Unit3TheInternetReadingandThinkingLanguagepointsMuchhasbeenwrittenaboutthewondersoftheWorldWideWeb.TherearecountlessarticlestellingushowtheInternethasmadeourlivesmoreconvenient.Wenolongerhavetowaitinlineorcarrycasharoundwhenwegoshopping.Wecangetthemostupdatedinformationfromlargedatabases.Wecandownloadsoftware,documents,andimageswheneverweneedthem.ButtheInternethasdonemuchmoreforpeoplethansimplymakelifemoreconvenient.People'sliveshavebeenchangedbyonlinecommunitiesandsocialnetworks.Para1Mainidea:

People'sliveshavebeenchangedbyInternet.關(guān)于萬維網(wǎng)奇跡的文章有很多。有無數(shù)的文章告訴我們互聯(lián)網(wǎng)是如何使我們的生活更加方便。當(dāng)我們?nèi)ベ徫飼r(shí)，我們不再需要排隊(duì)或隨身攜帶現(xiàn)金。我們可以從大型數(shù)據(jù)庫獲得最新的信息。我們可以隨時(shí)下載軟件、文檔和圖像。但互聯(lián)網(wǎng)為人們帶來的不僅僅是簡單地讓生活更加便利。在線社區(qū)和社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)改變了人們的生活。hasbeenwritten已經(jīng)被寫countlessarticles無數(shù)的文章hasmade

ourlivesmoreconvenient已經(jīng)使我們的生活更便利waitinline排隊(duì)等待carrycashcardaround隨身攜帶現(xiàn)金卡updatedinformation更新的信息downloadsoftware下載軟件hasbeenchanged已經(jīng)被改變

Much_______________(write)aboutthe_______(wonder)oftheWorldWideWeb.Therearecountlessarticles_______(tell)us_______theInternethasmadeourlivesmoreconvenient.Wenolongerhavetowait_____lineorcarrycasharound_____wegoshopping.Wecangetthemostupdatedinformationfromlarge_________(database).Wecandownloadsoftware,_____________(document),andimageswheneverweneedthem.ButtheInternethasdonemuchmoreforpeoplethan_______(simple)makelife__________________(convenience).People’slives_________________(change)byonlinecommunitiesandsocialnetworks.hasbeenwrittenwonderstellinghowinwhendocumentssimplymoreconvenienthavebeenchangeddatabasesJanTchamani,anEnglishteacherinBirmingham,UK,suddenly

developedaseriousillnessandhadto

quitherjob.Atage50,shefoundherself

outofworkandstuck

athomewithonlyhercomputertokeephercompany.Afterawhile,shediscoveredthatsurfingtheInternetcouldhelpherfeellesslonelyandbored.Shecouldlistentomusic,watchfilms,playgames,andexploretheworld.Shealsojoinedanonlinegroupwhereshecouldtalkaboutherproblemsandgetsupportandadvicefromothers.Sherealisedthatoneofthegreatestbenefits

oftheInternetwasitsabilitytoremovethedistance

thatusuallyexistsbetweenpeople.Para2Mainidea:

JanwaschangedbytheInternet.英國伯明翰的一位英語教師簡·夏曼尼突然得了重病，因此不得不辭職。50歲時(shí)，她發(fā)現(xiàn)自己失業(yè)了，困在家里，只有電腦相伴。過了一段時(shí)間，她發(fā)現(xiàn)上網(wǎng)可以幫助她減少孤獨(dú)和無聊。她可以聽音樂、看電影、玩游戲和探索世界。她還加入了一個(gè)在線小組，在那里她可以談?wù)撟约旱膯栴}，并獲得他人的支持和建議。她意識(shí)到互聯(lián)網(wǎng)最大的好處之一是能夠消除通常存在于人與人之間的距離感。developaseriousillness患嚴(yán)重的病quitherjob放棄她的工作outofwork

