Unit 3 Bards of the Internet
Unit 3 Bards of the Internet
I.Teaching Aims: To get the students know the style of an exposition. To have the students understand the satirical words and sentences used in the essay. To get students grasp the key words and sentences structures
I. Teaching Aims: ◼ To get the students know the style of an exposition. ◼ To have the students understand the satirical words and sentences used in the essay. ◼ To get students grasp the key words and sentences structures
II.Teaching Importance and Difficulties: Understand the author's main purpose of writing the essay. Know the writing strategies of the text. Grasp the key language points in the text. III.Teaching periods:6 periods
◼ Understand the author’s main purpose of writing the essay. ◼ Know the writing strategies of the text. ◼ Grasp the key language points in the text. III. Teaching periods: 6 periods II. Teaching Importance and Difficulties:
IV.Teaching steps: 1.Warm-up Questions: 1)Do you frequently surf the Internet?For what purpose do you do it most of time? 2)How has the Internet changed our lives?
1. Warm-up Questions: 1) Do you frequently surf the Internet? For what purpose do you do it most of time? 2) How has the Internet changed our lives? IV. Teaching steps:
2.Information related to the text: )About the author:Robert J.Samuelson (1945-) Philip Elmer-DeWitt has been covering science and technology for Time Magazine since he reported a cover story on computer "Whiz Kids"in 1982.He became a staff writer in 1983,a senior writer in 1993,a senior editor in 1994 and an assistant managing editor in 1997.He started two new sections in the magazine-Computers (1982 and Technology (1987)-and in 1994 helped launch Time Online (now Time.com),America's first interactive weekly newsmagazine.In January 2002 he was promoted to sciences editor, directing Time's coverage of science,medicine,space a and the environment
2. Information related to the text: 1)About the author: Robert J. Samuelson (1945-) Philip Elmer-DeWitt has been covering science and technology for Time Magazine since he reported a cover story on computer "Whiz Kids" in 1982. He became a staff writer in 1983, a senior writer in 1993, a senior editor in 1994 and an assistant managing editor in 1997. He started two new sections in the magazine-Computers (1982) and Technology (1987)-and in 1994 helped launch Time Online (now Time.com), America's first interactive weekly newsmagazine. In January 2002 he was promoted to sciences editor, directing Time's coverage of science, medicine, space and the environment
2)About the text: This essay describes the current fashion of net writing,explores the causes of the poor quality of writing found on the Internet,explains its merits and differences from published writing as well as justifications for its survival and prevalence
2) About the text: This essay describes the current fashion of net writing, explores the causes of the poor quality of writing found on the Internet, explains its merits and differences from published writing as well as justifications for its survival and prevalence
The essay can be divided into 3 parts (asking the class to divide the text) Part I (Para.1-2)is an introductory part that presents an analytical comparison between what happened to writing when the telephone was invented and what is happening on computer networks now. Part II (Para.3-11)is the main body,exploring the causes of the poor quality of writing found on the Internet and explaining its merits and differences from published writing as well as justifications for its survival and prevalence. Part III (Para.12-13)presents a counter-argument to one of the criticisms against net writing
The essay can be divided into 3 parts (asking the class to divide the text) Part I (Para. 1—2) is an introductory part that presents an analytical comparison between what happened to writing when the telephone was invented and what is happening on computer networks now. Part II (Para. 3—11) is the main body, exploring the causes of the poor quality of writing found on the Internet and explaining its merits and differences from published writing as well as justifications for its survival and prevalence. Part III (Para. 12—13) presents a counter-argument to one of the criticisms against net writing
3.Detailed Study of the Text: Text Analysis Part One (Para.1-2) Q1:What was one of the unintended side effects of the invention of the telephone? One of the unintended side effects of the invention of the telephone was that writing went out of style
Text Analysis Part One (Para.1-2) Q1: What was one of the unintended side effects of the invention of the telephone? One of the unintended side effects of the invention of the telephone was that writing went out of style. 3. Detailed Study of the Text:
Language points Unintended:accidental e.g.He was an unintended victim of gunfire. The group argues that many of the proposed reforms will have unintended consequences. (1)One of the unintended side effects of the invention of the telephone was that writing went out of style:when telephone was invented,no one realized at that time that it would outdate writing. (2).and give their fingers-and sometimes their mind- a rest:.and prefer to use the telephone rather than the pen (in a humorous way)
Unintended: accidental e.g. He was an unintended victim of gunfire. The group argues that many of the proposed reforms will have unintended consequences. (1) One of the unintended side effects of the invention of the telephone was that writing went out of style: when telephone was invented, no one realized at that time that it would outdate writing. (2).and give their fingers—and sometimes their mind— a rest: .and prefer to use the telephone rather than the pen (in a humorous way) Language points
(3)Which makes what's happening on the computer networks all the more startling:here "which"is a relative pronoun referring to the situation mentioned in the preceding paragraph.The sentence would be grammatically acceptable if it were restructured as "All this makes what's happening on the computer networks all the more startling". (4)Just when the media of McLuha were supposed to render obsolete the medium of Shakespeare,the online world is experiencing the greatest boom in letter writing since the 18th century:Contrary to what is expected,at a time when the media of McLuhan were supposed to make the medium of Shakespeare out of date,letter writing on the Internet is enjoying the greatest development since the 18th century
(3) Which makes what’s happening on the computer networks all the more startling: here “which” is a relative pronoun referring to the situation mentioned in the preceding paragraph. The sentence would be grammatically acceptable if it were restructured as “All this makes what’s happening on the computer networks all the more startling”. (4) Just when the media of McLuha were supposed to render obsolete the medium of Shakespeare, the online world is experiencing the greatest boom in letter writing since the 18th century: Contrary to what is expected, at a time when the media of McLuhan were supposed to make the medium of Shakespeare out of date, letter writing on the Internet is enjoying the greatest development since the 18th century