研究生英语综合教程(下)Unit_4.ppt

Content Starting out Reading Focus Reading More Practical Translation Focused Writing Final Project Task 1 Work in groups and solve the following crossword puzzle involving words describing things that have emerged in recent years with the improvement of science and technology, e.g. email, surfing the Net, search engine, cell phone, etc. Across 2. a science which involves developing and making extremely small but very powerful machines 4. to post a reply in order to raise the thread’s profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads 5. to produce an exact copy of an animal or a plant from its cells 9. someone who secretly uses or changes the information in other people’s computer systems 10. GM food refers to ________ modified food which is not affected by particular diseases or harmful insects. 13. A ________ potato is someone who spends most of their time surfing the net. 15. email messages that a computer user has not asked for and does not want to read, for example from someone who is advertising something 16. a business that sells products or services on the Internet, instead of in a shop 17. a virtual pet in the form of an interactive program 19. the opposite of cyberspace or the virtual world of the Internet 20. education via the Internet; e-education Down 1. keyboard characters used in combination to produce whimsical symbols representing a range of emotions, also known as smiley 3. online romance 6. teenagers who spend too much time in front of the screen (television or computer screens) 7. a knowledgeable and experienced Internet user 8. move information or programs from a computer network to a small computer 11. an activity performed on Internet forums or chat rooms that involves wandering the website, reading posts and never actually posting anything 12. the user (or employee) of the forum which is granted access to the posts f