2Unit4A-Virtual-World.ppt

Unit4 Text A Intensive Reading Content Questions 1. What did the author do three years ago and what is she doing now? 2. How does the author work nowadays? 3. How does the author manage her daily life? 4. What are the symptoms shared by people who live a virtual life? 5. What is the Net critics’ worst nightmare? 6. How does the author behave when she is suddenly confronted with real live humans? 7. How does the author behave on line? Why? 8. How does virtual life affect her relationship with her boyfriends? 9. According to the author, why are co-workers important to a human being? 10. What does the author do to restore balance to her life? 11. Does the author feel happy when she returns to the real world? Why or why not? 12. What does she do then? 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. 4. What are the symptoms shared by people who live a virtual life? They are separated from the real world and don’t like to communicate with people face to face. 5. What is the Net critics’ worst nightmare? The situation in which people who are hooked on the net find themselves feeling an aversion to outside forms of socializing. 6. How does the author behave when she is suddenly confronted with real live humans? She gets overexcited and speaks too much and interrupts. 7. How does the author behave on line? Why? She is bad-tempered and easily angered and finds herself attacking everyone in sight. 8. How does virtual life affect her relationship with her boyfriends? She often misinterprets his boy friend’s intensions because of the lack of emotional cues given by their type