上外全新版大学英语综合教程讲义-book2-unit4.pdfVIP

Unit Four The Virtual World Teaching Objectives 1. Ss should grasp the main idea of text A —— Despite the many negative effects of virtual life, the author prefers it to real life. 2. Ss should understand the structure of the text —— Contrast between virtual life and real life. 3. Learn some rules of interpreting new vocabulary and usage related to computers and the Internet in English 4. Grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text. The First Two Periods (90minutes) Part I. Review of Unit Three (10minutes) Part II. Introductory Remarks: 1. Ask Ss to answer the following questions: (15minutes) 1) Do you like surfing online? How long do you spend online every day? 2) What do you usually do online? ——checking email, chatting with friends, acquiring information, reading and watching news, watching films, purchasing, etc. 3) What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of the Internet? ——advantages: Life becomes more convenient with the help of the internet. ① We can communicate with relatives and friends through email, QQ, MSN despite the distance between us. ② We can acquire information, news, knowledge more quickly. ③ we can purchase some items we need with a cheap price online without going out. ——disadvantages: ① Harmful information also spread rapidly. Virus spread quickly. ② Some students are indulge in net-games and lots of precious time is wasted. ③ Cyber-love appears which is not real. ④ Some people conduct illegal affairs and cheating through the Internet. ⑤some kind of criminals such as hackers’ crimes. 2. Listen and appreciate the poem Surfing the Internet(10 minutes) You are not the only one who likes surfing the net, most of the people nowadays like logging onto the web. The following poem tells us the experience and feeling of an employee who surfs t