A Virtual Life

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A Virtual Life

• COLLEGE ENGLISH
• BOOK TWO
• UNIT FOUR

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Unit 4 A Virtual Life

• I. New Computer-and-Internet-
• related Vocabulary
• II. New Words and Expressions of
• Text A
• III. Vocabulary Test of Unit 4
• IV. Cultural Notes of Text A
• V. Text Organization and Analysis
• VI. Translation
• VII. Essay Writing

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New Computer-and-Internet-related Vocabulary

• Prefixes cyber-, virtual-, net-, Web-, E-(e-)
• cyber-interaction????
• cyber-culture????
• cybernut??
• cyberpet????
• cyber-affairs??
• cyberlove??
• cyberdoc.(cyberdoctor)????
• cyberize(cyberize)???

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New Computer-and-Internet-related Vocabulary

• virtual life????
• virtual world????
• virtual space????
• virtual office?????
• virtual pet????
• netter??
• nethead??
• netizen??
• netsurf????

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New Computer-and-Internet-related Vocabulary

• Webmaster?????
• Website??
• Webpage??
• Webnomics(Webeconomics)????
• Webzine (Webmagazine)????

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New Computer-and-Internet-related Vocabulary

• E-book ????
• E-journal ????
• E-business????
• E-commerce????
• E-card ????
• E-tailing(e retailing) ????

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• New Words Expressions
• virtual interpret stretch submit
• communicate spit symptom jar
• interaction suck commercial cue
• remark project emotional routine
• abuse crime suicide arrange
• appointment restore interview
• annoy highlight at times but then
• want set apart

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• take in in sight

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Words and Expressions of Text A(virtual)

• virtual
• a.1.??? virtual image ?? a virtual world a
  virtual library
• 2.????
• e.g. Because the government was weak, the army
  became the virtual ruler of the country.
• ??????,????????????????
• ??virtually adv.???,??? back

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Words and Expressions of Text A(interpret)

• interpret
• v.1.understand??
• e.g. They are worried that the students might
  interpret the new regulation as a restriction of
  their rights.
• 2.explain??
• e.g. Can you interpret the meaning of these
  passages?

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• 3.translate ??
• e.g. I dont speak German, will you interpret
  what he says for me?
• interpretation n.??,?? interpreter n.???
• back

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Words and Expressions of Test A(stretch)

• stretch
• v.1.??,??
• e.g. He stretched a hat to fit his own head.
• 2.??(???)
• e.g. Can you stretch for the book on the top
  of the shelf?
• ??stretch oneself ???,?????
• stretch out???????

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• ?? expand, stretch?extend expand??,??,????????
  stretch ?,????????????? extend??,??,?????(??,???).
  
• e.g. Metals expand when they are heated.
• The road extends for miles and miles.
• My garden extends as far as the river.
  back

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Words and Expressions of Text A(submit)

• submit
• vt.1.??,??
• e.g. He submitted his resignation.(??)
• 2.??,??
• e.g. He is the last man to submit tamely to
  anothers opinion.
• ?????????????

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• 3.??
• e.g. After being defeated, they submitted to
  the enemy.
• ??submit sth. to sb.? ??,?? submit (oneself)
  to ??,??
• e.g. submit an essay to ones tutor.
• back

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Words and Expressions of Text A(communicate)

• communicate
• vi.1.??,????
• e.g. Young people sometimes complain of not
  being able to communicate with their parents.
• 2.??,??
• e.g. Our teachers communicate their ideas
  clearly.

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• 3.??
• e.g. School children often communicate colds to
  each other.
• ??communication n.?? ??
• communicative a.?????
• back

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• want (formal) not have enough of sth.??(???)
• e.g. He wants the courage to speak the truth.
• After the disaster there were many who
  wanted food and shelter.

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Words and Expressions of Text A(spit) (symptom)

• spit (spat or spit)
• vt.?? spit blood spit curses
• ??spit at (upon) (?????)??
• e.g. They spat at (upon) her ideas.
• back

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• symptom
• n.1.??,??
• e.g. Civil unrest may be a symptom of the
  decline of a society.
• ????????????????
• 2.??
• e.g. The doctor made his diagnoses after studying
  the patients symptoms. back

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Words and Expressions of Text A(interaction)

• interaction
• n.1.??
• e.g. There is a need for more interaction
  between staff and children.
• 2.????
• e.g. His illness was caused by the interaction
  of the two drugs.
• ???????????????????

