing body of discussion as to whether the Internet is, on the whole, more socially isolating or more socially connecting. Some people believe that the cyber-world expands people‘s social networks and helps people maintain their communities. Others believe the Internet promotes isolation, by replacing real world with virtue world and reducing people‘s outdoor activity. You believe that the Internet promotes isolation, but your partner doesn‘t agree. Discuss this issue with your partner and try to convince him/her with good points. Remember your partner should start the conversation.

Topics for research and presentation

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1. An on-line game you like most

2. Cyber addiction and ways to combat it 3. Computer face and steps to stave it

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