Unit4: A Virtual Life

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• Unit4 A Virtual Life

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Objectives

• Students will be able to
• grasp the main idea and the structure of the
  text
• appreciate the features of spoken English
• learn by heart the basic language points and
  grammatical structures in the text
• conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking
  and writing activities related to the theme of
  the unit.

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Warm-up Questions

• 1.What people can do on the Internet?
• 2. How many words and expressions related to
  computer and internet can you think of? (group
  competition)
• 3. Now try to find out more relevant words and
  expressions in the word list on P104-105
• 4. Here are some more words related

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Word Association
Do you know them?

• Microblog
• flesh search
• gamer
• Home page
• Web site
• Net friend/pal
• Hacker
• Virus
• Netizen
• Surf

Smiley face Spam Blog On-line dating Cyber- Virtua
l Online Ipad facebook
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• Microblog ??
• flesh search????
• Gamer????
• Home page??
• Website WWW(???)???
• Net friend/pal ??
• Hacker ??
• Virus??
• Netizen ??( net citizen)
• Surf ????

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• Smiley face ??
• Spam ????
• Blog ???? (Weblog???)
• On-line dating ????
• Cyber-???,??????
• Virtual ???
• Online ???
• Ipad????
• Facebook ????

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Word Study

• New terms related to computer and the Internet
  are constantly added to the English vocabulary,
  so much so that many of them are not included in
  any English dictionary.
• However, if we apply certain rules, their
  meanings are easy to deduce.

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• The most dynamic combining forms or
  prefixes for new computer-and-Internet vocabulary
  in English
• Virtual
• Cyber-
• Net-
• Web-
• E-

Word Study
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Word building

• 1. Combining forms/prefixesnoun
• virtual life, virtual world, virtual office,
  
• cybernut cyberculture, cyberpet,
• nethead, netwriter, network
• web page, web site, webTV, webmaster,
• e-card, e-mail, e-journal, e-business,

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• 2. Combining forms/prefixesverb
• cybersurf, netsurf, websurf, email
• 3. Words like cyber, net, etc, suffix
• cyberian, cybernaut, netter, webify, cyberize
• 4. Clipped word
• netcast (netbroadcast), netizen
  (netcitizen),
• webnomics (webeconomics), webzine(
  webmagazine),
• e-zine ( electronicmagazine) cyberdoc
  (cyberdoctor ),

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Text A Discussion

• Some of us like to live a life in contact with
  real things and real people, but others favor a
  virtual existence. Which life is better?
• Im sure you have different opinions. Now lets
  read Text A to find out what Maia Szalavits has
  to say about these two life styles?

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Reading Analysis
Paras 1-3 Description of the authors virtual life
Paras 11-13 Her effort of returning to the real
world and her feeling about the real world

• Paras 4-10
• Her feelings about the virtual life

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Text Organization
Paras 2-3 Description of the authors virtual
life
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Para 11 What she does to return to the real
world
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Writing Strategy Inductive generalization

• In developing a paragraph by means of the
  inductive generalization, the writer presents
  particular instances of a like kind and leads
  them into valid generalization which serves as
  his topic sentences. Thus, in the inductive
  pattern, the topic sentence is likely to appear
  late in the paragraph, often at the end. The
  result may be referred to as a periodic
  paragraph, which, like a periodic sentence,
  cannot be considered structurally complete at any
  point before the end.

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Writing Strategy Inductive generalization
Evidence the negative effects of the virtual
life (para 4)
Her aversion to socializing
Her lack of discipline
Generalization daily routine and socializing
are important to a human being ( para 10 )
A tendency to become shyer and bad tempered, etc
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• General Understanding
• of Text A

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Part 1

• Read Part 1 carefully and answer the following
  questions.

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• 1. What did the author do three years ago and
  what is she doing now?
• 2. How does the author manage her daily life?

She worked as a television producer, and now she
submits articles and edits them via email and
communicates with colleagues on Internet mailing
lists.
She can order food, and manage her money, love
and work on the Net.
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virtual adj ???,????