失業(yè)stuckathome

困在家里keephercompany陪伴她surfingtheInternet上網(wǎng)oneofthegreatestbenefits最大的益處之一removethedistance消除距離感JanTchamani,_____EnglishteacherinBirmingham,UK,suddenly________(develop)aseriousillnessandhadtoquit______（she）job.Atage50,shefoundherselfoutofworkandstuckathome______onlyhercomputer_______(keep)hercompany.Afterawhile,shediscoveredthat________(surf)theInternetcouldhelpherfeellesslonelyandbored.Shecouldlistentomusic,watchfilms,playgames,_______exploretheworld.Shealsojoinedanonlinegroup_______shecouldtalkaboutherproblemsandgetsupportandadvice_______others.Sherealisedthatoneofthegreatest________(benefit)oftheInternetwasitsabilitytoremovethedistancethatusually________(exist)betweenpeople.andevelopedherwithtokeepsurfingandwherefrombenefitsexistsShewassoinspiredbythepeopleshemetonlinethatshedecidedtostartanITclub

toteacholderpeoplehowtousecomputersandtheInternet.Sheandherfriendsnoworganiseeventsandcollectmoneytopayfor

privateteachers.Manypeoplehavebeenhelpedbytheclub.A59-year-oldmanlearnthowtoapplyforworkonlineandfoundagreatjob.Nowthatheworksandcan

takecareofhimself,hisdaughterhastimetostudyatuniversity.A61-year-oldwomanwhowaslivingalonehasstartedasmallonlinecompanytogetherwithtwofriends.Shenolongerfeelslonely,andhercompanyhasbecomequitesuccessful.Mainidea:

ManypeoplehavebeenchangedbyJanandherfriends網(wǎng)友給了她很大的啟發(fā)，她決定成立一個(gè)IT俱樂部來教老年人如何使用電腦和互聯(lián)網(wǎng)。現(xiàn)在，她和她的朋友們組織活動(dòng)并募集資金來支付私人教師的費(fèi)用。許多人得到了俱樂部的幫助。一名59歲的男子學(xué)會(huì)了如何在線申請(qǐng)工作，并找到了一份出色的工作。現(xiàn)在他工作了，而且可以照顧自己，他的女兒就有時(shí)間在大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)。一位61歲獨(dú)居?jì)D女與兩個(gè)朋友一起創(chuàng)辦了一家小型在線公司。她不再感到孤獨(dú)，她的公司也相當(dāng)成功。Para3Shewassoinspiredby...that...她如此被...鼓舞以至于...organiseevents組織活動(dòng)collectmoney=raisemoney籌錢payfor償還,付款applyforwork網(wǎng)上申請(qǐng)工作nowthat既然

livealone獨(dú)自居住takecareof照顧；注意togetherwith和；連同nolonger不在

Shewassoinspired_____thepeopleshemetonline_____shedecidedtostart_____ITclubtoteacholderpeoplehowtousecomputersandtheInternet.Sheandherfriendsnoworganise_________(event)andcollectmoneytopay____privateteachers.Manypeople_______________(help)bytheclub.A59-year-oldmanlearnthowtoapply_____workonlineandfoundagreatjob.Nowthatheworksandcantakecareof_______,hisdaughterhastimetostudyatuniversity.A61-year-oldwoman______waslivingalonehasstartedasmallonlinecompanytogetherwithtwofriends.Shenolonger_______(feel)lonely,andhercompanyhasbecomequite___________(success).

bythataneventsforhavebeenhelpedforhimselfwhofeelssuccessfulJanhasstartedtakingonlineclassestolearnmoreabouthowtousetheInternettomakesocietybetter.Shebelievesthatitishighlyimportanttobridgethedigitaldivide

andmakesurethateveryonehasaccesstotheInternetandknowshowtousenewtechnology.Hernextgoalistostartacharitywebsitetoraisemoneyforchildreninpoorcountries.Mainidea:Janwantstochange

childreninpoorcountries.簡已經(jīng)開始上在線課程，以了解更多關(guān)于如何利用互聯(lián)網(wǎng)讓社會(huì)變得更好。她認(rèn)為，消除數(shù)字鴻溝、確保每個(gè)人都能使用互聯(lián)網(wǎng)并知道如何運(yùn)用新技術(shù)是非常重要的。她的下一個(gè)目標(biāo)是建立一個(gè)慈善網(wǎng)站，為貧窮國家的兒童募集資金。Para4takeonlineclasses上網(wǎng)課bridgethedigitaldivide消除數(shù)字鴻溝makesurethat確保haveaccesstotheInternet使用互聯(lián)網(wǎng)startacharitywebsite建立一個(gè)慈善網(wǎng)站

whofeelssuccessfulJan’slife_________________(improve)bytheInternet.“Whenyougothroughtough_______(time),youmeetotherswhoarefacingsimilarchallenges,”Jansays.“__________(think)aboutotherpeople’ssituationsinspiredmetoofferhelp.”hasbeenimprovedtimesThinkingJan’slifehasbeengreatlyimprovedbytheInternet.“Whenyougothroughtoughtimes,youmeetotherswhoarefacingsimilarchallenges,”Jansays.“Thinkingaboutotherpeople’