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Unit2BardsoftheInternet练习答案

Unit2

BardsoftheInternet

ConsolidationActivities

I.TextComprehension

1.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor'spurpose.

A.Toofferageneralviewonthemeritsanddemeritsofonlinewritingandrelatedmatters.

B.ToexpresshisdisapprovalofthefoolishandtrivialwritingsontheInternet.

C.Togiveahistoricalreviewonnetwritinganditsimpactonyoungergenerations.

Key:

[A]

2.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.

1）Comparedwithotherwritingsthatwerealsoexperimentalandrevolutionaryinhistory,onlinewritingsarenotonlylargeinquantity,butgoodinqualityaswell.[F]

2）Thelowbarrierstoentryoftheonlineworldmakesitpossibleformanysecond-ratewritingstoreachthousandsofreaders.[T]

3）Whenengagedinonlinewriting,professionalwriterscanalwaysmakethemselveswelcomewithoutcateringtothefashionofthenewmedium.[F]

4）Itcouldbeinferredthatpeoplewhoproducenetwritingarefromdifferentwalksoflife.[T]

II.WritingStrategies

Inthispassagetheauthorusesanumberofquotationsinsupportofhisideasandopinions.ReadParagraphs3,5,6,and8,andtrytofindwhatsourcestheauthorquotesandexplainwhatideasthesequotationsareusedtosupport.

InParagraph3theauthorquotesthefollowingpersonsinsupportoftheideathatE-mailandnetwritingcouldbecomparedtothewritingsinhistorythatwereexperimentalandflexibleinnature:

JonCarroll,acolumnistattheSanFranciscoChronicle;

PatrickNielsenHayden,aneditoratTorBooks;

DavidSewell,anassociateeditorattheUniversityofArizona

InParagraphs5and6,theauthorquotesthefollowingpersonstoexplorethereasonsforthepoorqualityofwritingontheInternet:

GerardVanderLeun,literaryagentbasedinWestport,Connecticut;

MaryAnneMohanraj,aChicago-basedpoet.

InParagraph8,theauthorquotesthefollowingpersonsinhisdiscussionofthecriteriatojudgethequalityofnetwriting:

JornBarger,asoftwaredesignerinChicago;

CrawfordKilian,awritingteacheratCapilanoCollegeinVancouver,BritishColumbia.

III.LanguageWork

1.Explaintheunderlinedpart（s）ineachsentenceinyourownwords.

1）Whichmakeswhat’shappeningonthecomputernetworksallthemorestartling.

surprising

2）.JustwhenthemediaofMcLuhanweresupposedtorenderobsoletethemediumofShakespeare,theonlineworldisexperiencingthegreatestboominletterwritingsincethe18thcentury.

outofdate;expansion

3）.DavidSewell,anassociateeditorattheUniversityofArizona,likensnetwritingtotheliterarysceneMarkTwaindiscoveredinSanFranciscointhe1860s.

compares...to

4）.Foritcanbeverybadindeed:

sloppy,meandering,puerile,ungrammatical,poorlyspelled,badlystructuredandattimesvirtuallycontentfree.

careless;winding/pointless;childish/silly

5）.GerardVanderLeun...hasemergedasoneofthepreeminentstylistsontheNet.

hasbecomeknownas;themostimportant/superior

6）.ThatisnottosaythatwithmoretimeeverywriterontheInternetwouldproducesparklingcopy

brilliant

7）.Green’sWellMetinMinnesota...isnowreveredontheInternetasaclassic.

respectedandadmired

8）.It’ssocompetitivethatyouhavetoworkonyourstyleifyouwanttomakeanyimpact.

makeastrong,immediateimpression

9）.Notonlyhasitenfranchisedthousandsofwould-bewriterswhootherwisemightneverhavetakenupthecraft,butithasalsothrowntogetherclassesofpeoplewhohadn’thadmuchdirectcontactbefore.

giventherightto;havebeenengagedin

10）.Butitwouldbeamistaketodismissthecomputer-messageboardsortounderestimatetheeffectalifetimeofdashingoffE-mailwillhaveonagenerationofyoungwriters.

saythatitisnotimportantenoughtothinkaboutorconsider;notrealizehowlargeorgreattheeffectwouldbe

2.Fillintheblankswiththeappropriateformsofthegivenwords.

1）.Hedismissedtheeconomistsasteenagescribblers（scribble）whowantedtogettheirnamesinthenewspaper.

2）.Mobilephonetechnologyisdevelopingsoquicklythatmanycustomersareconcernedaboutobsolescence（obsolete）.

3）.Someunusualfishhaverudimentary（rudiment）legs.

4）.Thetrialwasamockery（mock）—thejudgehaddecidedtheverdictbeforeitevenbegan.

5）.Shefeelsgreatreverence（revere）forherprofessors.

6）.Hetakesplentyofvigorous（vigor）exercise.

7）.Thepresentationwasacollaborative（collaborate）effortbyallthechildrenintheclass.

8）.It’sabouttimewedemocratized（democracy）theorganizationofthiscompany.

9）.Mybrotherisakeep-fitenthusiast（enthuse）.

10）.Idon’tknowwhyhegetssoupsetaboutsomethingthatisutterlytrivial（trivia）.