• 1.In a virtual space, Students can "dissect" a
  human body, "visit" ancient battlefields, or
  "talk" with Shakespeare, ...
• ??,???????,?????????????
• 2.I can visit a virtual store and put what I want
  in my basket at the click
• of a mouse button.

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• 3.Now that the talks have broken down, war in the
  region looks like a virtual certainty.
• 4.Our deputy manager is the virtual head of the
  business.
• ????????????????

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stretch v. ????n.??

• 1. The desert stretched away into the
  distance.
• ??????????
• 2.Don not stretch the truth.
• ??????
• 3.I got out of the bed and had a good stretch.

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interpret vt. ????????

• 1.We need somebody to interpret from Russian into
  English.
• ?????????????????
• 2. ????????????
• She interprets his silence as arrogance.
• 3.The guide interpreted the woman's remarks for
  us.

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• 4. Not everybody agreed with the way she
  interpreted the violin concerts, but it was still
  a technically perfect performance.
• ????????????
• ????????,????
• ?????????????

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Paras 2-3

• 1.Submitto ??
• You should submit your report to the committee.
• 2.Submit (oneself) to ??
• I was unwilling to submit
• (myself) to his orders.
• Translate ????????????

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submit
give
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Part 2 Multiple Choice

• Read Part 2 carefully and choose the best answer
  for each question.
• 1. How does the author feel when she is suddenly
  confronted with people in the real world?_____
• A) She feels shy.
• B) She feels angry.
• C) She feels cautious.
• D) She feels overexcited.

D
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• 2. How does the author behave on line?___
• A) She is friendly.
• B) She is humorous.
• C) She is bad-tempered.
• D) She is talkative.

C
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• 3. Why does the author fight her boyfriend on the
  Net sometimes?______
• A) Because they havent seen each other for a
  long time.
• B) Because their typed dialogue lacks emotional
  cues and she misinterprets it.
• C) Because he doesnt love her any longer.
• D) Because he doesnt send e-mails to her
  frequently.

B
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• 4. What does the author think daily routine
  is?____
• A) Dressing for work.
• B) Work with colleagues at the office.
• C) Sleeping normal hours.
• D) All the above.

D
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Symptom n. ????

• Cigarettes can aggravate the symptoms of a cold.
• ??????????
• The doctor made his diagnosis after studying the
  patient's symptoms.
• ??????????, ?????
• Fever is a symptom of many illnesses.
• ???????????

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Paras 4-10

• Patterns
• 1. I find myself shyer
• 2. They are of no use to me.
• Practice
• When the passenger woke up,______.
• (?????????????)
• Please do Ex. p114

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Key to Ex. p114

• 1. you will find yourself penniless in a month.
• 3. she found herself faced with the toughest job
  she had ever taken.
• 4. Susan found herself in a trap from which she
  could not escape.

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jar

• jar n. ??,v.?????? ???
• collocations
• 1. jar sth. 2. jar on sb./sth. 3. jar with
• ---The loud bang jarred my nerves.
• ---Her squeaky voice jarred on me
• ---His harsh criticism jarred with the friendly
  tone of the meeting.

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Suck in

• Suck in / such sb in or into sth
• (usu. passive ) ??
• --- I dont want to get sucked into the debate
  about school reform.
• --- Some teenagers dont want to get involved
  with gangs, but they find themselves getting
  sucked in.

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project

• 1. ??,??,??
• 2. ??,??
• 3. ??????? (on/upon/on to )
• imagine that others have (the same feelings,
  usu. unpleasant ones ) as you

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Examples

• ???????????
• We are projecting a visit to Australia.
• Will you be able to project a film for us?
• You mustnt project your guilt on to me.
• ??????????????

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Part 3 True or False
The author tries to at least get to the gym so
that she may set apart the weekend from the rest
of her week.

