【正文】 hich she could not escape. Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze (A) 1. Inter 2. click 3. nightmare 4. sucked 5. 6. rely 116 Appendix I 7. municating 8. emotional 9. At times 10. flee 11. on line (B) 1. between 2. The 3. to 4. away 5. on 6. work 7. enables 8. local 9. reach 10. benefits 11. because 12. provides/brings 13. does 14. in 15. making 16. with 17. Nor 18. virtual II. Translation Perhaps you envy me for being able to work from home on the puter. I agree that the Inter has made my job a lot easier. I can write, submit and edit articles via , 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, municating through the Net can be frustrating at times. The system may crash. Worse still, without the emotional cues of facetoface munication, the typed words sometimes seem difficult to interpret. Part III TextB Comprehension check 1. c 2. a 3. a 4. b 5. d 6. c Translation (ja Appendix III) Appendix I 117 Language Practice 1. vehicle 2. hooked on 3. intense 4. munication 5. worldwide 6. overnight 7. individual 8. slipped 9. version 10. on the whole 11. called forth 12. outwards 13. acquaintances 14. Needless to say 15. to my knowledge 16. On top of that 17. innocent 18. tendencies 19. plot 20. Scattered Part IV ThemeRelated Language Learning Tasks Model paper The Inter Will Not Isolate Us from One Another Since I bought a puter last month, a new world has opened up before me, a world that reaches far beyond my immediate surroundings. Every morning, the first thing I do after opening my eyes is to access the Inter to look at the top news stories of the day. In the evening, I will again sit by my puter and roam the world. The Inter brings me live World Cup football games and the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. It also enables me to municate with my friends via . The other day I got a message from an old classmate whom I hadn39。s return to it. Together, they show us the dilemma people at present are in: Because of modern technology, we have a 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. 114 Appendix I Vocabulary I. 1. 1) conversely 3) but then 5) spitting 7) tone 9) editing 11) Inter 13) stretched 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 getting sucked in by the fascinating plot of a science fiction film. 3) Jeffrey39。ll get you a new one, A puter that won39。t looking. Nowadays they are more likely to spend their spare moments surfing the Inter. Needless to say, the boss is usually no more happier than before, thinking that his staff should be looking for some useful work to do. So what happens to the surfer who hears the boss39。d love to e to your party then. and help celebrate your birthday. Look forward to seeing you Bye for now, Tom 104 Appendix I Informal regrets Dear Bob, I39。 advice. 4) Only after they had finished watching the football game did they begin to prepare for the math examination. 2. 1) The young woman described to the policemen the way the man ran up to her and grabbed the bag from her hand. 2) All the people working for Sam Walton admire the way he manages WalMart and the way he treats his employees. 3) The neighbors were disgusted at the way he talked to his old father. 4) It39。 manages to keep himself off the front page attends sales meetings, the executive pep rally set up a college scholarship fund and a disaster relief fund Vocabulary I. 1. 1) local 3) deserved 5) system 7) remote 2) headlines 4) folks 6) steer clear of 8) get away with 100 Appendix I 9) open up 10) hold to 11) retire 12) rally 13) reserved 14) qualify 15) cultivate 2. 1) These serious problems deserve careful consideration in restructuring our educational sys tems. 2) The college is liable to stop her scholarship because of her failure in the final examination. 3) San Francisco is, by all accounts, a city easy to fall in love with. 4) Snow White received such bad treatment from her stepmother that she had to flee from her home. 5) The United States, Canada, and Mexico make up North America. 3. 1) The principal39。t you? He came from a poor family, but rose to bee one of the most fondly remembered presidents in his country39。s history. There are many stories about him. Here is one of them. When Abraham Lincoln was young he worked in a store. As a clerk he proved honest and efficient. One day a woman came into the store and bought some articles. They added up to two dollars and six and a quarter cents, or the young clerk thought they did. The bill was paid, and the woman was entirely satisfied. But the young storekeeper, not feeling quite sure as to the accuracy of his calculation, added up the items once more. To his dismay he found that the sum total should have been only two dollars. I39。s daughter didn39。s amazing the way the eightyearold boy managed to stay so calm when he faced the emergency. Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze (A) 1. cheerful 3. executive 5. reward 7. loyalty 9. qualified 11. folks (B) 1. from 3. spent 5. through 7. built 9. led/lived 11. millionaires 13. answer 15. by 2. threw his weight around 4. treatment 6. cultivate 8. stock 10. scholarships 12. local 2. their 4. away 6. to 8. who 10. it 12. then 14. wealth 16. character no39。d love to e to your party but unfortunately I39。s footsteps app