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1、Alienation &the InternetUnit 3, Book IVNovember 1, 2021vWarm-up Quiz 1. Make sure you _ your computer before you leave the office. *close * shut down * restart * lock upNovember 1, 2021v2. How long are you going to be _ the Internet? *at * in *to *onNovember 1, 2021 3. Oh no! This stupid compute

2、r has _ again! * crashed * broken down * had an accident * failedNovember 1, 2021v 4. I can spend the whole weekend just _ the net. * sailing * swimming * surfing * windsurfingNovember 1, 2021v 5. Now we have broadband. We are _ to the Internet 24 hours a day. * joined * linked * connected * attache

3、dNovember 1, 2021v 6. To open a file, just _ on it with the mouse .v * pressv * cluckv * hitv * clickNovember 1, 2021Internet-Addicted -1vInternet addiction is a psychological disorder proposed for inclusion in DSM-V (the American Psychiatric Associations Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental

4、Disorders, fifth revision), which is scheduled for publication in 2011. Korean researchers are developing a standard psychological tool called the K-scale to diagnose Internet addiction and measure its severity. vAccording to Dr. Jerald Block, the proposed disorder exhibits four common characteristi

5、cs of addiction:Excessive use, which may be accompanied by impaired sense of the passage of time and/or neglecting basic drives (such as hunger or the need for sleep). 8School of Foreign StudiesNovember 1, 2021Internet-Addicted -2vWithdrawal (when prevented from going online), which may be manifeste

6、d as anger, tension or depression. vTolerance, which in the case of Internet addiction may be indicated by longer use or a perceived need for upgrades or new software. vNegative repercussions to the behavior, which may include arguments, fatigue, problems at school or work, lying, lack of achievemen

7、t and social isolation.vAccording to research from Stanford University School of Medicine in Silicon Valley in 2006: vOne in eight people in the U.S. is addicted to the Internet. 9School of Foreign StudiesNovember 1, 2021Internet-Addicted -3vThe typical Internet addict is a single, college-educated,

8、 white male in his 30s, who spends approximately 30 hours a week on non-essential computer use. v14 percent of study respondents had difficulty abstaining for several days. v5.9 percent admitted that their Internet use impacted their relationships. v8.2 percent admitted that they used the Internet t

9、o escape reality. v3.7 percent were preoccupied by thoughts of going online when offline. vOther suggestions for the disorders name include pathological computer use, problem Internet use, pathological Internet use and heavy Internet use.10School of Foreign StudiesCrossword Crossword The Internet To

10、 assess your level of addiction, answer the following questions using this scale: 1 = Rarely. 罕见 2 = Occasionally. 偶尔 3 = Frequently. 常有 4 = Often. 经常 5 = Always. 总是 0=Does not appliedQuestionnaire 1. How often do you find that you stay on-line longer than you intended? 2. How often do you neglect h

11、ousehold chores to spend more time on-line? 3. How often do you prefer the excitement of the Internet to intimacy with your partner? 4. How often do you form new relationships with fellow on-line users? 5. How often do others in your life complain to you about the amount of time you spend on-line? 6

12、. How often do your grades or school work suffer because of the amount of time you spend on-line? 7. How often do you check your e-mail before something else that you need to do? 8. How often does your job performance or productivity suffer because of the Internet? 9. How often do you become defensi

13、ve or secretive when anyone asks you what you do on-line? 10. How often do you block out disturbing thoughts about your life with soothing thoughts of the Internet? 11. How often do you find yourself anticipating when you will go on-line again? 12. How often do you fear that life without the Interne

14、t would be boring, empty, and joyless? 13. How often do you snap, yell, or act annoyed if someone bothers you while you are on-line? 14. How often do you lose sleep due to late-night logins? 15. How often do you feel preoccupied with the Internet when off-line, or fantasize about being online? 16. H

