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know better than to disturb others for your own amusement.” In the end George traded his CD’s for computer games software from his classmates.

Unit4 The Virtual World

Part II Reading Task

Comprehension

Content Question

Pair Work

1. She used to be a television producer, but now she is a writer.

2. She writes and edits articles online, submits them via email, and communicates with colleagues via the Internet, too.

3. She could stay computer-assisted at home for weeks, going out only t get mail, newspapers and groceries.

4. They feel as if they had become one with the computer, and life seems to be unreal.

5. That people who grew used to a virtual life would feel an aversion to outside forms of socializing.

6. She gets overexcited, speaks too much, and interrupts others.

7. She is bad-tempered, easily angered, and attacks everyone in sight, all because she has long become separated from others and lacks emotional face-to-face exchanges with people.

8. She fights her boyfriend, misinterpreting his intentions because of the lack of emotional cues given by their typed dialogue.

9. Because we rely on co-works for company.

10. She calls people, arrangers to meet the few friends remaining in the City, gets to the gym, arranges interviews for stories, doctor’s appointments---anything to get her out of the house and connected with others.

11. No, she doesn’t feel happy. She feels being face to face is intolerable.

12. She makes her excuses and flees, re-enters her apartment, runs to the computer, clicks on the modem, and disappears into the virtual world again.

Text Organization

Working On Your Own

1.

1. 2-3

2. 1,4-10,13

3. 11

4. 12

2.

The first paragraph describes the consequences of living a virtual life and the last tells of the author’s escape back into it. Together, they bring out the dilemma people at present are in: Because of modern technology, we have a choice between a virtual life and real life, but find both unsatisfactory.

Language Sense Enhancement

1.

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(1) routine

(2) for company

(3) unemployment

(4) externally

(5) drug abuse

(6) restore

(7) fled

(8) gym

(9) set apart

(10) appointments

Vocabulary

I

1.

1) conversely

2) but then

3) symptom

4) spitting

5) abusing

6) tone

7) took; in

8) editing

9) have arranged

10) in sight

11) stretched

12) data

2.

1) smoking cigarettes jars on me.

2) find themselves getting sucked in.

3) has arranged for a technician from the computer store to check and repair it.

4) fled their country to avoid military service/fled to other countries to avoid military service.

5) restore people’s confidence in it.

3.

1) the virtual; on line; via

2) nightmare; routine; any appointment; arrange for

3) cue; remarks; his tune

II. Collocation

1. We came here all the way on foot.

2. Private cars are not allowed on campus.

3. They are on vacation in Florida.

4. Mary has been talking to her friend on the phone for an hour.

5. Don’t worry, Lucy is always on time.

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6. Industrial demand on fuel is on the rise.

III. Usage

1. hard

2. difficult

3. impossible

4. tough

5. hard

6. easy

Comprehensive Exercises

I. cloze

1.

(1) Internet

(2) click

(3) virtual

(4) routines

(5) arrange

(6) nightmare

(7) annoying

(8) connection

(9) crawls

(10) take in

(11) spit

(12) data

(13) sucked into

(14) At times

(15) flee

(16) on line

2.

(1) companion

(2) deliver

(3) access

(4) enables

(5) customers

(6) delights

(7) provides

(8) small

(9) remote

(10) information

II. Translation

1.

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1) Research shows that laughter can bring a lot of health benefits.

2) A show Internet connection speed is really annoying.

3) As the law stands, helping someone commit suicide is a crime.

4) In her report, Mary tries to interpret the data from a completely different angle.

5) Sue is a girl of great talent. Her amazing memory sets her apart from her classmates. 2.

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

Unit5 Overcoming Obstacles

Part II Reading Task

Comprehension

Content Question

Pair Work

1. Because the pole was set at 17 feet which was three inches higher than his personal best.

2. Because pole-vaulting combines the grace of a gymnast with the strength of a body builder.

3. His childhood dream was to fly. His mother read him numerous stories about flying when he was growing up.

4. Because he believed in hard work and sweat. His motto: If you want something, work for it!

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