• Decide whether the following statements are true
  or false.
• 1. The author tries to at least get to the gym in
  order to keep fit. ( )
• 2. The author can get used to the real world very
  well. ( )
• 3. The author cant bear her friends laughter
  and the noise in the restaurant. ( )

F
F
She founds sometimes being face to face is too
much.
T
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Part 3 True or False

• 4. The author cant make a choice between the
  real world and the virtual one. ( )

F
She finally chooses the virtual world.
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Paras 11

• Arrange ??????
• Patterns
• 1.arrange sth.
• 2.arrange to do sth.
• 3.arrange for sb/sth to do sth

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Examples

• She arranged the flowers in the vase.
• ?????????
• Lets arrange to have a dinner together some time
  before we graduate.
• ????????????????
• I have arranged for a taxi to pick us up at 800
  a.m.

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cue n.  ??, ??, ?? vt.  ? ... ??

• When I nod my head, that's your cue to interrupt
  the meeting.
• ????,???????????
• Can you cue me when you want me to begin
  speaking?
• ?????????????????
• I'll cue you in by nodding my head.
• ????, ????.

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Please take the teaching material on the disc for
your reference!

• Other Language Focus

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• 1.What are the negative and the positive effects
  of a virtual life?
• 2.What is the authors attitude toward the
  digital world?

After reading Discussion
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Task Compare
The first para
The last para
Together they show us the dilemma people at
present are in Because of modern tech.,we have a
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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Summing-up

• 1. Main idea Despite the many negative effects
  of virtual life, the author prefer it to real
  life.
• 2. Structure of the text Contrast between
  virtual life and real life.
• 3. Pattern I find oneself
• 4. Vocabulary related to computer and the
  Internet virtual life, the net, telecommute,
  email, internet mailing list, computer-assisted,
  data, link, cyber-interaction, on line,system
  crash, click on the modem, connection, password.

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Useful Expressions
a highlight of the week

1. ????????
2. ??
3. ??
4. ????????
5. ????
6. ????
7. ????
8. ??
9. ????
10. ???

submit articles
at times
feel an aversion to
forms of socializing
a lack of discipline
cyber-interaction
be confronted with
be dressed appropriately
be bad-tempered
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• 11.?????
• 12. ????
• 13. ??
• 14. ????
• 15. ??
• 16. ????
• 17. ?????
• 18. ???
• 19. ???

in this state
daily routine
rely on
long-term unemployment
drug abuse
restore balance
set apartfrom
face to face
make an excuse
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Writing
The influence of internet on Human Relations
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Writing

• Youre allowed 30 minutes to write a
  composition of no less than 120 word on the topic
  of The influence of internet on Human
  Relations. Your composition should be based on
  the following outline.
• 1. ????????????????????
• 2.??????????????????
• 3.?????

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Assignments

• Do Exercises in Text A
• Reading Text B
• Prepare Unit 5
• Do test yourself

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Key to exercise

• Vocabulary
• 1) conversely 2) relationship
• 3) but then 4) symptom
• 5) spitting 6) abusing
• 7) tone 8) took
  (her) in
• 9) editing 10)
  communicate
• 11) Internet 12) in sight
• 13) stretched 14) data
• 15) angles

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Key to exercise

• 2. 1) The sight of teenagers smoking cigarettes
  jars on me.
• 2) I turned on the TV just to relax a little
  bit after a heavy dinner, but soon I found myself
  getting sucked in by the fascinating plot of a
  science fiction film.
• 3) Jeffreys computer crashed again this
  morning. The manager has arranged for a
  technician from the computer store to check and
  repair it.

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Key to exercise

• 4) During the Vietnam War, many young Americans
  fled their country to avoid military service.
• Or During the Vietnam War, many young
  Americans fled to other countries to avoid
  military service.
• 5) The new government is planning an
  anti-corruption campaign so as to restore
  peoples confidence in it.

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Key to exercise

• 3. 1) The traditional school will never go
  away, but the virtual classroom is playing a more
  and more important role. Obviously, the online
  student relies on the computer. To get started,
  he must have his computer hooked up to the
  Internet through a phone line and modem. To be
  successful, he must keep up with the class and
  complete all work on time. Once he gets behind,
  it is almost impossible to catch up.

