全新版大学英语第二册教案 Unit 4 The Virtual World

1、Unit 4 The Virtual WorldI. Suggested Teaching Plan ObjectivesStudents will be able to:1. understand the main idea(despite the many negative effects of virtual life, the author prefers it to real life) and structure of the text(contrast between virtual life and real life);2. learn some rules of inter

2、preting new vocabulary and usage related to computers and the Internet in English;3. grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit.Time allotment1st period 2nd period3rd

3、 period4th period5th periodPre-readingWhile-reading(text organization; language points)While-reading(language points; “find” structure; consequences of virtual life)Post-reading; Check on students home reading(Text B)Theme-Related Language Learning TasksPre-reading tasks 1. T asks Ss the following q

4、uestions on the poem Surfing the Internet: (5 minutes)What was the hero doing when his boss came in? (surfing the Internet)How did he act in front of his boss? (He pretended to be surprised at the computer which had crashed “unexpectedly”.)2. Ss look at the theme of this unit (the Virtual World) and

5、 the title of Text A (A Virtual Life), then try to:find antonyms of “virtual world” and “virtual life”;(real world, real life)suggest synonyms for “virtual world”;(cyberspace, cyberia, etherworld, virtual reality, Internet world, net world, etc.)say what people can do on the Internet.(communicating

6、with people, shopping, reading, entertainment, education, working, hacking, publishing, etc.)3. Imaginative writing (28 minutes)1) T dictates to Ss the following paragraph: For the past two weeks, other participants of the Net Survival Contest(网络生存竞赛) and I have been shut up in bare hotel rooms. Our

7、 only link to the real world has been a computer that is hooked up to the Internet (联网电脑). We have relied on it, not only for food, bed sheets and other daily necessities, but also to set up an e-business (电子商务) of our own.2) Now Ss will complete the paragraph beginning with: “Now it is time for me

8、to walk out into the light of day again” They will give their imagination full play. They will write no more than 100 words.3) Ss form groups of four to five, and read aloud to each other their own writings.4) T asks some groups to recommend the best piece in their group to the class.4. T may lead i

9、n to Text A by saying: Some of us like to live a life in contact with real things and real people, but others favor a virtual existence. Which life is better? Im sure you have different opinions. Now lets read Text A to find out what Maia Szalavitz has to say about these two life styles. (2 minutes)

10、While-reading tasks1. Text organization (15 minutes)1) T draws Ss attention to Text Organization Exercise 1, and lets them read its instruction as well as what has already been done for them in this exercise.2) Ss try to complete the exercise by simply reading the sentence of each paragraph in Text

11、A.3) Ss compare answers with each other; if necessary, T may help.2. T explains the key language points and gives Ss practice (Language study). (45 minutes)3. T guides Ss through Structure Exercise 2. (10 minutes)4. Ss re-read Paras 4-10, work in pairs to find out consequences of “my” virtual life.

12、Can they use the “find oneself + adj./past participle/present participle” structure when summing up the consequences? (10 minutes)5. Some pairs report to the class their findings, using the “find” structure. (5 minutes)Post reading tasks1. Computer-related vocabulary items (20 minutes)1) Ss scan Tex

13、t A to find out vocabulary items to computer and the Internet. (They are: virtual life, the net, telecommuter, email, Internet mailing lists, computer-assisted, data, link, cyber-interaction, on line, system cash, click on the modem, connection, password)2) T tells Ss that new terms related to compu

14、ter and the Internet are constantly added to the English vocabulary, so much so that many of them are not included in any English dictionary. However, if we apply certain rules, their meanings are easy to deduce.3) T gives Ss more examples of computer-related vocabulary items (see Text Analysis)2. T

15、 guides Ss through some after-text exercises. (25 minutes)3. T checks on Ss home reading (Text B). (3 minutes)4. Ss do Part IV: Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks. (1 period)5. T asks Ss to prepare the next unit: (2 minutes)1) do the pre-reading task2) preview Text A.II. Text AnalysisThe most dyn

16、amic combining forms/prefixes for new computer-and-Internet-related vocabulary in /English are cyber-, virtual, net- (net-), Web- (web-), and E- (e-).New English vocabulary items derived from them usually appear in the following forms:1. combining forms/prefixes+ noun: this is the most common type,

