大学体验英语第二册unit.pptVIP

Assignment Write a paragraph of around 100 words explaining that companies should do more than invest in anti-virus software to protect against computer viruses. Assignment Finish the following partly filled-in outline, based on paragraph 4 of the passage B. 1._________________________ 2. go to the web for information about the Homepage virus. A the most common bug B___________________ C not damage computer D___________________ E reset browser’s homepage to porn sites Department of College English Difficult Sentences 3. Double argh! (It was) extremely embarrassing and disgusting! Department of College English Difficult Sentences 4.The worst part was that many of the people I had emailed were newbies - subscribers who had emailed me for help in connection with this column. (to be continued) Department of College English Difficult Sentences The worst thing was that many of the people I had emailed were new subscribers who sent emails to me for advice about the online computer column . Department of College English Summary The author, who writes an online computer column and ought to know better, had his personal computer attacked by a virus when he opened an attachment from a former girlfriend without using virus protection. The computer automatically forwarded the attachment to all the addresses in the authors address book. He quickly stopped 65 infected messages from being sent, but soon received 50 replies from other people stating Department of College English Summary that the attachment to his message contained a virus. Then he wrote to everyone in his address book apologizing and warning them of the virus. Fortunately most of them forgave him. Only one subscriber to his column asked to be deleted from its mailing list. The lesson of this story is to use virus protection and ignore unexpected attachments. Department of College English Follow-up Activity I am a virus, Ha ha ha! I can destroy your computer