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1、,Unit 5,Contents,l Detailed study of Text I Letter writingasking after a friends health,Text Il Pre-reading activities,1) Group Discussion: The Internet Is a Blessing to Human Society.,Words and expression for reference: Surf the internet, log on(out) to the Internet, launch a search engine, type in
2、, get on-line, point and click, click, zip off to , cyberspace, cybercafe, chatroom, have access to the Internet, scroll down the list, entries, a mouse, a modem, broadband, hacker and cracker, an avalanche of information, database, e-mail, download, sign in (out), document, software, hardware, brow
3、ser, networm, isolate from, global village, on-line shopping (learning, falling in love, news broadcasting, job-hunting, examination, physical check-up, ), violence, pornographic, commit crimes, ,2) About Bill Gates,Biography William H. GatesChairman and Chief Executive OfficerMicrosoft Corporation
4、William (Bill) H. Gates III is co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation, the worlds leading provider of software for personal computers.,Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He and his two sisters grew up in Seattle. Their father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattl
5、e attorney. Mary Gates, their late mother, was a schoolteacher, University of Washington regent and chairwoman of United Way International.,Gates attended public elementary school before moving on to the private Lakeside School in North Seattle. It was at Lakeside that Gates began his career in pers
6、onal computer software, programming computers at age 13.,In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, who is now Microsofts president. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcompute
7、r - the MITS Altair. BASIC was first developed by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz at Dartmouth College in the mid-1960s. In his junior year, Gates dropped out of Harvard to devote his energies full-time to Microsoft, a company he had started in 1975 with his boyhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belie
8、f that the personal computer would be a valuable tool on every office desktop and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers.,Gates foresight and vision regarding personal computing have been central to the success of Microsoft and the software industry. Gates is actively i
9、nvolved in key management and strategic decisions at Microsoft, and plays an important role in the technical development of new products. Much of his time is devoted to meeting with customers and staying in contact with Microsoft employees around the world through e-mail.,Under Gates leadership, Mic
10、rosofts mission is continuously to advance and improve software technology, and to make it easier, more cost-effective and more enjoyable for people to use computers. The company is committed to a long-term view, which is reflected in its investment of some $2.6 billion for research and development
11、during the current fiscal year.,In 1995 Gates wrote The Road Ahead, his vision of where information technology will take society. Co-authored by Nathan Myhrvold, Microsofts chief technology officer, and Peter Rinearson, The Road Ahead held the No. 1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list for sev
12、en weeks, and remained on the list for a total of 18 weeks. Published in more than 20 countries, the book sold more than 400,000 copies in China alone.,In 1996, while strategically redeploying Microsoft to take advantage of the emerging opportunities created by the Internet, Gates thoroughly revised
13、 The Road Ahead to reflect his view that interactive networks are a major milestone in human communication. The paperback second edition also has become a bestseller. Gates is donating his proceeds from the book to a non-profit fund that supports teachers worldwide who are incorporating computers in
14、to their classrooms.,In addition to his passion for computers, Gates is interested in biotechnology. He sits on the board of the ICOS Corporation and is a shareholder in Chiroscience Group of the United Kingdom and its wholly owned subsidiary, Chiroscience R world public health and population; non-p
15、rofit, civic and arts organizations; and Puget Sound-area capital campaigns.,Bill and Melinda French Gates were married on January 1, 1994. They have now three children, one is Jennifer Katharine Gates, who was born in 1996; and a son Rory John Gates, born in 1999 and a daughter, Phoebe Adelle Gates
16、, born in 2002.,Chronology In 2000 Gates resigned as CEO of Microsoft to spend more on software architecture and less with running the company,Honors and awards 2-03-2005 Bill Gates knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his contribution to the British economy. His title will be Knight Commander of the
17、Order of the British Empire. Though he is not allowed to call himself Sir because of his USA citizenship but may suffix his name with KBE.,3)Some info about Tim Berners-Lee,Born June 8, 1956, in London 1976 Graduates from Queens College, Oxford. 1980 While at CERN, writes “Enquire” 1989 Proposes glo