3.Fillintheblank（s）ineachsentencewithaphrasetakenfromtheboxinitsappropriateform.

comeacross|makeanimpression|sideeffect|likento

pressrelease|confrontwith|laceup|dashoff

inherentin|harkback|blowaway|weedout

1）.TheDepartmentofTransporthasissuedapressreleaseabouttheproposalsforthenewmotorway.

2）.He’salwaysharkingbacktohischildhoodandsayinghowthingswerebetterthen.

3）.Shedashedofftheletterinfiveminutes.

4）.Thefirstroundofinterviewsonlyreallyservestoweedouttheveryweakestofapplicants.

5）.Hecomesacrossasabitofaboreininterviews.

6）.Theyblewawaytheotherteaminthesecondhalfofthegame.

7）.Doesthisdrughaveanysideeffects

8）.Hemadequiteanimpressiononthegirlsatthetennisclub.

9）.Shecanlaceuphershoesandshe’sonlyfive!

10）.Sheseemscompletelyunawareofthecontradictionsinherentinherprofessedpointofview.

11）.She’sbeenlikenedtoayoungElizabethTaylor.

12）.IthoughtIwouldremaincalm,butwhenIwasconfrontedwiththeTVcamera,Ibecameverynervous.

4.Explainthemeaningoftheunderlinedpartineachsentence.

1）.Theleisureindustryisbooming.

isdevelopingveryfast

2）.Thefeelingofintoxicationthatfollowedhervictorywascutshortbyherfather’ssuddendeath.

excitement

3）.Thesparklewentoutofherafterherhusbanddied.

Shebecameunhappy

4）.Wehaven’tgotahopeinhellofmeetingsuchatightdeadline.

Wehavenohope

5）.Hecameoutwithagemabouttheabsurdityofthesituation.

cleverorpleasingremark

6）.Anddidreasonprevailoveremotion

overcome/defeat/triumphover

7）.Thespeaker’saimwastosparkthereformersintoaction.

causethereformerstoact

8）.Thiswebsiteiscurrentlyunderconstruction.

beingcreated

9）.Weneedtodecidethisdemocratically.

basedonthewishesofmostpeople

10）.IantookupthestorywhereSuehadleftoff.

continued

5.Correcttheerrorsinthefollowingpassage.Thepassagecontainstenerrors,oneineachindicatedline.Ineachcase,onlyonewordisinvolved.

Correctionsshouldbedoneasfollows:

Wrongword:

underlinethewrongwordandwritethecorrectwordintheblank.

Extraword:

deletetheextrawordwithan“×.”

Missingword:

markthepositionofthemissingwordwitha“∧”andwritethemissingwordintheblank.

DearorHey

Whenwasthelasttimeyoubeganamessagewith"Dear"Probablyinacoveredlettertoapotentialemployeryou'dnevermetbefore,orperhapseventoyourgreat-grandmaharkingherforthatfruitcakedecayedinthere-giftpile.

There'snoquestionthattheuseof"Dear"isdwindlingand"Hey"istakingoff.Astheformalletterdiesout,sotoohasheuseof"Dear."WithE-mail,tweets,IMsandtextsrapidlyexchangedthroughoutourtech-savvylives,it'sonlynaturalthatourlanguageandwayofcommunicatinghasbecomemorerelaxedandformal.Weliveintheageofbrevitywhere140charactersarejustenough,sowho'sgottimefor"Dear"orevenanysalutationatall

Butit'snotonlyabouttheessenceoftime,it’salsosemantic."Dear"comestoastooformal—orsimplyplaincreepyandoverlyintimate.Andbetweenmen,theuseofitcanappearabittooeffeminate.If“Hey”isapatontheback,then"Dear"isitsmasculinecousinwithakissonthecheek.Mostbusinessetiquetteexpertsoverallsayit’salrighttodrop"Dear"inanE-mail,butitshouldbeusedinaformalbusinessletter.We∧use"Dear"becausesomeoneisdeartous,butbecauseweunderstandthestandardsofbusinesswritingandrecognizethestandardsofintelligentbusinesspeople.

ChrisAllison,a36-year-oldinternationaltradeanalyst,saysheuses“Dear”onlywhenhedoesn’tmeanit:

“IfindthatIammostlikelytostartaletterwith‘Dear’exactlywhentherecipientislessdeartome,probablybecauseIhavenevermettheperson.”

So,it’s“Hey”forfriendsandcolleaguesand“Dear”fordistantrelatives,divorcelawyersandbanksGotit!

（1）cover

（2）decaying

（3）over

（4）informal

（5）is

（6）semantics

（7）across

（8）feminine

（9）don’t

（10）least

6.FillineachblankinthepassagebelowwithONEappropriateword.

NetWriting

IntheJuly4issueofTime,there’sanarticle

（1）entitled“BardsoftheInternet”byPhilipElmer-Dewitt,subtitled“IfE-mailrepresentstherenaissanceofprose,whyissomuchofitsoawful”Afterreadingthearticle,IwrotetohiminalongishE-mailresponsethatwhathadstruckmeabout

（2）writingontheNetwashow“good”itis.That（3）differenceofperspectiveiswhatIwanttotalkabouthere.

Now,Icanrecognizecrappywriting,whatPEDisgettingatwhenhe（4）describesonlinewritingasoften“verybadindeed:

sloppy,meandering,puerile,ungrammatical,poorlyspelled,badlystructuredandattimesvirtually（5）contentfree.”That’sactuallyabettercharacterizationoffreshmancomposition（which