综合2第四单元重点单词、短语、句子及课后答案

第四单元核心词汇

1．virtual adj. ①虚拟的；②实质上的

2．interpret v. ①解释；②翻译

3．tone n. 语气，腔调

4.stretch v. 伸展，拉长

5．edit vt. 编辑

6．via prep. 通过，用，借助于

7．internet n. 因特网，互联网

8．at times有时，不时

9．take in 接收，得到

10．data n. 数据（datum的复数）；资料

11．spit vt. 吐，吐出

12．on line在线，联机

13．symptom n. ①症状；②征兆

14．critic n. 批评家，评论家,爱挑剔的人

15．nightmare n. 恶梦

16．crawl v. 爬行，缓慢地行进

17．conversely adv. 相反地

18．but then 不过；然而；但另一方面

19．jar v. 使震惊，使感到不快

20．be sucked in/into被吸入；被吸进

21．angle n. 角度，立场

22．in sight adv. ①在即，临近；②看得见

23．remark n.注意；言辞

vt. 评论,评说

24．cue n. 提示，暗示

25．routine n. 惯例，日常工作，例行公事

26．external adj. 外部的，表面的

27．abuse n. ①滥用；②虐待

28. suicide n. 自杀

29. restore vt. 恢复

30．flee v. 逃走，逃离

31. set apart 使分离，是分开

32．appointment n. 约会

33．annoy vt. 使脑怒，使烦恼

34．connection n. 连接

核心短语：

1.一周中的最好时光highlight of the week

2.投稿submit articles

3.有时at times

4.对…感到厌恶feel an aversion to

5.社交方式forms of socializing

6.缺乏自律 a lack of discipline

7.网络交际cyber-interaction

8.面对be confronted with

9.穿着得体be dressed appropriately

10.广告令…心烦be jarred by the commercials

11.工作成了次要的。Work moves into the background.

12.坏脾气be bad-tempered

13.在此状态下in this state

14.日常事务daily routine

15.依赖rely on

16.长期失业long-term unemployment

17.吸毒drug abuse

18.恢复平衡restore balance

19.将…与…区分开set apart…from…

20.面对面face to face

21.找借口make an excuse

难点句子

1.I start to feel as though I've become one with my machine, taking data in, spitting

them back out, just another link in the Net.

(=我开始觉得自己似乎与机器融为一体了，我接收信息，再发送出去，就如同互联网的一个连接点。)

2.And once you start replacing real human contact with cyber-interaction, coming

back out of the cave can be quite difficult.

(=你一旦开始用网络交际取代人与人的真实接触，要走出这种“穴居”状态就会相当困难。)

3.I began to understand why long-term unemployment can be so damaging, why life

without an externally supported daily plan can lead to higher rates of drug abuse, crime, suicide.

(=我开始理解为什么长时间的失业会那么伤人，为什么一个人的生活缺少了外部支持的日常计划就会导致吸毒、犯罪、自杀率的增长。)

4.When I'm in this state, I fight my boyfriend as well, misinterpreting his intentions

because of the lack of emotional cues given by our typed dialogue. (=在这种精神状态下，我也和男朋友吵架，常因键出的对话缺乏情感暗示而误解他的本意。)

5.电视节目中的说话声让人感到宽慰，可那些广告又叫我心烦。

(=The voices of the programs are comforting, but then I'm jarred by the commercials.)

课后练习答案：

Part II Reading Task

Content Question

Pair Work

1. She used to be a television producer, but now she is a writer.

2. She writes and edits articles online, submits them via email, and communicates with colleagues via the Internet, too.