17、e.g. virtual life（虚拟生活）, virtual world（虚拟世界） virtual reality（虚拟现实）,cyber-interaction（网络互动）,cyberculture（网络文化）, cybernut（网虫）,cyberpet（电子宠物）,cyberspace（网络空间）, netwriter（放送电子邮件的人）, nethead（网虫）, Webmaster（网站维护者）, Web page（网页）, Website（网站）, WebTV（网络电视机）,E-book（电子书籍）,E-shopper（网上购物者）, e-card（电子贺卡）,e-journ

18、al（电子杂志）,e-business（电子商务）, e-cash（电子货币）, e-commerce（电子商务）.2. combining forms/prefixes + verb: e.g. cybersurf（网络漫游）, netsurf（网络漫游）, websurf, （网络漫游）， email （发送电子邮件）3. words like cyber, net, etc. + suffix: e.g. cyberian(网络用户)， cyberphobia（电脑恐惧症） cybernaut (网络用户)，netter（网民） Webify（使万维网化） cyberize（使联网）4.

19、 clipped word: cyberdoc（网络医生）， Netcast（网络播放）, Netiquette（网规）, Netizen（网民）， Netpreneur（网络企业家） Webcam（网络摄象机）， Webcasting（网络播放） Webliography（网络书目）, Webnomics（网络经济）， Webzine网络杂志）， e- tailing（电子零售）, e-zine（电子杂志）.III. Cultural Notes1.The Internet: an international computer network for the exchange of info

20、rmation. It was originally used mainly in the academic and military worlds but has since become available to the large and increasing number of people with personal computers. Other services, e.g. the World Wide Web, are available through it.The Internet is changing our lives and a parallel universe

21、 is rapidly emerging online. Today there is scarcely an aspect of our life that isnt being upended by the torrent of information available on the hundreds of millions of sites crowding the Internet, not to mention its saving companies billions of dollars in producing goods and serving the needs of t

22、heir customers. Nothing like it has been seen since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, when power-driven machines began producing more in a day than men could turn out in nearly a year. The Internet and e-commerce are viewed as a global megatrend along the lines of the printing press, the t

23、elephone, the computer and the electricity.You would be hard pressed to name something that isnt available on the Internet. Consider: books, health care, movie tickets, baby clothes, stocks, real estate, toys and airline tickets. American kids today are so computer savvy that it virtually ensures th

24、e United States will remain the unchallenged leader in cyberspace for the foreseeable future. Most kids use computers to play games and have email chats with friends.Whats clear is that, whatever we like it or not, the Internet is an ever-growing part of our lives and there is no turning back.2. NBC

25、 (the National Broadcasting Company): the first of the original three US national broadcasting companies. It was established in 1926 by Radio Corporation of America as two groups of radio stations. The first NBC television channel opened in 1940. The company is now owned by General Electric. Its mai

26、n offices are at Rockefeller Center in New York.3. PBS ( the Public Broadcasting Services): (in the US) a television system that broadcasts programs to an association of local stations which use no television advertisements and do not make a profit. It was established by the Public Broadcasting Act

27、and is supported by money from the US Government, large companies and the public. PBS is known for the high quality of its programs.4. ABC ( the American Broadcasting Company): one of the original three major television networks in American. It began in 1943 as the Blue Networks of six radio station

28、s. ABC is now owned by the Walt Disney Company.IV. Language Study1.virtual: 1) created and existing only in a computer 虚拟的 can visit a virtual store and put what I want in my basket at the click of a mouse button. Some people spend too much time escaping from reality into the virtual world conjuring

29、 up on their computer screens. 2) being or acting as what is described, but not accepted as such in name or officially 差不多的，实质上的 He claimed to be a virtual prisoner in his own home. The worlds governments have done virtually nothing to combat the threat of nuclear accidents. virtual world 虚拟世界 virtu

30、al community虚拟社区 virtual pet虚拟宠物 virtual reality 虚拟现实2.interpret: 1) make clear the meaning of (either in words or by artistic performance) 解释，说明Poetry helps to interpret life.The professor tried to interpret the difficult passage in the book. 2) consider to be the meaning of 认为是的意思She interprets th

31、e dream as an unconscious desire to be young again.We interpreted his silence as a refusal.They are worried that the students might interpret the new regulation as a restriction of their rights.3) translate what is said in one language into another 作口译No one in the tour group spoke Spanish so we had

32、 to ask the guide to interpret.He worked as a interpreter at the UN s World Summit on Sustainable Development.他在联合国可持续发展大会上担任口译。Note: translate笔译 translator笔译者Interpret口译 interpreter口译者3.tone: a particular quality or intonation of the voice From the tone of her voice I could tell she was very angry.

