第十一章 Unit 4 The Virtual World.ppt

Unit 4 The Virtual WorldText A A Virtual Life Pre-reading Tasks Warming-up Computer-related Vocabulary About the author SOHO Warming-up What can people do on the Internet? Communicating with people listening to the music Watching films Playing games Shopping Reading Learning Working Writing your blog Hacking Have you hacked on the net? Maybe hacking is not an honorable thing, but who knows what will happen in the future? Now let’s watch a movie clip, and answer the following questions. What is a computer loading program? What can you (down)load on the Net? What will the world be like in the future with computer science more and more developing? Computer-related Vocabulary About the author What did she do before being a writer? Where did she write her book? What kind of life style does she live? SOHO/Freelance writer. SOHO Small Office Home Office. In information technology, SOHO is a term for the small office or home office environment and business culture. What kind of people do you think belong to the group of SOHO? Writers, program designers, ad-agents, etc. People who don’t need to go to the office everyday. Synonym?Virtual office A poem Listen to the recording and think over the following questions: Is the woman a student or an employee? What was she doing when the boss came in? How did she act in front of her boss? Cultural Notes Virtual reality (VR): a technology which allows a user to interact with a computer-simulated environment. The Internet: an international computer network for the exchange of information. Vocabulary 1. interpret v. explain (sth which is not easily understandable) 解释，说明；understand sth in a particular way 理解；give a spoken translation 做口译 If Shakespeares plays are to reach a large audience they need to be interpreted in a modern style. 如果莎士比亚的戏剧要普及到广大的观众群中，必须要用一种现代的方式进行诠释。 2. submit vt. give sth to sb so that it may be considered 提交，呈递；vi. yield, accept the control 屈服，顺从 You must submit your application before Januar