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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,Page,*,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,Unit FourA Virtual Life,Look at the theme of this unit,The Virtual World,and the title of T-A,A virtual life,1 Could you find the antonyms(,反义词,)of,virtual world,and,virtual life,?,Key:real world;real life,2 Provide synonyms for,virtual world,:,E.g.cyberspace,cyberia,etherworld,virtual reality,internet world,net world,etc.,3 What can we do on the internet?,Some people prefer to live a life in contact with real things and real people,but others favor a virtual existence.Which life do you think is better?,Task 2 Topics for Discussion,There are a few combining forms or affixes for new computer-and-internet-related vocabulary in English,of which the most dynamic are,cyber-,net-,web-,and,e-,1 combining forms/prefixes+noun:this is the most common type:,virtual life(,虚拟世界,),virtual office(,虚拟办公室,),cyber-interaction(,网络互动,),cyber nut(,网虫,),cyber pet(,电子宠物,),Web page(,网页,),website(,网站,),e-card(,电子贺卡,),e-business(,电子商务,),Virtual words-conclusion,bining forms/prefixes+verb,cyber surf(,网上冲浪,),netsurf(,网上冲浪,),email(,发送电子邮件,),3.words like cyber,net,etc.+suffix,cyberian(,网络用户,),netter(,网民,),cyberize(,使联网,),4.clipped words,cyberdoc(,网络医生,),Netcast(,网络播放,),Netizen(,网民,),e-zine(,电子杂志,),Text organization 1,Contents paragraphs,1.Description of the authors virtual life 2-3,2.How she feels about it after staying 1,4-10,13,on the Net for a while,3.What she does to return to the real world 11,4.How she feels about the real world 12,After too long on the Net,even a phone call can be a shock.,在网上呆了太久，听到电话铃声也会吓一大跳。,Para1 P90,My boyfriends Liverpool,accent,suddenly becomes impossible to,interpret,after his easily understood words on screen;,a secretarys,clipped tone,seems more rejecting than Id imagined it would be.,显示屏上看多了我男朋友那些一目了然的文字，他的利物浦,口音,一下子变得难以听懂；而秘书的,清脆快速的语调,听上去比我想象的要生硬。,Implication:The author has become more familiar with the virtual world than the real world.,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.,时间本身变得捉摸不定,几小时变成几分钟，或几秒钟延伸为几天。周末原本是我一周中的黄金时段，现在却不过是平平常常的两天。,Para.1 p.90,stretch v.延伸，伸展，延续,n.一段时间，一段路程，连绵的一片,搭配：at a stretch 不停地，连续地,at full stretch 竭尽全力,stretch out ones hands or arms 伸出某人的手或手臂,stretch oneself,伸懒腰；伸展身体；尽最大的努力,stretch out,伸手,on the stretch,紧张着,e.g.他摘下帽子伸出手臂拥抱她。,He removed his hat and stretched out his arms to embrace her.,Content Questions,1.What did the author do three years ago and what is she doing now?,She was a television producer three years ago and now she works as a telecommuter.,2.How does the author work nowadays?,She submits articles and edits them via emails and communicates with colleagues on Internet mailing lists.,3.How does the author manage her daily life?,She could almost do anything on the net:she can order food,and manage her money,love and work.,For the last three years,since I stopped working as a television producer,I have done much of my work as a,telecommuter.,在我不再当电视制片人的这三年间，我的大部分工作都是在家里使用计算机终端完成的。