大学英语unit4幻灯片.pptVIP

Objectives Understand the main idea (despite the many negative effects of virtual life, the author prefers it to real life) and structure of the text (contrast between virtual life and real life) Learn some rules of interpreting new vocabulary and usage related to computers and the Internet in English Grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text Conduct a series of reading, speaking, listening and writing activities related to the theme of the unit Preparation Task 1: Word Association Task 2: Topics for Discussion 1. How many words and expressions related to computer and internet can you think of? (group competition) 2. Now try to find out more relevant words and expressions in the word list on p104-105. 3. Here are some more words related. Task Word Association Home page: 主页 Website: WWW（环球网）的站点 Net friend/pal: 网友 Hacker：黑客 Virus：病毒 Netizen：网民，（＝net+citizen) Surf: 网上冲浪 Smiley face：笑脸 Spam：垃圾邮件 Blog：网络日志 (Weblog的简称 ) On-line dating: 网上约会 Cyber-：计算机，计算机的（前缀） Virtual：虚拟的 Online：在线 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. The most dynamic combining forms/prefixes for new computer-and-Internet-related vocabulary in English are cyber-, virtual, Net- (net-), Web- (web-), and E- (e-). New English vocabulary items derived from them usually appear in the following forms: 1. combining forms/prefixes + noun: this is the most common type, e.g. a) virtual life (虚拟生活), virtual world (虚拟世界) , virtual community (虚拟社区) , virtual office (虚拟办公室) , virtual pet (虚拟宠物) , virtual reality (虚拟现实) , b) cyber-interaction (网络互动) , cyberculture (网络文化), cybernut (网虫), cyberpet (电子宠物), cyberspace (网络空间); c) netwriter (发送电子邮件的人), nethead (网虫); Webmaster (网站维护者), Web page (网页), website (网址), Web TV (网络电视机) ; d) E-book (电子书籍), E-shopp