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Unit 4 Cyberspace

Lesson 1 Tomorrow’s WorldGao Ping Hefei No. 11 High

Make a list of those modern technologies which help us do

many things.

MP4

CD or DVD

computer

air-conditioners

microwave oven

digital cameras

Can you imagine ourlife without computers?

How do you think computerswill change our lives in thenext twenty years?

Before you start

A person who enters other people’s computerprogrammes in secret.

hacker

Read to learn

Find the following words in the article.

The use of computers to make situations feel and look real

virtual reality

Have an accident by violently hitting something

crash

Someone who does terrible things to harm countries, governments, and people.

terrorist

Computer system that allows millions of people around the world to share information.

the Net

A terrible situation in which everythinggoes wrong.

chaos

Pessimistic or optimistic attitude to the future of the Internet.

pessimistic optimistic

pessimistichackers

Cyber terrorists

nowin the futurecyber criminal

optimistic

in the future

virtual reality

work shop study

get entertainment

TV & mail service

will disappear

alreadyin the next few years

shop on the Internet

get information

buy books find out holiday offers book tickets

Task 1: Decide if these sentences T or F.

1. With the development of computers, some scientists say it is likely that computer can give us disaster.

2. The text infers to us that it is necessary for us to worry that the Internet can do harm to us.

3. Some experts say in the future we will not go to school in the classroom like us.

While reading

T

F

T

4. In the future many people live in the

cyberspace.

5. The text tells us you can do many things

which don’t exist in fact.

6. In spite of the rapid development of

Internet, but many things can’t disappear

such as television and the mail. F

T

T

Task 2: Answer the following questions.

1. How has the Internet grown in the last thirty

years?

The Internet has grown from only 200

computers in 1983 to around 50 million now.

2. Why are some experts pessimistic about the

future?

Because they worry about the activities of cyber

criminals.

3. What possible changes do the optimistic believe the Internet can bring to our lives?

They believe that people can do shopping, get entertainment instead of the television and the e-mail will take the place of the postal service. People may even live and work in a virtual reality.

Task 3: Match the paragraphs with these headings.

a) pessimistic opinionsb) seeing the futurec) optimistic opinionsd) the Internet growth

a)

c)b)

d)Part 1:Part 2:Part 3:Part 4:

the Internet

Advantage

Disadvantage

1. shopping, write e-mails, chat with friends2. play games or see movies on line3. get all kinds of the latest news 4. write in blog and share with others5. search for useful information for study6. distance learning, etc …

1. chat with fake ID2. Terrorists, hackers will attack and cause chaos.3. If virus develops, people lose all the files.4. Students tend to copy and paste, and they become lazy, etc…

Discuss the advantage and disadvantage of the Net.

Voice your opinion

Do you feel pessimistic or optimistic about the future of the Internet?Why?

Language points

1. In 1983, there were only 200 computers

connected to the Internet.

computer 和 connect 是被动关系 , 因此 connected to 是过去分词做定语来修饰 computer, 相当于一个定语从句。

= which were connected to the Internet.

It is surprising that there were 3oo gold coins buried underground.

真是令人惊奇，地下埋了 300 枚金币。＝ which were buried underground.

There are so many people watching the big fire in the street.

People 和 watching 是主动关系 watching 是现在分词做定语表主动来修饰 people 相当于定语从句。

=who watched the big fire in the street.

be pessimistic/optimistic about

对…悲观 / 乐观I’m rather pessimistic about the present

situation.

我对目前的局势感到悲观。

2.Some experts are pessimistic about

the future.

.

一些科学家对（计算机主宰的）未来表现出悲观的态度。

3. It is clear that we are going to see an

explosion of shopping on the Internet.

很显然，不远的将来我们就会看到网上购物的狂潮。

It 作形式主语，真实主语是 that 引出的主语从句。

that we are going to see an explosion of shopping on the Internet is clear.＝

Grammar

Predictions will and be going to

Read the following sentences from the text.

In pairs, decide which

a) talks about a future event we can predict from a present situation.

b) expresses our opinions and beliefs about the future.

1. …, “ it is clear that we are going to see a huge growth of shopping on the Internet.”

2. She also believes that, in the future, we will get entertainment from the Net and that television will probably disappear.

3. “Personally, I think virtual reality will become part of modern life,”…

a

b

b

Which comment is better in each situation?

1. You’re planning to buy a computer.

a) I hope it will be cheap.

b) It is going to be cheap.

2. It’s the last ten minutes of a basketball match between Russia and the USA. The score is 102:56 to Russia.

a) The USA will lose.

b) The USA is going to lose.

a) I hope it will be cheap.

b) The USA is going to lose.

complete the text with going to or willEarth Report!

Dr Carl Wight is an expert on the

environment. He speaks to our reporter,

“It is clear that in the next few years the

Earth’s climate(1)_________ change . I’m

afraid that this probably means that many

kinds of animals, such as the South China

tiger, (2)___________ disappear soon,

is going to

are going to

Changes in climate(3)____________

certainly affect people’s lives too. Because

of global warming, the sea has already

destroyed parts of Britain. It is obvious

that this destruction (4)_______become

more dangerous in the future. We have to

take immediate action, or I fear that life on

Earth (5)______get worse.”

are going to

will

will

will和 be going to 的基本用法1. will 的用法1) will 表将来，可用于各种人称。如： I won’t argue with you. 我不愿意跟你争辩。 He will go to Hainan this winter. 今年冬天他打算去海南。2) will 可表习惯或反复发生的动作。如： John will fall asleep in church. 约翰做礼拜时老睡觉。

3) will 可表请求，指将来，多用于疑问句。 如：

Will you dine with me tomorrow, Lewis? 刘易斯，明天你同我一道吃饭好吗 ? 4) Will 用于否定句中，若主语为物，则意为

“不起作用”。如： The drawer won’t shut. 抽屉关不上了。 My fountain pen wouldn’t write. 我的自来水笔不能写字了。

2. be going to 的用法1) 多用来表示主观上打算做某事或根据某种

迹象判断要发生某事。如： We’re going to pick apples next Wednesday.　我们下周三打算去摘苹果。 Look at the heavy clouds ！ It's going to rain. 看那黑云！天要下雨了。2) 也可用来表示即将发生的事。如： The plane is going to take off in ten minutes.　飞机将在十分钟后起飞。

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Homework

1. Do Exercises 8, 9 and 10 on page 9.

2. Write a composition about cyberspace, including the summary of the text and your opinion on it.

3. Preview Lesson 2.