Unit Unit 4 4 The The Virtual Virtual World World

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading

Poem

Detailed Reading Computer-related Vocabulary

Introduction of the virtual world

News Report

Warm-up Questions

Unit Unit 4 4 The The Virtual Virtual World World

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading

Introduction of the Virtual World Some Famous Websites

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SOHO — Small-Office/Home-Office

Virtual College

Unit Unit 4 4 The The Virtual Virtual World World

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading

Poem Directions: Listen to the poem Surfing the Internet and answer the following questions.

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1. What was the hero doing when his boss came in?

Surfing the Internet. 2. How did he act in front of his boss? He pretended to be surprised at the computer which had crashed “unexpectedly”. 3. What would you do if you were in such a situation? Open ended.

Unit Unit 4 4 The The Virtual Virtual World World

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading

Detailed Reading

Unit Unit 4 4 The The Virtual Virtual World World

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading

Computer-related Vocabulary The most dynamic combining forms/prefixes for new computer- and Internet-related vocabulary in English are Detailed Reading 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), ecard(电子贺卡),e-business(电子商务)

Unit Unit 4 4 The The Virtual Virtual World World

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading

2. combining forms/prefixes + verb cyber surf(网上冲浪), netsurf(网上冲浪), email(发送 电子邮件)

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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)

Unit Unit 4 4 The The Virtual Virtual World World

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading

Some famous websites http://

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Unit Unit 4 4 The The Virtual Virtual World World

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading

Detailed Reading

Unit Unit 4 4 The The Virtual Virtual World World

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading

Detailed Reading

Unit Unit 4 4 The The Virtual Virtual World World

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading

Detailed Reading

Unit Unit 4 4 The The Virtual Virtual World World

Before Reading Global Reading Detaile