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• ??interact v. ????,???? interactive
  a.?????,?????
• e.g. The psychotherapy is carried out in small
  interactive groups.
• ????????????????????.
• back

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Words and Expressions of Text A(jar) (suck)

• jar
• v.1.(?)????,??(???)
• e.g. His tuneless whistling jarred on my
  nerves.
• 2.??,??,???
• e.g. My opinion jarred with his.
• back

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• suck
• v.?
• e.g. She was sucking milk through a straw.
• ??suck in ??,??? e.g. Britains high interest
  rates are sucking in a lot of foreign money.
• back

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Words and Expressions of text A(commercial) (cue)

• commercial
• n.????
• e.g. The TV show was interrupted by many
  commercials.
• a. ???
• commercial education
• commercial vehicles ????
• back

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• cue
• n.??,??
• catch ones cue from ? ?????
• miss ones cues ????????
• throw cues to sb. ?????
• back

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Words and Expressions of Text A(remark)

• remark
• n.1.??,??
• e.g. make a few introductory remarks
• 2.??,??
• e.g. None of those at present ventured to make
  any remark on this assertion.
• ?????????????????

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• v.?,??,??
• remark on/upon
• e.g. Its rude to remark on a girls
  appearance.
• back

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Words and Expressions of Text A(project)

• project
• v.??????(????????),?(??????)?????
• e.g. She easily projects her anxieties and
  insecurity upon other people.
• ??????????????????????

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• n.??,??,??,??
• e.g. They enthusiastically approved of his
  project.
• The government has begun a project to
  increase the size of the harbor.
• back

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Words and Expressions of Text A(emotional)

• emotional
• a.1.????
• e.g. He has emotional difficulties.
• 2.?????
• e.g. Women are often said to be more emotional
  than men.

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• ??emotion, feeling? passion emotion
  ??,?,????????, ???feeling??,???????????? feeling
  ????,????????????passion?????? ??????, ???

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• e.g. Ive lost all feeling in my legs.
• She argued with great passion.
• back

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Words and expressions of Text A(routine)

• routine
• n.????,????,??
• e.g. break the routine???? follow a
  routine????
• business routines ?????? daily routines ????
  
• a.???,???
• e.g. a routine examination ???? routine
  maintenance????
• back

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Words and expressions of Text A(abuse)

• abuse
• n.1.??
• e.g. an abuse of ones trust ???????
• an abuse of (privilege, authority) ????,??
• alcohol abuse ??
• drug abuse??

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• 2.??
• e.g. child abuse sexual abuse
• v. 1.??,??
• e.g. to abuse ones power
• to abuse ones kindness
• 2.??
• e.g. The prisoners were often physically
  abused.
• back

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Words and Expressions of Text A(crime) (suicide)

• crime
• n.??
• e.g. commit a crime?? confess the
  crime ???? ??
• wipe out crimes ????
• back

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• suicide
• n.??
• e.g. attempt suicide???? commit suicide??
• an attempted suicide ????
• back

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Words and Expressions of Text A(arrange)
(appointment)

• arrange
• vt.??
• e.g. We have arranged a meeting for next week.
• ?? arrange for sb. to do sth.???
• e.g. The company will arrange for a car to meet
  you at the airport.
• back

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• appointment
• n.??
• e.g. make (cancel) an appointment ??(??)?? keep
  (break) an appointment????,??
• e.g. They arranged an appointment for next
  week.
• back

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Words and Expressions of Text A(restore)

• restore
• vt.1.??
• e.g. Winning three games restored their
  confidence.
• 2.??,??
• e.g. The factory was restored to full working
  order .
• ?????,???????????.

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• set apart
• 1. set sb./sth. apart from???/?????????????
• e.g. Her clear and elegant prose sets her apart
  from most other journalists.

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• 2. ??,??(??,???)
• e.g. One day of the week should be set apart for
  relaxation.

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• recover? restore recover??????????????,????????,?
  ???? restore????????????,???????,??????.
• e.g. The skater quickly recovered his balance.
• back

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Words and Expressions of Text A(interview)

• interview
• n.1.??,??,??
• e.g. allow an interview with
• ??????
• give an interview to sb. ??????
• have an interview with sb.????
• request an interview??????

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• 2.??,??
• e.g. Big industrial companies hold job
  interview all over the country.
• ????????????????.
• interviewer n. interviewee n.
• back

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Words and Expressions of Text A(annoy)

• annoy
• vt.???,???
• e.g. The baby is always annoying his sister by
  pulling her hair.
• ?? annoyance n. ??,??
• ?? be annoyed at (by, about)
• e.g. He is annoyed at being left out in the
  cold.

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• annoy? irritate annoy???????????????,???????????
  irritate ???annoy??
• e.g. It irritated me to have to shout to be
  heard.
• back

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Words and Expressions of Text A(highlight)

• highlight
• n.1.??(??)
• e.g. Rembrandt used highlights to focus
  attention in his paintings.
• ???????????????????????.
• 2.??????,??????