18、bal hypertext project called “World Wide Web” 1991 The Web debuts on the Internet 1993 University of Illinois releases Mosaic browser 1994 Joins Massachusetts Institute of Technology to direct the W3 Consortium 1999 Today nearly 150 million people log on to the Internet each week,4)Whats the text ab
19、out?,- The text is in the form of a biography, and biography is non-fictional literature with its subject mainly concerning the life of an individual. A biography usually includes autobiography, recounting a persons own history.,l While-reading activities,- Listen to the tape for general info - Stud
20、y the text in detail 1) The main idea of the text: Considering the great personage discussed, the text, even for an article, is a short one, with only 12 paragraphs, not to say for a biography. Yet it gives such a vivid picture of the brilliant network designer Tim Berners-lee that the readers are h
21、eld spellbound.,2) The supporting details,The text can be roughly divided into six parts. The following are the main idea(s) for each part. (1)Access to the Internet which gives people information of all kinds seems a matter of course. (Lines 1-13) (2)World Wide Web, which began as a little computer
22、 program nearly 20 years ago, was the work of Tim Berners-Lee alone. (Lines 14-26) (3)Having designed a kind of “hypertext” notebook which linked various kinds of information on his own computer, Berners-Lee wanted to open it up to everyone who would like to link their stuff to his. (Lines 27-50),(4
23、)Berners-Lee devised HTML, URL and HTTP, all of which finally brought the World Wide Web to fruition in 1991. (Lines 51-63) (5)Brought up as a quintessential child of the computer age, Berners-Lee created a most significant global system. (Lines 64-77) (6)In spite of his Qutenbergian creation of the
24、 WWW, Berners-Lee chose the non-profit road, both for himself and for his creation. (Lines 78-90),3) Sentence comprehension,(1)used Harley Davidsons for sale (2)Where excellence is not an act but a habit (3)buying industrial age nuts and bolts from “the Bolt Boys (4)Four poster beds for dogs. (5)a l
25、owly software consultant. (6)the civilization-altering, millionaire-spawning, information- suckhole (7)William Shockley may have fathered the transistor,(8)He loosened it to the on the world. (9)And he more than anyone else has fought to keep it open, nonproprietary and free. (10)was noodling around
26、 with a way to organize his far-flung notes. (11)Berners-Lee fashioned a kind of “hypertext notebook. (12)It worked splendidly in its solipsistic, Only On My-Computer way. (13)What if he wanted to add stuff that resided on someone elses computer? (14)Let it span the networks! (15) open-ended and inf
27、inite.,(16)has come to be the lingua franca of the Web. (17)Berners-Lee was the quintessential child of the computer age. (18) Its hard to overstate the impact of the global system he created. (19) He took a powerful communications system into a mass medium. (20)But at very juncture, the profit road
28、, creation. (21) agree on openly published protoclols rather than hold one another back with proprietary technology. (22)The rest of the worldcash in on the Webs phenomenal growth.,1. What is the function of Para. 1? 2. Who is the father of World Wide Web? How does WWW change our society? 3. Why doe
29、s the author give those examples in Para. 4? 4. How did WWW come into being? 5. Why was Tim called the typical child of the computer age? 6. What kind of person is Tim?,4)Language points,令他很失望的是，他的实验最终失败了。 Much to his disappointment, his experiment turned out a failure. 在下了好一阵子的雨后，天气终于在我们运动会那天变得晴朗了。
30、 After a long spell of rain, it turned out to be fine and sunny on the day of our sports meet.,click,cl- at the beginning of a word can suggest something sharp and / or metallic Click (make a short sharp sound) Clang (make a loud ringing noise) Clank (make a dull metallic noise, not as loud as a cla
31、ng) Clash (make a loud, broken, confused noise as when metal objects strike together) Clink (make the sound of small bits of metal or glass knocking together),have access to,在大学图书馆，我们可以接触大量的学术书籍。 In a university library, we have access to large number of academic books. 在我们国家每个孩子都有机会接受教育。 In our cou
32、ntry every child has access to education.,如果你上因特网，接上网就可以在线查询各种有关时事、教育、科技、金融、卫生、娱乐等信息。 If you have access to the Internet and log on to it, you can get information online about current affairs, education, science and technology, finance, public health and entertainment.,由于现代化电信手段的快速发展，国际间通信基本上可以不受时间的
33、限制。 Thanks to the rapid development of modern means of telecommunication, international communication is generally unencumbered by time or space.,cyberspacespace in which electronic communication takes place over computer networks计算机空间，网络空间 cyber: cybersalon（网络沙龙），cybercafe（网络咖啡），cyberworm（网虫），cyber
