World Wide Web,What’s Hot
and What’s Not?
Unit 9
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,
Some sentences and structures about this topic
? I type my papers/ coursework/ use spreadsheets to solve
problems/make tables and graphs/access the Internet,
? The computer will suddenly crash/freeze/catch a virus,
? The mouse doesn’t work properly,
? The cursor on the screen doesn’t move,
? The Internet is a worldwide network of computers,all
linked together by telephone lines,
? I’ve set up my Internet account/have a computer with
Internet access/can access the Internet on school
computers,
? You can chat/engage in active discussion with friends,
relatives,or strangers on topics of shared interests/make
friends/download software/do shopping on the Net,
? Life online is very informative/attractive/colorful,
? Students can widen their knowledge of the world through
the Internet,
? The internet does wonderful things but accessing it can be
quite expensive for a student,
? Spending too much time on the Internet may keep students
away from their schoolwork/cause some students to skip
classes,hinder students from learning proper social skills,
? Additional vocabulary
? Virtual reality(虚拟现实）
? Laptop（手提电脑） /desktop computer（台式电脑）
? Word processor（文字处理器）
? hard drive（硬盘驱动器）
? flop disk （软盘） cyberspace（网络空间）
? terminal（终端）
? information highway
? to attach a file to the e-mail
? to keep up-to-date
? portable
? track down download
? 听力补充：听说教程二册 P254－ 255
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?
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,
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,
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,
Words to study
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,
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,
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,
get through
1.I will be with you as soon as I get
through this work,
2.He got through the written papers
but failed in the oral examination,
3.I tried to telephone you but I
couldn’t get through,
4.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,
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,
and What’s Not?
Unit 9
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,
Some sentences and structures about this topic
? I type my papers/ coursework/ use spreadsheets to solve
problems/make tables and graphs/access the Internet,
? The computer will suddenly crash/freeze/catch a virus,
? The mouse doesn’t work properly,
? The cursor on the screen doesn’t move,
? The Internet is a worldwide network of computers,all
linked together by telephone lines,
? I’ve set up my Internet account/have a computer with
Internet access/can access the Internet on school
computers,
? You can chat/engage in active discussion with friends,
relatives,or strangers on topics of shared interests/make
friends/download software/do shopping on the Net,
? Life online is very informative/attractive/colorful,
? Students can widen their knowledge of the world through
the Internet,
? The internet does wonderful things but accessing it can be
quite expensive for a student,
? Spending too much time on the Internet may keep students
away from their schoolwork/cause some students to skip
classes,hinder students from learning proper social skills,
? Additional vocabulary
? Virtual reality(虚拟现实）
? Laptop（手提电脑） /desktop computer（台式电脑）
? Word processor（文字处理器）
? hard drive（硬盘驱动器）
? flop disk （软盘） cyberspace（网络空间）
? terminal（终端）
? information highway
? to attach a file to the e-mail
? to keep up-to-date
? portable
? track down download
? 听力补充：听说教程二册 P254－ 255
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?
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,
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,
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,
Words to study
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,
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,
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,
get through
1.I will be with you as soon as I get
through this work,
2.He got through the written papers
but failed in the oral examination,
3.I tried to telephone you but I
couldn’t get through,
4.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,
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,
