Lecture 5

A Virtual Life

Juhong Zhan

A virtual world is…

1. a computer-simulated 3-D environment

2. as dynamic and vivid as the real world

3. similar to the real world4. with computer-generated sights,

sounds, and tactile (touch) sensations 5. with real-world rules such as gravity,

topography, locomotion, real-time actions, and communication

online activities

hacking

reading

playing games

editing

listening to music

shopping

writing

chatting

剽窃剽窃

net-related vocabulary

website

cybernut cyberpet

webpageE-card

E-business

virtual office

firewall

E-mail

webmaster

blog

hacker

browser

firewall

Description of virtual life

Author’s feeling about virtual life

Her efforts to return to the real world and her feeling about it

Part I

Part II

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Part III

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Synonyms and antonyms of ‘Virtual World’

cyber space

Internet world

virtual reality

net world

real world

real life

Net-related vocabulary in context

title:

L1:

L8:

L9:

L9-10: L10-11:

L18:

L19:

L25:

L39:

L47:

L64:

L65:

virtual life

telecommuter

on the Net

email

Internet mailing lists

computer- assisted

datalinkcyber-interaction

on linesystem crash

click on the modempassword

Match the contents with respective paras.

Contentsdescription of her virtual life

her re-escape to the cave

specific changes in her life style, character and behavior

her efforts to return to the real world

her aversion to the real world

Overall consequences of living a virtual life

Paras1

2-3

4-10

11

12

13

What can you infer from the first and last paragraphs?

People are in dilemma at present:

Because of technological development, people have a choice between a virtual life and real life, but they find both unsatisfactory. The author has to choose the former despite its negative effects.

submit

Peter submitted his application to the local government.

We should submit ourselves to discipline.

Key words

The dress was too big, so I took it in.

I didn’t take in what you were studying.

She took in every details Mary’s clothes.

Do you mean we should take in the fresh?

This is the total cost of the trip, taking in everything.

Don’t be taken in by her promise.

make (clothes)narrower

understand

observe

receive, admit

including

deceive

live broadcasting

a living language

lively statue

keep your hope alive

suck

suck sb. in/into sth.

Some teenagers don’t want to get involved in the gangs, but they soon find themselves sucked in.

I don’t want to get sucked into debate about school reform.

in sight

No vehicle is in sight.

Peace was in sight at last after four years of war.

lose sight of

out of sight

abuse

abuse power/ the abuse of power

abuse children/ children abuse

abuse sb./ filthy abuses

restore

restore sth.

To restore balance to my life

Doing exercises everyday restore the old man to good health.

a highlight of the weeksubmit articlesat times

forms of socializinglack of disciplinecyber-interactionbe confronted withbe dressed appropriately be bad-tempered

feel an aversion to

Word completion

Complete the words with the help of definitions given below.

1. S 2. e 3. a 4. a 5. m 6. r 7. a 8. r 9. i

tretchndlessversionngleisinterpret

elybuseestore

ntolerable

homework

1. 预习 Unit 6-A

2. 背诵 paras 10 － 13

2. 《奠基篇》 Unit 5

3 . 自学 Unit 7 － A