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Unit 4 The Virtual World
Ⅱ. Computer-related vocabulary
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-).
1. combining forms/prefixes + noun
(=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))
2. combining 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))
Global Reading
Ⅰ. Part Division
Parts Para(s). Main Ideas
1 1-3 Description of the author’s virtual life.
2 4-10 Her feeling about the virtual life.
3 11-13 Her effort of returning to the real world and her feeling about the real world.
Detailed Reading
Ⅰ. Difficult Sentences
4. (LL. 31~32) At times, I turn on the television and just leave it to talk away in the background,
something that I’d never done previously.
Translate the sentence into Chinese.
(=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。)
5. (LL. 35~37) “Dateline,” “Frontline,” “Nightline,” CNN, New York1, every possible angle of every
story over and over and over, even when they are of no possible use to me.
Give the Chinese equivalents for “Dateline”, “Frontline”, “Nightline”, “CNN”, “New York1”.
(=“每日新闻”、“一线新闻”、“夜间新闻”、“有线新闻电视网”、“纽约一套”。)
Ⅱ. Words and Expressions
1. (L. 8) submit: vt.
1) give (sth.) to sb. so that it may be formally considered
*I am going to submit an application for that job in Microsoft.
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*Peter submitted his application to the local government.
2) yield (oneself); agree to obey
*Should a wife submit herself to her husband?
*We should submit ourselves to discipline.
Collocation:
submit oneself to 甘受, 服从
submit to 服从于；把…提交给…
submit willingly 心悦诚服
2. (L. 18) take in:
1) receive, admit
2) include
3) make (clothes) narrower
4) understand
5) deceive
6) see at a glance; see at once
(Directions:) Match the above definitions with the sentences below.
1. The dress was too big, so I took it in. (=3)
2. I didn’t take in what you were saying. (=4)
3. She took in every details of the other woman’s clothes. (=6)
4. Do you mean we should get rid of the stale and take in the fresh? (=1)
5. Don’t be taken in by her promises (=5)
6. This is the total cost of the trip, taking in everything. (=2)
Collocation:
take after 仿效，跟随；相象，在相貌、脾气或性格上相似
take apart 拆开
take back 收回（所说的或所写的事）
take down 拿下，放下
take for 把…视作；误认为
take off 脱掉（衣服等）；起飞
take on 从事；开始对付：
take out 取出；弄走
take over 接管
take up 举起；再次开始
3. (L. 33) but then: yet at the same time
*The failure of China’s soccer team looks inevitable. But then, anything can happen in football.
*这个马戏团并不出色，不过观众的要求也并不高。
(=The circus was not a very good one, but then, the audience was not demanding.)
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