,Telecommuter,：远程,工作者,Para2 p.90,I,submit,articles and,edit,them via email and,communicate,with colleagues on Internet mailing lists.My boyfriend lives in England,so much of our relationship is also computer-assisted.,我通过电子邮件投稿和校订，利用互联网上的邮件列表和同行交流。我男朋友住在英国，因此两人的关系也在很大程度上借助电脑联系。,3.submit v.,1)提交，呈递，上交,e.g.你必须在1月1号以前将申请交上来。,You must submit your application before January 1st.,2)服从，顺从,e.g.学生在学校必须服从校长的命令。,Students must submit to the orders of the headmaster at school.,Submission n.Submissive adj.,搭配：submit(oneself)to 屈从，听从,submit a plan/proposal to 向递交计划/建议,1,vi,.,通讯，传达；,We can,communicate with,people in most parts of the world by telephone.,年轻人有时抱怨无法与父母沟通思想。,Young people sometimes complain of not being able to,communicate with,their parents.,communicate para.1 p.90,Communicator,n.,传播者；发报机；通信员,Communication,n.,通讯，通信；交流,Bank of communications,交通银行,communicate para.2 p.90,If I desired,I could stay inside for weeks without wanting anything.I can order food,and manage my money,love and work.,如果我愿意，可以一连几个星期不出门而什么也不缺。我可以在网上订购食物，网上理财，恋爱，工作。,Para.3 p.90,In fact,at times,I have spent as long as three weeks alone at home,going out only to get mail and buy newspapers and groceries.I watched most of the endless snowstorm of 96 on TV.,事实上，我有时独自呆在家里长达三个星期，只偶尔出去拿信，买报纸及日用品。,1996,年那一场接一场的暴风雪我大都是在电视上看到的。,Sometimes,有时；偶尔,E.g.,At times,I feel that I want to leave this job.,At times,when I come home,my dog gives me a guilty look.,有时，当我回到家中时，我的狗给我一付负罪的面孔。,at times para.3 p.90,4.What are the symptoms shared by people who live a virtual life?,They are separated from the real world and dont like to communicate with people face to face.,But after a while,life itself begins to feel unreal.,然而一段时间后，生活本身就显得不那么真实了。,I start to feel as though Ive become one with my machines,taking,data,in,spitting,them back,out,just another link in the Net.,我开始觉得自己似乎与机器融为一体了，我接受信息，再发送出去，就如同互联网上的一个连接点。,Para 4 p.91,Others,on line,report the same,symptoms,.We start to feel an,aversion,to outside forms of,socializing,.,其他上网的人也谈到了同样地症状。我们开始厌恶外面的社交模式。,We have become the Net critics,worst,nightmare,.,我们的状况成了批评互联网的人们最害怕见到的一幕。,We have got into a situation that critics of the Net describe as most dreadful.,Para 4 p.91,take in 吸收，接收,e.g.地球从太阳那儿吸收热和光。,The earth takes in heat and light from the sun.,有关take的短语：,take down 拿下来，记下来,take for 当作，以为是,（Do you take me for a fool?）,take off 脱下（衣服等）；（飞机）起飞,take on 接收，从事（工作）,take out 拿出，取出,take up 开始做，接受，占用，占据,online shopping,网络购物,online game,网络游戏,get online,上网,shopping online,网上购物,online help,n.【,计,】,联机帮助,online services,在线服务,online bookstore,在线网上书店,online gaming,在线游戏,online banking,网上银行,online Para 4 p.91,What first seemed like a luxury,crawling,from bed to computer,not worrying about hair,and clothes and face,has become a form of escape,a lack of discipline.,一下床就上机，不再为发型，服饰，面部化妆烦心，起初看似奢华的享受如今却成为一种对生活的逃避，一种缺乏自律的表现。,Para.5 p.91,Vi,爬行 缓慢移动,E.g.We learn to,crawl,before we learn to talk.,我们在会说话之前先学会爬。