33、 The doctors tone was very serious.4.stretch: vi.(cause to) become longer, wider, etc. without breaking Having finished their morning work, the clerks stood up behind their desks, stretching themselves.My working day stretches from seven in the morning to eight at night.stretch ones arms/legs/onesel

34、f/ones muscles舒展手臂/腿脚/身体/肌肉n. the ability to increase the length or width at full stretch 尽力而为at a stretch 连续不断地5. submit： vt.1)give (sth) to sb. so that it may be formally considered (followed by to)提交，呈递You should submit your report to the committee.Peter submitted his plans for the new town squar

35、e to the local government.2) to yield(oneself); agree to obey 服从，顺从Should a wife submit herself to her husband?Children at school must submit to the orders of the headmaster.vi. surrender, give in; abstain from resistance 投降，屈服The rebels swore never to submit. 起义者发誓绝不投降。6.edit: revise or correctJack

36、 is busy editing Shakespeares plays for use of in schools. John didnt finish editing the annual report until the end of last year.editor n. 编辑7.email: n. electronic mailv. send an email to Young people like to keep in touch with their friends via the email.I will email you as soon as I get the news.

37、前缀e-表示: 电子的。 类似的词有: E-shopper 网上购物者; E-book电子图书; e-card电子贺卡;e-business 电子商务8. communicate: contact sb. in any way, esp. by speaking to them, writing to them or calling them (followed by with)Some young people depend heavily on e-mail to communicate with each other.They have been divorced for years a

38、nd never communicated with each other.9. relationship n. 1) family or personal connection 2) connectionWhat relationship between language and thought?The scientist had a good relationship with his American colleagues.-ship 这个后缀可以表示“情况、状态、性质、关系”，如：friendship, fellowship, partnership也可以表示“身份、职位、资格、权限”

39、等，如：citizenship（公民权，身份） kingship（王位，王权），还可以表示“技术，技艺，技能”，类似的词有：workmanship （手艺，工艺） horsemanship （骑术）。10. at times: sometimes, occasionally 有时候I do feel a little nervous at times.At times Tom mother lets him hold his little sister.与time有关的词组有:at the same time at all times 总是，始终，经常in time on time at on

40、e time 过去有一段时间at other times 在其他时候；又有时many a times 很多时候in/out of time 合（不合）节拍11.take in: absorb sth. into the body by breaking or swallowingThe earth takes in heat and light from the sun.Fish take in oxygen through their gills.take in 另外还有别的含义，如：了解，领会；包含，包括；接收（房客，客人等），上在家中居住，受留；接活在家做；欺骗，哄骗；订阅。辨别下面句中

41、的含义：1） They listened to my lecture, but I wandered how much they took in.2） We need more time to take in the situation.3） The old lady takes in lodgers when she can get them.4） Dont trust their fellow; hell take you in if he gets the chance.5） Ill take in a daily newspaper and a magazine.与take 有关的短语

42、：take sth. down 拿下来；记下来；拆除；杀杀威风The policeman took down all the details of the accident.take for 当作，以为是Do you take me for a fool?Take off 脱下（衣服）；起飞；匆匆离开；取下来；取消The six boys got into the car and took off for their school.take on 接受，从事；雇用；让上车；开始具有，获得；变得风行 Ill take the work on, but I cant tell you exactl

43、y when Ill finish it.I didnt expect pointed shoes to take on, but they have.take out 取出，割掉；带出去The dentist took out five of Marys teeth.He took his wife out to the theater every weekend.take to 喜欢；养成某种习惯；赶赴；轻易的学会She has really taken to that child.She takes to mathematics likes a duck takes to water.t

44、ake up 开始学习；从事某种活动，发展某种爱好；占用；接受；改善You know I dropped medicine and took up physics.12.data: information, usu. in the form of facts or statistics that you can analyzeThis data is stored on the network and can be accessed by anybody.The data is still being analyzed, so I cant tell you the result.13.spi