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Key to exercise

• 2) When the economy slows down, the worst
  nightmare for an employee is losing his job. In
  addition to money problems, the emotional stress
  is hard to bear. Hunting for a job is now the
  daily routine of many workers like Henry Smith.
  He fills out applications and writes resumes and
  submits them to various companies, expecting an
  interview. But in times of

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Key to exercise

• rising unemployment, even job interviews are
  hard to get. He takes great care not to miss any
  appointment, for if he missed it, it would be all
  but impossible to arrange for another one.
• 3) The dot. com bubble has burst. Venture
  capitalists have become cautious in putting more
  money into the IT industry and small investors
  are taking their cue, said the chairman in his
  concluding speech. It is clear from these remarks
  that the ever-optimistic economist has changed
  his tune.

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Key to exercise

• 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. Dont worry, Lucy is always on time.
• 6. Industrial demand on fuel is on the rise.

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Key to exercise

• Usage
• hard 2. difficult
• impossible 4. tough
• hard 6. easy
• Structure
• 1. 1) Anyone who has talked with him will see
  Mark is a person of remarkable intelligence.

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Key to exercise

• 2) The book is of no value to one who is not
  familiar with the subject.
• 3) She is a woman of wealth. She never has to
  worry about money.
• 4) In todays job market, basic skills in
  computer science and foreign languages are of
  great importance.

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Key to exercise

• 1) you will find yourself penniless in a month.
• 2) he found himself lying in a hospital
  ward.
• 3) she found herself faced with the toughest
  job she had ever taken
• 4) Susan found herself in a trap from which
  she could not escape.

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Key to exercise

• Cloze
• (A)
• Internet 2. click
• nightmare 4. sucked
• 5. email 6. rely
• 7. communicating 8. emotional
• 9. At times 10. flee
• 11. on line

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Key to exercise

• (B)
• between 2. The
• to 4. away
• on 6. work
• enables 8. local
• reach 10. benefits
• 11. because 12. provides
• 13. does 14. in
• 15. making 16. with
• 17. Nor 18. virtual

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Key to exercise

• Translation
• 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 new.
  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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• Unit4 Text B
• Mothers Mad about the Internuts

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• Language Points
• 1. be/get hooked on (L. 4)
• be very keen on and absorbed in ???
• My aunt is hooked on package holidays in Spain.
• Last year, he was hooked on motorcycles but
  now, he is hooked on cars.

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• Syn Be addicted to
• off the hook Fig. freed from an obligation. (be
  get get someone let someone .)
• Thanks for getting me off the hook. I didn't want
  to attend that meeting.
• hook (sb) up with sb To meet or associate to
  become romantically or sexually involved with
  someone.
• We agreed to hook up after class.
• I hooked Alice up with Tom last year, and now
  they're getting married.

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• 4. Worldwide (L.12)
• Adj. adv.
• 1) found in or spread over all parts of the world
• 2) international
• An increase in average temperature by only a few
  degrees could cause environmental problem
  worldwide.
• The scientist enjoyed worldwide fame for his
  great contribution.
• This is a worldwide problem of terrorist networks.

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• 5. cquaintance (L.16)
• 1) Knowledge or information about something or
  someone (??)??????
• I have some acquaintance with French, but I dont
  know it well.
• I am afraid that I have only a nodding
  acquaintance with his works.
• 2) Person who knows less intimately than a friend
  ?? ,??
• An acquaintance of mine who lives in England and
  had never been outside until last summer, decided
  to go over to France for a trip .
• Have a nodding acquaintance with ?????,?????? ??

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• Make sbs acquaintance / make the acquaintance of
  sb ?????????
• I made his acquaintance when I was working on a
  farm.
• Acquaint vt. ?? ??,???
• He acquainted me with the change of the plan.
• ??????????
• Acquaint sb/oneself with ??????.
• Be/ get / become acquainted with ?(?)??,?????