,creep,vi.,爬行；匍匐行进,Love seems to,creep,up on you.,爱情似乎是悄悄降临。,Learn to,creep,before you leap.,学跳之前要先会爬。,crawl para.5 p.91,And once you start replacing real human contact with cyber-,interaction,coming back out of the cave can be quite difficult.,你一旦开始用网络交际来取代人与人之间的真实接触，要走出这种穴居状态就会相当困难。,What does“cyber-interaction”mean?,“Cyber-”is a prefix which means“of the computer”.“Cyber-interaction”means the contact with the computer.,para.5 p.91,6.How does the author behave when she is suddenly confronted with real live humans?,She gets overexcited and speaks too much and interrupts.,I find myself shyer,more cautious,more anxious.Or,conversely,when suddenly confronted with real live humans,I get overexcited,speak too much,interrupt.,我发现自己变得比以前怯生、谨慎、焦虑。或者，反过来，当我面对生活中活生生的人时，会变得过于兴奋，说个不停，爱打断别人的话。,Para.6 p.91,adv,.,相反地,He would have preferred his wife not to work,but,conversely,he was also proud of what she did.,他宁愿让他的太太不工作,但是相反地他也为她所作的感到自豪。,Inversely adv.,相反地，倒转地,Sometimes you give health and get money in return,sometimes you make it,inversely,;,生活是你有时候拿健康换金钱有时候拿金钱换健康。,Conversely,I constantly worry if I am dressed appropriately,that perhaps Ive actually forgotten to put on a skirt and walked outside in the T-shirt and underwear I sleep and live in.,我老是担心自己衣着是否得体，担心自己是不是真得忘了穿裙子，只穿着夜间睡觉、白天活动时穿的,T,恤和内衣就出门了,。,Para.6 p.91,At times,I turn on the television and just leave it to,talk away,in the background,something that I,d never done,previously.,有时我把电视机开着，让它作为背景声音一直响着，以前我从不这样做。,para.7 p.91,不断地谈；在谈话中度过,1.,在谈话中消磨,(,时间,),，,(,把时间,),消磨在谈话中，用谈话驱走,We talked the whole morning away.,我们把整个上午消磨在谈话中了。,2.,喋喋不休，不断地讲,Frank talked away like a chatter box.,弗兰克像个话匣子说个没完。,talk away para.7 p.91,adv.,以前；预先；仓促地,in advance,ago,formerly,ahead,As previously mentioned,Emily Dickinson had lived her life in almost totally solitude.,近义词,:,Preceding,antecedent,.,反义词,:,Following,Previously para.7 p.91,The voices of the programs are comforting,but then,Im,jarred,by the commercials.,电视节目中的说话声让人感到宽慰，可那些广告又让我心烦。,Para.7 p.91,使震惊 感到不快,震动；刺激；,The fall jarred every bone in my body.,这一跤摔得我浑身骨头痛。,The way he laughs jars on me.,他大笑的样子让我觉得不舒服。,jar,n.,罐；广口瓶,jar para.7 p.91,I find myself,sucked in,by soap,opera,s,or needing to,keep up with,the latest news and the weather.,我发现自己沉浸在肥皂剧里，或者不停地收看最新的新闻报道和天气预报。,Para.7 p.91,suck v.吸，吮吸,e.g.吸食意大利细面条是不礼貌的。,It is impolite to suck Spaghetti.,搭配：suck in 吸引，使卷入，吸收,suck up to someone 拍某人的马屁，阿谀奉承,He was finally sucked into the sea.,最后他被大海吞没了,keep up with,1)及时了解,e.g.他特别留心最新的时装式样。,He is careful to keep up with the latest fashion in clothes.,2）跟上，赶上,e.g.大卫跟不上班里的同学。,David couldnt keep up with the rest of the class.,n.,歌剧；歌剧院；歌剧团,opera house,n.,歌剧院,beijing opera,n.,京剧,Chuan Opera,川剧,soap opera,肥皂剧（以家庭问题为题材的广播或电视连续剧）,chinese opera,中国戏剧,sydney opera house,悉尼歌剧院,opera para.7 p.91,grand opera,大歌剧,cantonese opera,粤剧,chinese traditional opera,中国传统戏曲,shaoxing opera,越剧,comic opera,喜歌剧,metropolitan opera,n.,纽约大都会歌剧院,yue opera,越剧,“,Dateline,”,“,Frontline,”,“,Nightline,”,CNN,New York 1,every possible,angle,of every story over and over and over,even when they are of no possible use to me.,一而再，再而三地从,“,每日新闻,”,、,“,一线新闻,”,、,“,夜间新闻,”,、,有线新闻电视网,、纽约一套上收看有关每一条新闻的各种不同视角的报道，尽管他们对我毫无用处。