34、chat（网络聊天），cyberculture（网络文明），cyberholic（上网成瘾者，沉迷于网络世界的人）,get credit for,我们对他在生物工程领域的非凡成就给予了赞扬。 We gave Wang credit for his remarkable achievements in biotechnology. 吉姆本拿斯李由于发明了万维网应该获得荣誉。 Tim Berners-Lee should be given credit for the creation of WWW. 由于球队的成功弗兰克应该受到表彰。 Credit should go to Frank for
35、the teams success.,do (a) credit to sb. give credit to sb. give sb. Credit for sth.,她是一个少说话多做事的科学家。譬如，这个实验小组里没有一个成员像她那样在这项研究工作中花费了这么多时间，倾注了这么多的精力。 She is a scientist of action. For one thing, she more than anyone else in the experiment group has devoted so much time and energy to this project.,of al
36、l places,在所有的地方中他们偏偏去一个的小村度假。 Of all places, they went vacationing in an unknown village. 在所有的事物中她偏偏买了一个普通的碗作纪念品。 Of all things, she bought an ordinary bowl as a souvenir.,我无法理解为什么她在所有的人中偏偏只和我们说如何使用电脑。 I cant understand why she, of all people, should speak to us about how to use the computer.,noodle
37、,我真弄不懂他为什么整天在摆弄那台老掉牙的电脑。 I really dont understand why he noodles around that antiquated/ outdated/ old-fashioned computer all day long.,constrain,我觉得是被迫去做我自己不愿去做的事情。 I felt constrained to do what I was unwilling to do myself.,keep track of,我们每天读报来了解时事。 We read newspapers every day to keep track of c
38、urrent events. 自从他离开上海回家后我们就没有了他的线索。 Weve lost track of him since he left Shanghai for home.,random,当人人都在严肃地讨论这个问题时，约翰不时的发表一些不负责任的言论。 While everyone was discussing the question seriously, John made a few random remarks now and then. 他在纸上写下自己胡思乱想的东西消磨时间。 He was whiling away his time by putting down s
39、ome random thoughts on paper.,at random,他把书随意摆放在书架上。 He put the books on the bookshelves at random 她随意挑了一本书借给她邻居。 She chose a number of books at random to lend to her neighbor.,reside in,统治权属于君主。 The authority of governance resided in the monarchy.,万一你无法进入中央数据库，可以大电话给我们的技术服务部请求帮助。 In case you fail t
40、o get into the central database, you can call our Technical Support Service Department for help.,语言中的介词和冠词是有限的，而名词和动词则是无限的，每天都有新的名词和动词诞生。 A language has a limited number of prepositions and articles, but its nouns and verbs are open-ended and infinite-new words are born every day.,越来越多的年轻人意识到英语是通行全球
41、的语言，所以都在业余努力学习英语。 With the awareness that the English language is the lingua franca of the world an increasing number of young people try to learn English as much as they can in their spare time.,这个小伙子的与众不同之处在于，他喜欢以非常规的方式进行思考，不愿同传统观念作妥协。 What distinguishes this young man from others is that he is in
42、clined to think unconventionally, and would make no compromise with traditional ideas.,我公司的总经理完全是一个以市场经济为取向的人。公司发展没到转折关头，他总是选择市场的道路。 Our general manager is one who is completely oriented toward the market economy. At every critical juncture in the business development of the corporation, he would ch
43、oose nothing but the market road.,这家研究所是一家非赢利性的机构，其科研项目通常由一些跨国公司资助。 This research institute is a nonprofit institution whose research projects are usually funded by some multi-national corporations.,cash in on,那个偏远村庄唯一的一家商店靠提高短缺的日用必需品的价格来赚钱。 The only shop in that out-of-the-way village cashed in on
44、the shortage of everyday necessities by putting up prices.,Other language points:,Turn out : happen to be or be found to be +NP ; +AP; +that clause e.g. Much to his disappointment, his experiment a failure. What he said ! to be false. It that the unexpected visitor was one of my mothers former class
45、mate. Have access to Get /give credit for Keep track of At random Cash in on At exponential rates At every juncture Unencumber /restrain Non-profit/ nonproprietary. propietary,Post-reading activities,lBiography -Biography is non-fictional literature which its subject mainly concerning the life of an
46、 individual. -A biography usually includes autobiography, recounting a persons own history.,-It can be seen as a branch of history because of the materials that are collected and told. -It can also be seen as a branch of imaginative literature in that it seeks to convey a sense of the individuality
47、and significance of the subject through creative sympathetic insight.,Text IIl Pre-reading activities,1)Whats the text about? -The text is a narrative organized in chronological order. A narrative should first of all be a unit, a single, complete story, answer the questions when, where, and who in a
48、 few introductory sentences or paragraphs, then answer the questions what, why and how. As soon as everything is revealed, bring the story quickly to appropriate close.,2) Talk about your personal experiences on the Internet,NETTED now we wander round the globeblindly searching for some databrandish
49、ing a virtual probe everyday the scope is greaternews and views proliferatefriends are told youll ring back later theres some stuff you must collateconnection made, you mustnt lose ityou have so much on your plate,file downloaded: will you use it?why not read a book instead?any link, and you will cruise it whats this doing to your head?like a craving for a drinkyour addiction must be fed as your savings slowly sink -standing charges, fees and bills -do you never stop to think? give up disembodied thrillsscrap unearthly worldl