大学英语课件

Background Knowledge
2．Combining forms/prefixes ＋verb: Cybersurf (网络漫游) Netsurf (网络漫游) Websurf (网络漫游) Email (发送电子邮件)
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3．words like cyber, net，etc．＋ suffix：e.g. cyberian（cyber＋ian，网络用户） cyberphobia（cyber＋phobia，电 脑恐惧症） cybernaut（cyber＋naut网络用户） netter(net＋er网民) Webify(web＋fy使万维网化) Cyberize（cyber＋ize使联网）
• 2) give or provide the meaning of , explain诠释,说明;把……理解为;领会 • This dream can be interpreted in several different ways. • 我不知道把他的沉默看作是接受还是 拒 绝 .I didn’t know whether to interpret her silence as acceptance or refusal.
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the most dynamic combining forms /prefixes for new computer－ and－Internet－related vocabulary in English are cyber－，virtual－, Net－ （net－），Web－（web－），and E（e －）． New English vocabulary items derived from them usually appear in the following forms：
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l．combining forms /prefixes＋noun： this is the most common type: netwriter（发送电子邮件的人，nethead （ 网 虫 ) ， Webmaster （ 网 站 维 护 者 ) ， Web Page （ 网 页 ) ， website （ 网 站 ) ， Web TV（网络电视机），E－book（电子 书籍)，E－shopper （网上购物者)，e － card（电于贺卡)，e-mail（电子邮件）， e-journal（电子杂志)，e－business（电 子 商 务 ） ， e － cash （ 电 子 货 币 ） ， e － commerce (电子商务)
Language Points . interpret: • l) understand (sth.. said, ordered, or done) • She interprets the dream as an unconscious desire to be young again.
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symptom: l) sign of the existence of sth. bad High interest rates are a symptom of a weak economy. They regard the increase in crime as a symptom of a more general decline in moral standards. 2) change in the body that indicates an illness A cold, fever and headache are the usual symptoms of flu. If the symptoms persist, it is important to go to your doctor.
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submit: give (sth.) to sb. so that it may be formally considered (followed by to) You should submit your reports to the committee. I am going to submit an application for that job in Microsoft. Peter submitted his plans for the new town square to the local government.
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tone: a particular quality or intonation of the voice From the tone of her voice I could tell she was very angry.
Suddenly he laughed again, but this time with a cold, sharp tone.
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stretch: (cause to) become longer, wider, etc. without breaking My working day stretches from seven in the morning to eight at night. The child stretched the rubber band to its full extent. Extend 延长;延伸;空间上的延伸;长度,时间上的 延长 Prolong延长;延伸;拉长,将时间延长到正常的眼 度之外,也可指延长线段,拖长声音
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Vocabulary
. virtual: l) created and existing only in a computer（通过计算机软件）模拟的； 虚拟的 • I can visit a virtual store and put what I want in my basket at the click of a mouse button. • 虚拟存储器；虚拟空间 • Virtual memory/space
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• 3) translate what is said in one language into another • I am terribly sorry but I don't understand a word. Could you interpret for me? • No one in the tour group spoke Spanish so we had to ask the guide to interpret. • Interpreter • Interpretation理解;解释;说明;诠释 • Interpretative理解的;……
Unit 4， Book2 Zhou Xueying (周雪英） Foreign Languages College, JXNU
Warm-up Questions
• What high-tech products do you use? • What will happen if there are no hi-tech products? • How do you make use of computer? • Can you recognize the following expressions?
• Submit: to cause oneself to yield or agree to obey(使)服从;顺从 • 我不会顺从你的意愿. • I won’t submit (myself) to your wishes. • He was failing, but he would not submit. • Submission服从,屈服,投降 • Submissive服从的
2) being or acting as what is described, but not accepted as such in name or officially事实上的;实际上的;实质上的 Our deputy manager is the virtual head of the business. 他娶了一位几乎素不相识的女子. He married a virtual stranger. • Virtually =almost, or very nearly, so that any slight difference is not important几乎;差不多;事实上;实际上 • He –admitted he was guilty.
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l．combining forms /prefixes＋noun： this is the most common type: virtual life（虚拟生活），virtual world （虚拟世界），virtual community（虚拟 社区），virtual office（虚拟办公室）， virtual pet（虚拟宠物），virtual realm 虚拟现实），cyber interaction（网络互 动），cyberculture（网络文化）， cybernut（网虫），cyberpet（电子宠 物），cyberspace（网络空间）
4．clipped word： Webliography （Web＋bibliography,网络书目）， Webnomics （Web＋economics，网络经济）， Webzine （Web＋magazine，网络杂志）， e－tailing （electronic＋retailing，电子零售）， e－zine （ electronic ＋ magazine ， 电 子 杂 志）．