,Para.7 p.91,Dateline,：美国,National Broadcasting Company(NBC),的专题新闻报道节目,Frontline:,美国,Public Broadcasting Service(PBS),的专题新闻报道节目,Nightlien:,美国,American Broadcasting Company(ABC),的专题新闻报道节目,CNN:Cable News Network(,美国,),有线新闻电视网,n.,角度，角,angle,of view,视角,visual,angle,视界，视角,a new/fresh angle 新视角,at an angle of 以 的角度(位置),look at something from a angle 从的角度 来看某事物,If you consider a problem from a different,angle,you will discover a new perspective,.,如果你从不同的角度看待问题，你就会发现一个新的景象。,angle para.7 p.91,angle,vi.,钓鱼；谋取,to angle a stream,在溪流里钓鱼,to,angle fo,r a compliment,博得夸奖,He angled for,her attention,.,他博得她的欢心,angel n.天使,Work moves into the background.,I decide to check my email.,工作成了次要的，我决定去看一下自己的电子信箱。,What does this sentence mean?,It means work becomes less important.,Why does work become less important?,Because in my minds eye,communicating with the real world has become more important at that time.,Para.7 p.91,7.How does the author behave on line?Why?,She is bad-tempered and easily angered and finds herself attacking everyone in sight.,On line,I find myself attacking everyone,in sight,.I am bad-tempered,and easily angered.,在网上，我发现自己见谁攻谁。我脾气暴躁，动辄生气。,Para.8 p.91,In sight 可看到的，临近,lose sight of,看不见；失去联系；,out of sight,看不到，不被看到,e.g.她每次购物都是见东西就买。,Every time she goes shopping,she buys everything in sight.,与sight 有关的短语：,At first sight,初看起来，乍一看；一见（钟情）,At the sight of 在看到时,In sight of 可以看见（某物）,In the sight of 在看来,Out of sight 看不见,I find everyone on my mailing list insensitive,believing that theyve forgotten that there are people actually reading their wounding,remarks,.,我觉得我与之通信的每一个人都麻木不仁，认为他们已经忘却还有人真会去读他们那些刻薄伤人的言辞。,Para.8 P.91,这两个词都是名词，都有,“,谈论,”,、,“,评论,”,之意。,remark,是常用词，指议论、评价，常含有一种随便的意味。例如：,I should be pleased to have your remark.,我将很高兴听到你的意见。,Her absence of hair could hardly escape remark.,她没有头发，免不了被人议论。,CF:remark&comment,comment,通常强调批判性的评述。例如：,Some scathing comments were heard from visitors.,从来宾那听到了一些尖刻的批评。,It became a matter of cynical comment among the neighbors.,她成了邻居们冷嘲热讽的话题。,I dont realize that Im,projecting,until after Ive been embarrassed by someone who politely points out that Ive attacked her for agreeing with me.,直到有人指出，她同意我的观点却遭到我的抨击时，我才意识到，自己是在以己度人，不由得深感尴尬。,Para.8 P92,Project Para.8 P92,V,使,(,观念等,),心中形成；使,(,思想、感情等,),形象化；把,(,自己的感情、思想等,),投射给他人,：,Dont,project,your guilt feelings onto me!,别把你自己内疚的感情往我身上搬,n.工程；事业；企业,the Hope Project,/Project Hope,希望工程,8.How does virtual life affect her relationship with her boyfriends?,She often misinterprets his boy friends intensions because of the lack of emotional cues given by their typed dialogue,which leads to a quarrel.,When I,m in this state,I fight my boyfriend as well,misinterpreting,his intentions because of the lack of,emotional cues,given by our typed dialogue.,在这种精神状态下，我也和男朋友吵架，常因键出的对话缺乏情感暗示而误解他的本意。