外研版高中 3 年级( 第十册 )

Module5

A digital Life

constantly adv. 经常的

He constantly writes articles for the local paper.

impressive adj. 给人深刻印象的

His collection of paintings is the most impressive.

他的绘画收藏令人叹为观止。

non-profit adj. 非赢利性的。

Something that is non-profit will not make any money.

bowling 保龄球运动

never look back 保持势头； 没有停滞不前

certificated adj. 持有职业培训证书的，有执业资格的

sensibly 明智的

The chairman didn't act very sensibly, to put is mildly.

说得婉转些，主席的行为没有理智。

curriculum 全部课程

obsession n. 着魔， 迷恋；

His obsession with computers began six months ago.

他半年前就迷上了计算机了 .

1. Who is this young man? 2. What kind of job does he do?

Judge the following sentences true or false.1.Yan Nuo spends lots of time surfing the Internet and has no connection with the outside world.2.Yan Nuo has earned lots of money by providing technology support to Microsoft software users on the Internet. 3.Yan Nuo is now a Senior 2 student in a high schoolwork and his computer career but he has a detailed schedule every day.4.Yan Nuo is very busy with his schoolwork and his computer career but he has a detailed schedule every day.5.It is likely that Yan Nuo will become a millionaire in the near future. the key: 4

Read part 1 of the passage and choose the best summary.(a) Yan is a typist Chinese teenager who works hard at school and enjoys playing computer games. He wants to go to university in America and become a software engineer and programmer (b) Yan is an unusual Chinese teenager who helps people with their computer problems. He is very organized and is already a software engineer and programmer. (c) Yan is a high school student with a lot of connections in the computer world. He plays computer games for up to three hours a day and also writes for a Chinese website.The key: ( b)

Read part 1 of the passage again and answer the questions

1.What makes Yan Nuo a computer expert?

2.In what ways has he helped Microsoft?

3.How does he manage his schoolwork?

He is a certified software engineer and programmer.

He is a volunteer for Microsoft who helps users with problems.

He plans his schoolwork and computer work very carefully.

4.What makes him different from other teenagers?

5.What does Yan Nuo’s teacher think about him?

6.What is the writer’s opinion of Yan Nuo?

He is very good at planning his time, and he has clear targets for what to do.

The teacher is very positive about how he organizes his life.

That he is a successful young man, and more mature than his peers.

Read part 2 of the passage and answer the questions. 1.Why are parents worried about these children spending too long on their computers?

2.What is the opinion of Wang Ying /Zhang Lin/ Li Yong /James Green?

They are worried that children will turn into unhealthy computer “geeks” and be obsessed with computers to the exclusion of everything else.

Wang Ying said her kid spent all his evenings on the computer and here child had no other interests. She didn’t think it was healthy.

Zhang Lin said, “ In the newspaper there was this story about an Internet café which some kids burned down, because they were furious at being turned away. They had been refused permission to enter and continue the game they had been playing for days and were about to win.

Li Yong warned of the dangers of chatting to people one doesn’t know over the Internet. He strongly recommend that the government ban all Internet cafés as so many teenagers are wasting their time on games and Internet chatting which have nothing to do with their schoolwork. The Internet café is evil.

James Green wished his son would be a bit more like Yan Nuo.

Discussion 1.Would you like to be like Yan Nuo? Why? Why not?

2.What is your opinion on how to use computers properly?