Text B Mother’s Mad about the Internuts

to one’s knowledge: as far as one knows personally To her knowledge, she was the only one in her department to interview for the position. 据我所知，本星期大剧院没有演出ying to be reasonable but not altogether succeeding, that in and among the things they “tell” each other on the tap-tap, a tendency to murder might just have been overlooked, might it not? Translate the sentence into Chinese. 我说，他们啪哒啪哒“讲”给互相听的事情中，杀人的 倾向或许就被忽略了，难道这不可能吗？我说这话时尽 量想做到通情达理，但不完全成功。
Translation 4:
Needless to say, it is a new version of the old tale of innocents calling forth evil forces they cannot control, this time in the form of a visitor with the ever-handy axe packed in his luggage. Translate the sentence into Chinese. 不用说，这又是一些无辜的人引出了邪恶的力量却又不 能控制的老故事的翻版，这一次的邪恶力量是以一位来 客的面貌出现，但行囊中却藏着斧头，随时可以拿出来 杀人。
To my knowledge there are no shows at the Grand Theater this week.
needless to say: as you already know or would expect
Needless to say, there are other solutions. But this one is the most cost-effective.
Text B Mother’s Mad about the Internuts
Carol Sarler
Skimming & Scanning
What’s the narrative perspective in this text? What did the story talk about? What’s the mom’s concern? and how did her daughter respond?
Para. 11
Mother still worries about people on the Internet.
Para.11
What’s the mother’s concern?
Para.12 – Para.14
Mom’s idea about what happened on the Net will become a movie plot.
约翰摔伤了他的左臀部。不用说，他将有一段时间不能 工作。 John has broken his left hip. Needless to say, he’ll be off work for a while.
call forth: bring into action or existence 她的所作所为引起了夫妻间的争吵。 Her behavior called forth a quarrel between the couple.
Para.4
Although the mother hates it, her daughter still gets sucked in computer.
Para.4
What did the daughter’s response to her mom’s argument?
Para.5 - Para.8
他除了向我借了50英镑外，还向我借汽车。 On top of borrowing 50 pounds, he asked me to lend him my car.
on the whole: all things considered, in general On the whole, those countries experience a decrease in lung cancer that can probably be linked with tobacco control. 总的来看，该项目对俄罗斯的国家安全构成了某些威胁。 On the whole, the project poses a certain threat to Russia’s national security.
Translation 1:
It is the sound of the only lasting disagreement in a household that is otherwise peaceful. Translate the sentence into Chinese. 这是一个原本安宁的家庭中唯一挥之不去的不和谐音。
Para.3
Why did the mother hate communication with a computer?
Translation 2:
It leads to intimacy before acquaintance; it scatters secrets outwards, not inwards; and, most worrying of all, it is a vehicle for liars. Translate the sentence into Chinese. 它使人们还未相识就已亲近；它不能保守秘密反而扩散 秘密；而最令人担心的是，它是撒谎人传播谎言的工具。
Mom and daughter’s argument about daughter’s plan for a party.
Para.5 - Para.8
Why did the daughter want to plan for a party? Why did they argue about the plan? What’s the daughter’s reason for planning the party?
on top of: in addition to
The last few years were rough. Heart surgery, stomach cancer, and on top of that he lost everything when his house burned down.
Para.9 – Para.10
Mother and daughter’s debate about the danger of communication on line.
Para.9 – Para.10
What’s mom’s opinion’s about people on line? How did her daughter reason with her?
Para.2
Mother’s description of the daughter.
Para.2
What kind of person is the daughter in the mother’s eyes?
Para.3
The reason that the mother hates communication with a computer.
Outline
Main Idea Language study
Para.1
Para 1. Her daughter’s addiction to the Internet.
Para. 1
How did the mother describe her daughter’s addiction to computer? What did the mother think about it?