,Why do I misinterpret my boyfriends intention?,Because the typed dialogue lacks the emotion that is expressed and implied in the real dialogue,.,Para.9 p.92,vt.,曲解，误解,Mis-,:,pref.,表示“坏，错误，否定”,mis-operation,误操作,mis-classification,错误分类,misinterpret Para.9 p.92,interpret v.1）理解，解释，说明,2）翻译，口译,interpreter 口译者 translator 笔译者,interpretation n.Misinterpret v.曲解,搭配：interpret as 把看作；把理解为,e.g.学生们将老师的微笑理解为首肯。,The students interpreted their teachers smile to be an agreement.,The fight takes hours,because the system keeps crashing.I say a line,then he does,then crash!And yet we keep on,doggedly.,由于系统常出故障，俩人一争就是几个小时。我写一句，他回一句，接着系统失灵！可我们俩还是锲而不舍地接着吵。,Para.9 p.92,adv.,顽强地；固执地,He pursued her doggedly.,Find your passion,and pursue it,doggedly,.Dont settle for a job that pays the bills.Life is too short to waste on a job you hate.,发现你的热情，不懈的追求它。不要满足于给你报酬的一份工作。生活很短，不要把时间浪费在你不喜欢的一份工作上。,doggedly Para.9 p.92,9.According to the author,why are co-workers important to a human being?,Because a human being relied on co-workers for company.,Id never realized how important daily,routine,is:dressing for work,sleeping normal hours.,以前我从未意识到日常的生活起居是多么得重要，如穿戴整齐去上班，按时就寝。,Para.10 p.92,Id never thought I,relied,so much on,co-workers,for company.,以前我从未想到过我会那么依赖同事做伴。,Para.10 p.92,rely on/upon 依靠，指望,搭配：rely on sth./doing sth.依赖，依靠做某事,rely on sb.to do sth.指望某人做某事,e.g.你回来时别指望在这里找到我。,Dont rely on finding me here when you get back.,Reliable adj.可靠的，可信赖的,Reliant adj.信赖的，依靠的,Reliance n.信任，依靠的人或物,Self-reliance n.依靠自己，自力更生,这些词都有,“,信任,”,、,“,相信,”,的意思。,rely,指完全的信任。,You are the only one I can rely on.,你是我唯一能指望的人。,trust,常强调基于没有说服力的证据的信仰产生的信心。,We must try to trust one another.Stay and cooperate.,我们必须试图相互信任。留下来并且相互合作。,depend,意味着对另一个人的帮助或支持有信心。,It all depends on how you tackle the problem.,那要看你如何应付这问题而定。,CF：rely，trust，depend,n.,同事；合作者,brother,fellow,colleague,associate,A smoker is more likely to give up the habit if a spouse,friend or,co-worker,does.,吸烟者很有可能会受到其配偶、朋友或者同事的戒烟行为影响而开始戒烟。,Co-:pref.,一起；共同；联合,Cooperate v.,合作,Co-author n.,合著者,Co-branding n.,联合品牌,Co-pilot n.,副驾驶,co-worker Para.10 p.92,I began to understand why long-term,unemployment,can be so damaging,why life without an,externally,supported daily plan can lead to higher rates of drug,abuse,crime,suicide,.,我开始理解，为什么长期的失业会那么得伤人，为什么一个人的生活缺少了外部支持的日常计划就会导致吸毒、犯罪、自杀率的增长。,Para.10 p.92,n,.,失业；失业率；失业人数,unemployment rate,失业率,unemployment insurance,失业保险,unemployment benefit,失业救济金；失业津贴,unemployment insurance benefits,失业保险救济金,unemployment compensation,失业补偿金,joblessness,jobless rate,unemployment Para.10 p.92,adv.,外部地；外表上，外形上,The candidate needs to be externally evaluated,候选人需要外部评估,.,e,xternal adj.,外部的,i,nternal adj.,内部的,externally Para.10 p.92,1,.,n.,1),滥用；虐待,the abuse of power,滥用职权,alcohol abuse,酗酒,human rights abuses,践踏人权,2 vt.,虐待；滥用,I promised not to,abuse,their kindness,.,我答应不辜负他们的一片好心。,他辜负了我对他的信任。,He has abused my confidence in him,I,wont allow you to abuse that dog.,abuse Para.10 p.92,10.What does the author do to restore balance to her life?,She force
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