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• e.g. The highlights of the match will be shown
  on TV tonight.
• vt.??,??
• e.g. The senators speech highlighted the need
  for reduced tariffs.
• back

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Words and Expressions of Text A(at times)

• at times ??
• e.g. At times she had an overwhelming desire to
  see him.
• at a time??,??
• e.g. Take the pills two at a time.
• at one time??,??
• e.g. It seems quite possible that at one time
  the two continents were joined together.
• back

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• but then on the other hand moreover,
  nevertheless
• ????, ??
• e.g. He is a good fellow, but then he is so
  erratic.(??)
• back

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Words and Expressions of Text A(take in) (in
sight)

• take in
• 1.??,??
• e.g. The earth takes in heat and light from
  the sun.
• 2.??,??
• e.g. The boy could not take in her meaning.

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• 3.take sb. in ????
• e.g. Dont be taken in by his nice smile, hell
  cheat you.
• back

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• in sight
• 1.????
• e.g. There was not a soul in sight.
• 2.??,??
• e.g. There is a great harvest in sight.
• back

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Vocabulary test of unit 4

• 1.As a cleaning woman, her___ duties include
  cleaning the desks and mopping the floor.
• A. continuous B. routine C. initial D.
  constant
• 2.Mark does not take his school work seriously.
  ___ , no one expects a millionaires son to work
  hard.
• A. However B. Conversely
• C. But then D. Nevertheless

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• 3.Despite a very tight schedule, everyone who
  came to the meeting agreed that at least one day
  should be___ for sightseeing.
• A. set apart B. added
• C. put in D. inserted
• 4.But for her mothers sudden illness, she
  would never think of breaking this___ with you.
• A. arrangement B. schedule
• C. appointment D. interview

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• 5.To be frank, I dont like Jack. His rather
  superior manner___ on me.
• A. jams B. jars C. irritates D. upsets
• 6.We have to___ his words in a modern light.
• A. interfere B. interact
• C. interpret D. interrupt
• 7.The committee members were asked to___
  proposals on this matter.
• A. submit B. commit C. permit D. admit

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• 8.___ people thought that the earth was flat.
• A. At a time B. At times
• C. At all times D. At one time
• 9.Our friendship is___ and we will never be
  separated.
• A. restored B. retained C. reserved
• D. restrained
• 10.A___ to this problem is expected to be found
  before long.
• A. result B. response C. settlement
• D. solution

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• Cultural Notes
• the Internet
• Dateline
• Frontline
• Nightline
• CNN

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Cultural Notes

• The Internet
• An international computer network for the
  exchange of information. It was originally used
  mainly in the academic and military worlds but
  has since become available to the large and
  increasing number of people with personal
  computers.

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• Other services, e.g. the World Wide Web, are
  available through it.
• The Internet is changing our lives and a
  parallel universe is rapidly emerging online.

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Cultural Notes (dateline )

• Dateline ????
• This is a weekly news magazine produced by NBC,
  National Broadcasting Company, since 1992. The
  company is the first of the original three US
  national broadcasting companies. It is now owned
  by General Electric Company.

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Cultural Notes(frontline)

• Frontline ????
• This is a news program produced by PBS, the
  Public Broadcasting Service, which in the US is a
  television system that broadcasts programs to an
  association of local stations that use television
  advertisements and do not make a profit.

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Cultural Notes(nightline)

• Nightline ????
• This is an ABC News programs in the night,
  recapping of the days news from Monday through
  Thursday. ABC, the American Broadcasting Company,
  is one of the original three major television
  networks in America.

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• It began in 1943 as the Blue Network of six
  radio stations. ABC is now owned by the Walt
  Disney Company.

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Cultural Notes(CNN )

• CNN???????
• This is Cable News Network, advertising-supported
  cable television network founded in 1980 by
  American businessman Ted Turner. Headquatered in
  Atlanta, Georgia. CNN was the first 24-hour
  television network devoted entirely to news
  broadcasts.

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While-reading Tasks

• This text makes a contrast between virtual life
  and real life. From the mouth of the author who
  is a nethead or a cybernut herself, we can see
  the side-effects of virtual life. If one is
  addicted too much to Internet, or if one is mad
  about the Internet, one will feel himself/herself
  deeply sucked in the fascinating virtual life.

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• On the other hand, after one has stayed too long
  in the virtual life on the net, he/she would like
  very much to return to the real world.

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Text Organization

• Contents
• 1.Description of the authors virtual life.
  (2-3)
• 2.How she feels about it after staying on the
  Net for a while (1,4-10,13)
• 3.What she does in trying to return to the real
  world (11)
• 4.How she feels about the real day-to-day world
  (12)

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The first and the last paragraphs different
roles in the essay

• The first paragraph tells about the consequences
  of living a virtual life and the last tells about
  the authors return to it. Together, they throw
  us the dilemma people at present are in Because
  of modern technology, we have choice between a
  virtual life and real life, but we find both
  unsatisfactory. The author, however, finally has
  to choose the latter despite its negative effects.

