Unit 9
World Wide Web,What’s Hot
and What’s Not?
Purposes
? 1,To get students make full and good use of
computers.
? 2,To understand the purpose of writing.
? 3,To reinforce some basic linguistic
knowledge by doing various types of
exercises.
About the text
? 1,What is this text about?
? 2,What is hot according to the text?
? 3,Why is it said that the text is effectively
entitled?
II,Structural analysis of the text
? Main idea of each part,
? Part One 1 --- epitomizing the benefit of
the World Wide Web
? Part Two (2-8) --- illustrating and
exemplifying the strong points and weak
points of the Internet and the Web
? Part Three 9 --- the writer is anxious to
make fuller use of his computer for the sake
of his own benefit.
III,some difficult sentences,
words or phrases
? 1,I was having a challenging problem with a hard drive.
? Explain,I encountered a very difficult but interesting
problem with the computer drive.
? 2,The commercial action on the Internet is going through
the roof.
? Explain,The commercial action on the internet is
penetrating into the life of every family.
? 3,How the Internet phenomenon will continue to unfold is
open to question.
? Explain,More and more people are concerned about how
the effect of the Internet will continue to develop and
expand.
III,some difficult sentences,
words or phrases
? 4,The efforts to increase bandwidth are all
under way.
? Explain,Colossal and continued efforts are
being made to increase bandwidth.
? 5,There are problems--- some with short-
term solutions and some requiring time to be
resolved.
? Explain,Problems exist and vary,Some
require little time to solve; some need more.
6.on occasion
? This hall is used on great occasions,such
as a big dinner,or a ball.
? I send my best wishes on this happy
occasion.
? The weather was good except for an
occasional shower.
? It snowed occasionally but not enough for
skiing.
7.under way
? All the preparations are well under way.
? We can in no way allow this to happen.
? He is not a bad fellow in some ways.
? He ran through the crowd,pushing people
out of his way.
? He is on the way to becoming the most
highly paid man in the company.
8,It occurs to sb.…
? It didn’t occur to me that you would object.
? It suddenly occurred to him that this was
the act he could never do.
9 get through
? I will be with you as soon as I get through
this work..
? He got through the written papers but failed
in the oral examination.
? I tried to telephone you but I couldn’t get
through.
? He has got through $1000 in less than a
week.
Translation exercises
1.We all hope to access in an easy and
convenient way every kind of information we
need.
2.Please figure the total,and I shall pay it with a
check.
3.Jewels are worn only on great occasions.
4.Mt,Qomolangma is the supreme challenge to a
mountain climber.
5,In April 1996,we made a sightseeing tour of
Scotland by minibus,While touring through
Scotland,we all marvelled at the beauty of the
landscape there.
Translation exercises
? 6.The local government has sent several officials
to investigate the case,Now the investigation is
under way.
? 7.The politician waited for the applause to die
down and then proceed with his speech.
? 8,Don’t worry about it,We can resolve the
matter to your satisfaction.
? 9.People usually associate poverty with misery.
? 10.He’s becoming more cynical,probably from
hanging around with newspapermen.
Dictation
? When Charles Babbage,a professor of mathematics of
Cambridge University,invented the first calculating
machine in 1812,he could hardly have imagined the
situation we find ourselves in today,Nearly everything we
do in the modern world is helped,or even controlled,by
computers,the complicated descendents of this simple
machine,Computers are being used more and more
extensively in the world today,for the simple reason that
they are far more efficient than human beings,IN fact,
computers can do many of the things we do,but faster and
better,They can pay wages,reserve seats on planes,
control machines in factories,work out tomorrow’s weather,
and even play chess,write poetry,or compose music,
Computers display tremendous functions in all walks of life,
such as education,banking,industry,medicine,military
affairs,etc,
World Wide Web,What’s Hot
and What’s Not?
Purposes
? 1,To get students make full and good use of
computers.
? 2,To understand the purpose of writing.
? 3,To reinforce some basic linguistic
knowledge by doing various types of
exercises.
About the text
? 1,What is this text about?
? 2,What is hot according to the text?
? 3,Why is it said that the text is effectively
entitled?
II,Structural analysis of the text
? Main idea of each part,
? Part One 1 --- epitomizing the benefit of
the World Wide Web
? Part Two (2-8) --- illustrating and
exemplifying the strong points and weak
points of the Internet and the Web
? Part Three 9 --- the writer is anxious to
make fuller use of his computer for the sake
of his own benefit.
III,some difficult sentences,
words or phrases
? 1,I was having a challenging problem with a hard drive.
? Explain,I encountered a very difficult but interesting
problem with the computer drive.
? 2,The commercial action on the Internet is going through
the roof.
? Explain,The commercial action on the internet is
penetrating into the life of every family.
? 3,How the Internet phenomenon will continue to unfold is
open to question.
? Explain,More and more people are concerned about how
the effect of the Internet will continue to develop and
expand.
III,some difficult sentences,
words or phrases
? 4,The efforts to increase bandwidth are all
under way.
? Explain,Colossal and continued efforts are
being made to increase bandwidth.
? 5,There are problems--- some with short-
term solutions and some requiring time to be
resolved.
? Explain,Problems exist and vary,Some
require little time to solve; some need more.
6.on occasion
? This hall is used on great occasions,such
as a big dinner,or a ball.
? I send my best wishes on this happy
occasion.
? The weather was good except for an
occasional shower.
? It snowed occasionally but not enough for
skiing.
7.under way
? All the preparations are well under way.
? We can in no way allow this to happen.
? He is not a bad fellow in some ways.
? He ran through the crowd,pushing people
out of his way.
? He is on the way to becoming the most
highly paid man in the company.
8,It occurs to sb.…
? It didn’t occur to me that you would object.
? It suddenly occurred to him that this was
the act he could never do.
9 get through
? I will be with you as soon as I get through
this work..
? He got through the written papers but failed
in the oral examination.
? I tried to telephone you but I couldn’t get
through.
? He has got through $1000 in less than a
week.
Translation exercises
1.We all hope to access in an easy and
convenient way every kind of information we
need.
2.Please figure the total,and I shall pay it with a
check.
3.Jewels are worn only on great occasions.
4.Mt,Qomolangma is the supreme challenge to a
mountain climber.
5,In April 1996,we made a sightseeing tour of
Scotland by minibus,While touring through
Scotland,we all marvelled at the beauty of the
landscape there.
Translation exercises
? 6.The local government has sent several officials
to investigate the case,Now the investigation is
under way.
? 7.The politician waited for the applause to die
down and then proceed with his speech.
? 8,Don’t worry about it,We can resolve the
matter to your satisfaction.
? 9.People usually associate poverty with misery.
? 10.He’s becoming more cynical,probably from
hanging around with newspapermen.
Dictation
? When Charles Babbage,a professor of mathematics of
Cambridge University,invented the first calculating
machine in 1812,he could hardly have imagined the
situation we find ourselves in today,Nearly everything we
do in the modern world is helped,or even controlled,by
computers,the complicated descendents of this simple
machine,Computers are being used more and more
extensively in the world today,for the simple reason that
they are far more efficient than human beings,IN fact,
computers can do many of the things we do,but faster and
better,They can pay wages,reserve seats on planes,
control machines in factories,work out tomorrow’s weather,
and even play chess,write poetry,or compose music,
Computers display tremendous functions in all walks of life,
such as education,banking,industry,medicine,military
affairs,etc,