15、ow often do you find yourself saying just a few more minutes when online? 17. How often do you try to cut down the amount of time you spend on-line and fail? 18. How often do you try to hide how long youve been on-line? 19. How often do you choose to spend more time on-line over going out with other

16、s? 20. How often do you feel depressed, moody, or nervous when you are off-line, which goes away once you are back on-line? After youve answered all the questions, add the numbers you selected for each response to obtain a final score. The higher your score, the greater your level of addiction and t

17、he problems your Internet usage causes. Heres a general scale to help measure your score: 20 - 49 points: You are an average on-line user. You may surf the Web a bit too long at times, but you have control over your usage. 50 -79 points: You are experiencing occasional or frequent problems because o

18、f the Internet. You should consider their full impact on your life. 80 - 100 points: Your Internet usage is causing significant problems in your life. You should evaluate the impact of the Internet on your life and address the problems directly caused by your Internet usage. After you have identifie

19、d the category that fits your total score, look back at those questions for which your scored a 4 or 5. Did you realize this was a significant problem for you? For example, if you answered 4 (often) to Question #2 regarding your neglect of household chores, were you aware of just how often your dirt

20、y laundry piles up or how empty the refrigerator gets? Say you answered 5 (always) to Question #14 about lost sleep due to late-night logins. Have you ever stopped to think about how hard it has become to drag yourself out of bed every morning? Do you feel exhausted at work? Has this pattern begun t

21、o take its toll on your body and your overall health? Structure AnalysisNovember 1, 2021Main Ideasvadvantages and disadvantages of the Internetvadvantages: - free exchange of ideas, globalizationvdisadvantages: -alienationvDiscussion: List either the advantages or the disadvantages of the Internet w

22、ithin groups of five. Note that you dont have to do both.33School of Foreign StudiesNovember 1, 2021AdvantagesIt gives us easy access to a lot of information we need;It makes communications faster and more effective without the hindrance of physical distance;It makes our life more colorful with vari

23、ous kinds of games; It can help us forget our miseries at least temporarily.34School of Foreign StudiesNovember 1, 2021School of Foreign StudiesIt can make us feel addicted to it and take a lot our time with which we can do something more important.The virtual world it offers can make us forget who

24、we really are and develop an unrealistic attitude towards lifeWe can be deceived by someone in the cyberspace with ill intentionsCommunications on the Internet is far from being safe because of the viruses and occasional breakdown of the computer system.Disadvantages35 The Internet is a wonderful fr

25、om which we can retrieve valuable information. Moreover, it facilitates our communication with people far away from us at a cost substantially less than that of means of communication. Also, it can be an important building block to childrens learning because a vast amount of information is only clic

26、ks away. There is evidence that computer use is to slightly better academic performance.Pros and Cons of the Internetsourcetraditionalsuggestinglinked However, there is evidence indicating that the Internet can a harmful influence people. For example, its power has increased children and youngsters

27、time spent in front of the computer screens at the of other healthier physical activities, thus increasing their chance of getting overweight and short-sighted. In addition, children have limited ability of right from wrong and therefore are to the potential contaminating influence of the harmful ma

28、terials on the Internet.sufficientexertaddictiveexpensetellingsubjectonl If the Internet allows for the free exchange of ideas, it helps to unify us. Then how does it alienate us while uniting us? How does it fragment society while globalizing ideas? This is the issue that the author tackles in the

29、text. l This piece of argumentative writing falls into three parts.November 1, 2021Part DivisionSchool of Foreign Studies39Main body: the author supports his point with evidences and reasons. Conclusion: the author reiterates his point that only when we make a moderate use of the Internet can we ful

30、ly realize its potential without having our sense of reality skewed.Part II: Para. 3-6Part III: Para. 7Introduction: the Internet may be responsible for furthering the fragmentation of society by alienating its individual users.Part I: Para. 1-2November 1, 2021Question 5-1v 1. Whats the authors view

