Unit 2 Having Fun

Learn more about the internet addiction Practice new words and expressions Improve reading skills Improve translating skills Improve writing skills

Pre-reading Text Reading After reading

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Lead-inMost people seek ways to socialize, to relax or to have fun during their leisure hours. Obviously people’s tastes vary depending on their income and their age.

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Lead-inBut in recent years, the home entertainment industry has grown all over the world. More and more families have TVs, tape recorders, CD players, VCRs, VCDs, DVDs and computer games to add to the variety of leisure activities in the home.

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Lead-inIn some countries, young people spend hours sitting in front of their computers, surfing on the Internet or playing computer games.

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1. What do you do for fun in your leisure time?play table tennis/football/basketball, go swimming/skating, go to Karaoke bars / movies / a concert/theatres/museums play cards /computer games /musical instruments, collect stamps/coins, listen to music, read novels, go shopping…< Back Next >

2. What are the most active and most passive activities people do?Most active activities: sports activities, dancing, learning languages … Most passive activities: watching TV, listening to music, playing cards, surfing the Internet …

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3. Talk about the ill effects of video games and your video game experiences.Playing computer games takes too much time. I think computer games should be done away with. They are nothing but a waste of time, money and energy. Teenagers should do worthwhile things like reading, studying, going to concerts and museums and sports. Computer games are bad for both the physical and mental health of the young. The computer game rooms are dark, noisy, and unhealthy. The content is violent. Therefore, computer game bars should be banned.< Back Next >

Spot Dictation-1 Directions: Listen carefully and fill in the blanks.

There has been much talk about the “new information age”. But much less widely reported has prospect been the __________ that the Internet may be isolating breakup the __________ responsible for furthering of society by __________ its individual users. At first this might sound conflicting statement like a ___________________ : how can something that is global integration on the one hand responsible for ________________ by enabling the free exchange of ideas isolate the ___________? participants< Back Next >

Spot Dictation-2 verb “to google” is part of our language, Now that the _____ googling has turned out to be, for some, a _______ A moral problem. psychological specialist about a friend who woman wrote to a ______________ had gone out

with a doctor and then googled him when she got home, discovering that he had been involved in several law suit _______. The specialist was asked whether this was the right thing to do. He said it was and that he had done it himself. The woman’s googling, the gentleman said, was not _________, harmful just like asking her friends about this fellow. afraid those who are tired of Google Tired of Google? I’m ________ are tired of life.< Back Next >

Cultural TipsPersonal Computers How much do you know about computers? Now click the following link and have a test on your computer knowledge. Give your responses as quickly as possible. Test Your Computer Knowledge

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Test Your Computer Knowledge 1. What does “PC” stand for? Personal Computer 2. Microsoft Windows is the collective brand name of several operating systems by __________. Microsoft 3. Memory stick, like SD, miniSD and microSD, is also a type of ________________. Memory card mouse is an input device used with Windows in 4. A ________ which you point and click to make a selection. 5. A code used to gain access to a locked system is a password __________. its CPU 6. The brain of a PC is ________.< Back Next >

Test Your Computer Knowledge

7. Now try to identify them.Pocket PC

Tablet PC

Desktop

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