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• 6. Scatter (L.16)
• 1) To cause to separate and go in different
  directions(?)??
• The soldiers came in and scattered the crowd.
• The boys scattered, screaming in horror.
• 2) put or throw in different direction or here
  and there ?,??
• The farmer scattered the corn in the yard .
• be scattered to the four winds (literary) if a
  group of things or people are scattered to the
  four winds, they are sent to different places
  which are far away from each other
• Our hopes and plans are scattered to the four
  winds.

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• 7. Outwards (L.16)
• Adv. Also outward (US)
• 1) away from home or from the point from which
  one started ??,?????
• A train traveling outwards from London.
• 2) towards the outside ??
• The two ends of the wire must be bent outwards.
• outward adj. ???????????(????????)
• An outward journey, the outward appearance, an
  outward show of confidence

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• 8. Vehicle (L. 16. )
• 1) A device or structure for transporting persons
  or things ????,??
• The launch vehicle lifts the satellite into the
  orbit.
• ????????????? ?
• 2) A medium through which something is
  transmitted, expressed, or accomplished
  ??????????
• Language is the vehicle of human thought.
• The film seems to be little more than a vehicle
  for its director and star.
• ???????????????????????????.

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• 9. Overnight (L.27)
• adj during or for the night
• adv. on the night before for, during the night
• We stayed overnight with my mother.
• The book was an overnight success.
• become rich overnight
• succeed overnight

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• 10. On the whole (L.33)
• all things considered, in general ????,???
• The weather this month has been good on the
  whole.
• On the whole, I prefer to listen to popular
  music.
• Syn generally speaking
• in general
• overall

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• 11. Tendency (L.35)
• 1) turning or inclination, leaning ??,??
• 2) disposition temperament (????)??
• How can we combat this permanent tendency towards
  inflation?
• Paid-email service becomes the general tendency
  on the internet.
• His tendency to exaggerate is well-known.
• His tendency to utter bitter and sharp remarks
  alienated(??) his roommates.
• have a tendency to/towards
• have a tendency to do
• v. tend

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• 12. Slip (L.48)
• 1) go or move quietly or quickly (in, out , away)
  ??,????
• She slipped away without being seen.
• 2) fall or almost fall because of losing the
  balance ?? (over) (on sth)
• She slipped over on the ice and broke her leg.
• Let sth slip??????????(???)
• She let slip it that she was expecting a baby.

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• 13. Plot (L.57)
• 1) plan or outline of the events of, a story esp.
  of a novel or drama ??
• The film had an exciting plot.
• 2) Secret plan conspiracy ??
• A plot was hatched with secrecy.
• ???????????
• Two men formed a plot to rob the bank.
• The plot thickens. Things are becoming more
  complicated or interesting.
• he police assumed that the woman was murdered by
  her ex-husband, but he has an alibi. The plot
  thickens.

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• 14. To ones knowledge (L.57)
• as far as one knows personally ???
• To our knowledge, he is an honest and reliable.
• In this town there are only a couple of
  restaurants to my knowledge.
• come to sbs knowledge (fml) ?????
• It has come to my knowledge that more and more
  young people have been become Neets.
• With/without sbs knowledge ??/????

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• 15. Call forth (L. 59)
• bring into action or existence give rise
  to???,??
• Great crises often call forth gifted leaders. .
• His behavior called forth numerous protests.
• Call on ????(???)
• call in ????
• call up ???? ??(??)
• call off ?????(?????)

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Key to exercise

• Comprehension check
• c 2. a
• a 4. b
• d 6. c
• Language Practice
• 1. vehicle 2. hooked on

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• 3. intense 4. communication
• 5. worldwide 6. overnight
• 7. individual 8. slipped
• 9. version 10. on the whole
• 11. called forth 12. outwards
• 13. acquaintances 14. Needless to say
• 15. to my knowledge 16. On top of that
• 17. innocent 18. tendencies
• 19. plot 20. Scattered

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• Thank you