31、point about the benefit of the Internet? What does he see about its negative side?v -As the author sees it, the Internet is most likely to make our global village a place to live in. it provides a miraculous forum for the globalization of ideas, which contributes to the realization of human potentia

32、l. Furthermore, it is a powerful tool for the acquisition and application of knowledge. The benefits of the Internet, however, may be darkened by its negative consequences. It may deprive its user of his time for necessary interaction with other society members so that the whole world may be further

33、 fragmented. In addition, there is a reasonable likelihood the Internet presents too much information, which gives its user a skewed sense of reality by making him a cognitively overloaded man.40School of Foreign StudiesNovember 1, 2021Question 5-2v2. What happened to the authors friend as regards t

34、he Internet? What negative consequences did he see about it?v-His friend was addicted to the Internet. He would spend even over twenty-four hours nonstop on the Internet so that he had to force himself go off line. As he spent so much time in cyberspace, his sense of reality might have been crooked.

35、 Moreover, without any face-to-face verbal communication with other people, he felt lonely and depressed.41School of Foreign StudiesNovember 1, 2021Question 5-3v 3. What alienated society members before the Internet gained popularity? What alienates them in the information age?v - The alienation of

36、society members had begun long before the Internet started to be used worldwide. After World War II when the soldiers returned from the battlefields, they devoted themselves to “progress”. What they did to achieve their goal was to manufacture large quantities of cars and make them available to most

37、 people. With the car people could travel around more easily, but at the expense of their reunion with their extended families and communications with their neighbors. Thus, it is apparent thati it was the car ownership that alienated people before the internet. In the information age, however, peop

38、le are alienated not so much by cars as by the Internet. Internet addicts are far form rare. As illustrated by the example of the authors nephew, it seems to be an irreversible trend that more and more people, old and young, are becoming addicted to the Internet. They will spend many hours non-stop

39、in cyberspace rather than with their families or friends. For lack of communications, the are becoming strangers to other people. Therefore, there is a good reason to believe that the society is being further alienated by the Internet.42School of Foreign StudiesNovember 1, 2021Question 5-4v What is

40、meant by the “cruel irony” that appears in Paragraph 4?v - The “cruel irony” means that the Internet provides the user with a convenient means of communicating and making friends with people far apart on the one hand, but on the other, it estranges the user from the people around him by canceling hi

41、s availability for the face-to-face communications even with his families and close friends and for involvement in the community activities.School of Foreign Studies43November 1, 2021Question 5-5v 5. How, according to the author, can the potential of the Internet be realized?v - The potential of the

42、 Internet as a powerful tool for globalizing ideas and for acquiring and applying knowledge can only be realized when its user strikes a balance between the reality and the Internet. Although the Internet makes it possible for its users to debate, shop, travel and have romance in cyberspace without

43、leaving home, the overuse of this tool probably results in a distorted sense of reality. The only way to avoid being penalized by the Internet is make moderate use of this tool without losing ones sense of place in the world.44School of Foreign StudiesNovember 1, 2021Hyperlinks vText UnderstandingvV

44、ocabulary School of Foreign Studies45Exercises School of Foreign Studies46November 1, 2021Rhetorical FeaturesvAntonymsv-The use of all the pairs of antonyms helps to reinforce the seeming self-contradiction that the Internet can lead to globalization on the one hand and cause the alienation of the u

45、ser from the people around him on the other.v-real/not real; reality/virtual existence; outside playing with his friends/play his games against his friends in cyberspace.47School of Foreign StudiesNovember 1, 2021v Paraphrasev 1. As the Internet can be reached and used with relatively few restrction

46、s, it plays a role in connecting people globally, which is comparable to travelling through international waterways.v 2. A lot of people talk about the new information age, but not so many people are aquainted with the idea that the Internet separates people from each other and fragments society further as a result.v 3. I think that in our society top priority is given to the satisfaction of ones immediate needs. The Interneti s the best means to achieve this purpose, for on the I