45、t: send (liquid, food,etc.) out from the mouth (used in the pattern: spit sth. (out) (at/on/onto/ sb./sth.)The baby spat its food out on the table.He took one sip of the wine and spat it out.14.on line: connected to or controlled by a computer (network)Our system is on line to the main computer.The

46、largest online institution is the University of Phoenix, with some 1000 students today and hopes of reaching 200,000 students in 10 years.与line 有关的一些短语：in line for 有可能得到的，即将轮到的He is in line for promotion.in line with跟一致的，符合的； 按照All this was quite in line with traditional practices in Spain.In line w

47、ith the custom of the school, the students had a holiday between Christmas and New Years Day.read between the lines 读字里行间的意思，领会言外之意While reading, you should read between the lines.15.symptom: 1) sign of the existence of sth.bad 征兆High interest rates are a symptom of a weak economy.They regard the in

48、crease in crime as a symptom of a more general decline in moral standards.2) change in the body that indicates an illness 症状Yellowness of the eyes is one of the symptoms of jaundice.眼睛发黄疸病的一个症状。If the symptoms persist, you should go to your doctor.16.nightmare: a terrifying dreamWatching horror film

49、s gives me nightmares.I had a nightmare about falling off the eraction n. an effect on each other or something elseThe interaction of the two substances causes heat, and thus the temperature around them increases.这个词是由前缀inter-（在之间，互相）加动词act， 然后再加后缀-ion变成名词。有相同前缀的词还有：international ad

50、j. 国际的; interplant v. 在间套种 ; interpersonal adj.人与人之间的; interchange n /v. 互换; interview n./v. 会见; interweave v. 混纺，交织17.conversely: in a way that is opposite to sth. 相反地1 will buy 100 yuan worth of Japanese goods. Conversely, 100 yuan will buy 1worth of American goods.You can add the fluid to the pow

51、der or, conversely, the powder to the fluid.18. appropriate adj. correct or suitableA long dress is appropriate for a formal wedding.Shoes of this kind are appropriate for such occasion.19. but then: yet at the same time 但另一方面，然而The failure of Chinas soccer team looks inevitable. But then, anything

52、can happen to football.Mary performed better than the others in the final exam; but then, she spent much longer on it than they did.20.jar: have a harsh or unpleasant effect (used in the pattern: jar sth ., jar on sb./sth.) 使感到不快，刺激You shouldnt have too many colors in a small space as the effect can

53、 jar.The loud bang jarred my nerves.Her squeaky voice jarred on me.21. suck in: (usu. passive) involve (sb.) in an activity, an argument, etc.,usu. against their will (used in the pattern: suck sb. in/into sth.; suck in ) 吸引，使卷入I dont want to get sucked into the debate about school reform.Some teena

54、gers dont want to get involved with gangs, but they find themselves getting sucked in. suck up 吸引；奉承，拍马屁The canoe was sucked into the whirlpool.He is always sucking up to his boss.22 in sight: 1) visible 可以看见的The train was still in sight.It was early in the morning and there wasnt anyone in sight on

55、 campus.2) likely to come soon 临近Two months passed, and victory was not yet in sight.A solution to the problem of environmental pollution now seems in sight.与sight有关的短语有：at first sight 初看起来at the sight of 在看到时in sight of 可以看见out of sight 看不见within sight of 已经看到，在望23. sensitive adj. 1)quickly or easi

56、ly receiving impressions2) easily hurt in the spirit; easily offended He is very sensitive about his ugly appearance.An author must not be too sensitive to criticism.Cats eyes are very sensitive to light than human eyes.Sensitive常与about和to搭配，意思是“敏感的”，非常容易与sensible 混淆。sensible的意思是“明智的，明理的”；也可与of搭配，意思

57、是“知道的，觉察的”如：He is sensible of the danger of his position.24.emotional: 1) of the emotions She is grateful to him for his emotional support while she was in trouble.Its quite difficult to handle emotional problems.2) having emotions that are easily excitedWomen are often said to be more emotional than men.Marie got very emotional when we parted, and started to cry.25. routine n. the regular fixed ordinary way of working or doing things adj. regular, not unusual Going around to the bank was part of the daily routine of his work.26. cue n. 1) anything that serve