新视界大学英语2 Unit 5 Active reading.ppt

Answer: A leisure inactivity seems to be something you do in your free time which involves as little energy as possible, eg sleeping or being a couch potato. If one thinks of a computer mouse, the expression mouse potato becomes easy to understand – one who is always in front of the computer surfing the Net or playing games. The nicely rhyming telly belly refers to the result of being a television addict who also has a large stomach. Mouse miles refer to the miles of movements which a mouse moves on the table and indicates how much time you’ve spent on the computer and how many activities you’ve had with your computer. Victorians: The term refers to the people living in the Victorian period. Victoria (1819–1901) was the British queen from 1837 to 1901. Her long reign made most of the century Victorian. cricket: The traditional form of it indeed lasted a long time and in the end there was often no winner. The game itself rather than the result was considered to be the point. The long version is still played, but there are also shorter and more competitive versions of the game to make it more exciting and commercial. 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * * 1 * 1 * 1 * * * * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * * 1 * 1 * 1 * 1 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  *  * * * * * * Language in Use 3 Let’s go out to a restaurant tonight. I’d like to go to a place which is romantic and quiet. 4 We want to do an exciting activity. It should be something we haven’t done before. Let’s go out to a restaurant tonight, somewhere romantic and quiet. We want to do an exciting activity, something we haven’t done before. Language in Use ? Complete the sentences with the correct form of suitable expressions from the box. dangerous, healthy, safe content, fulfilled, satisfied inherently perfectly