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Translation

• Perhaps you envy me for being able to work from
  home on the computer. I agree the Internet has
  made my job a lot easier. I can write, submit and
  edit articles via email, chat with my colleagues
  on line and discuss work with my boss. With a
  click of the mouse, I can get all the data I need
  and keep up with the latest news. But then,
  communicating through the Net can be frustrating
  at times. The system may crash. Worse still,
  without the emotional cues of face-to-face
  communication, the typed words sometimes seem
  difficult to interpret.

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Essay writing

• Writing
• As an assignment after class, write an essay
  entitled Positive and Negative Aspects of the
  Internet.

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• Assignment
• Vocabulary
• 1. conversely
• 2. relationship
• 3. but then
• 4. symptom
• 5. spitting

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• 6. abusing
• 7. tone
• 8. took (her) in
• 9. editing
• 10. communicate
• 11. Internet
• 12. in sight

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• 13. stretched
• 14. data
• 15. angles
• 2. 1) The sight of teenagers smoking cigarettes
  jars on me.
• 2) I turned on the TV just to relax a little
  bit after a heavy dinner, but soon I found myself

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• getting sucked in by the fascinating plot of a
  science fiction film.
• 3) Jefferys computer crashed again this
  morning. The manager has arranged for a
  technician from the computer store to check and
  repair it.

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• 4) During the Vietnam War, many young Americans
  fled their country to avoid military service.
• 5) The new government is planning an
  anti-corruption campaign so as to restore
  peoples confidence in it.

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• 3. 1) The traditional school will never go away,
  but the virtual classroom is playing a more and
  more important role. Obviously, the online
  student relies on the computer. To get started,
  he must have his computer hooked up to the
  Internet through a phone line and modem. To be

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• successful, he must keep up with the class and
  complete all work on time. Once he gets behind,
  it is almost impossible to catch up.
• 2) When the economy slows down, the worst
  nightmare for an employee is losing his job. In
  addition to money problems, the emotional stress
  is hard to bear.

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• Hunting for a job is now the daily routine of
  many workers like Henry Smith. He fills out
  applications and writes resumes and submits them
  to various companies, expecting an interview. But
  in times of rising unemployment, even job
  interviews are hard to get. He

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• takes great care not to miss any appointment,
  for if he missed it, it would be all but
  impossible to arrange for another one.
• 3) The dot.com bubble has burst. Venture
  capitalists have become cautious in putting more
  money into the IT industry and small

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• investors are taking their cue. said the
  chairman in his concluding speech. It is clear
  from these remarks that ever-optimistic economist
  has changed his tune.
• Collocation

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• 1. We came here all the way on foot.
• 2. Private cars are not allowed on campus.
• 3. They are on vacation in Florida.
• 4. Mary has been talking to her friend on the
  phone for an hour.

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• 5. Dont worry. Lucy is always on time.
• 6. Industrial demand on fuel is on the rise.
• Usage
• 1. hard
• 2. difficult
• 3. impossible

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• 4. tough
• 5. hard
• 6. easy
• Structure
• 1) Anyone who has talked with him will see Mark
  is a person of remarkable intelligence.

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• 2) The book is of no value to one who is not
  familiar with the subject.
• 3) She is a woman of wealth. She never has to
  worry about money.
• 4) In todays job market, basic skills in
  computer science and foreign languages are of
  great importance.

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• 2. 1) you will find yourself penniless in a
  month.
• 2) he found himself lying in a hospital ward
• 3) she found herself faced with the toughest
  job she had ever taken
• 4) Susan found herself in a trap

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• from which she could not escape.
• Comprehensive Exercises
• A.
• 1. Internet
• 2. click
• 3. nightmare
• 4. sucked

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• 5. email
• 6. rely
• 7. communicating
• 8. emotional
• 9. At times
• 10. flee
• 11. on line

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• B
• 1. between
• 2. The
• 3. to
• 4. away
• 5. on
• 6. work

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• 7. enables
• 8. local
• 9. reach
• 10. benefits
• 11. because
• 12. provides/brings
• 13. doses

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• 14. in
• 15. making
• 16. with
• 17. Nor
• 18. virtual

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• Translation
• Perhaps you envy me for being able to
  work form home on the computer. I agree that the
  Internet has made my job a lot easier. I can
  write, submit and edit articles via email, chat
  with my colleagues on line and

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• discuss work with my boss. With a click of the
  mouse, I can get all the data I need and keep up
  with the latest news. But then, communicating
  through the Net can be frustrating at times. The
  system may crash. Worse still, without the
  emotional cues of

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• face-to-face communication, the typed words
  sometimes seem difficult to interpret.