大学英语试讲课件.pptVIP

Unit 4  The Virtual World Text A A Virtual Life Synonyms（同义词） for “virtual world” and “virtual life”: Autonyms（反义词）for “virtual world” and “virtual life”: Objectives Understand the main idea and structure of the text; Learn how to interpret the meaning of computer-and-Internet-related words; Master key language points and grammatical structures in the text. What can people do on the Internet? Work on the net (playwright, free-columnist, journalist, Taobao businessmen, novelist, software designer, accountant, etc.) Entertainment (movie, games, music, museum, travelling, etc.) News and Informations (weather report, financing) Communications (emails, e-card, QQ ) Computer-and-Internet-related vocabulary virtual life, virtual reality, cyber-interaction, cyberculture, cybernut, cyberpet, cyberspace, netwriter, nethead, Webmaster, Web page, Website, Web TV, E-book, E-shopper, e-card, e-journal, e-business, e-cash, e-commerce, cybersurf, cyberphobia, etc. The most dynamic combining forms/prefixes for new computer-and-Internet-related vocabulary are: cyber-, virtual, net-, Web-(web-), E-(e-). Structure of the Text Part 1 (para.1—para.3): Part 2 (para.4—para.11): Part 3 (para.12—para.13): What are the roles of the first paragraph and the last? Para.1--3 After too long on the Net, even a phone call can be a shock. My boyfriend’s Liverpool accent suddenly becomes impossible to interpret after his easily understood words on screen; a secretary’s clipped tone seems more rejecting than I’d imagined it would be. Time itself becomes fluid — hours become minutes, or seconds stretch into days. Weekends, once a highlight of my week, are now just two ordinary days. secretary’s Para.1--3 For the last three years, since I stopped working as a television producer, I have done much of my work as a telecommuter. I submit articles and edit them via e