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Unit3AlienationandtheInternetKeytotheExercisesTextcomprehensionI.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor'spurposeofwriting.BII.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1.T(RefertoParagraph1.)2.F(RefertoParagraph2.Whentheauthorsaysthismightsoundlikeanapparentcontradiction,heimpliesthatthisisinfactnotacontradictionatall.Throughoutthewholeessay,theauthorexplainstheseeminglycontradictoryidea:ontheonehandtheInternetisresponsibleforglobalunification,andontheotheritalienatestheparticipants.)3.F(RefertoParagraph3,wheretheauthor,bysayingIhavenotknownthisfellowtobegiventoexaggeration?actuallymeansthattothebestofhisknowledge,thisfriendofhishasneverexaggeratedanything.)4.T(RefertoParagraph4.Attheendofthisparagraph,theauthorarguesthatwhenpeoplespendmuchtimedevelopingon-linerelationshipswithfarawayfolks,theywillhavenotimetoparticipateincommunalactivities,whichunderminesthesenseofcommunity.)5.T(RefertoParagraph6.Inthisparagraph,theauthorarguesthatwhensurfingtheWebapersonmightbecognitivelyoverloadedandthatthecognitiveoverloadmightresultinadistortedsenseofreality.)III.Answerthefollowingquestions.1.RefertoParagraph1.Astheauthorseesit,theInternetismostlikelytomakeourglobalvillageabetterplacetolivein.Itprovidesamiraculousforumfortheglobalizationofideas,whichcontributestotherealizationofhumanpotential.Furthermore,itisapowerfultoolfortheacquisitionandapplicationofknowledge.ThebenefitsoftheInternet,however,maybedarkenedbyitsnegativeconsequences.Itmaydeprivetheuserofhistimefornecessaryinteractionwithothersocietymemberssothatthewholeworldmaybefurtherfragmented.Inaddition,thereisareasonablelikelihoodthattheInternetpresentstoomuchinformation,whichgivestheuseraskewedsenseofrealitybymakinghimcognitivelyoverloaded.2.RefertoParagraph3.HisfriendwasaddictedtotheInternet.Hewouldspendevenovertwenty-fourhoursnon-stopontheInternetsothathehadtoforcehimselftogooffline.Ashespentsomuchtimeincyberspace,hissenseofrealitymighthavebeencrooked.Moreover,withoutanyface-to-faceverbalcommunicationwithotherpeople,hefeltlonelyanddepressed.3.RefertoParagraph4.ThealienationofsocietymembershadbegunlongbeforetheInternetstartedtobeusedworldwide.AfterWorldWarII,whenthesoldiersreturnedfromthebattlefields,theydevotedthemselvestoprogress.Largequantitiesofcarsweremanufactured,whichfedthecreationofsuburbs,andconsequentlypeoplelivedfarapartfromeach.TheInternet,however,hasaddedtotheproblemandInternetaddictsarefarfromrare.Asillustratedbytheexampleoftheauthor'snephew,itseemstobeanirreversibletrendthatmoreandmorepeople,oldandyoung,arebecomingaddictedtotheInternet.Theywillspendmanyhoursnon-stopincyberspaceratherthanwiththeirfamiliesorfriends.Forlackofcommunication,theyarebecomingstrangerstootherpeople.Therefore,thereisagoodreasontobelievethatsocietyisbeingfurtheralienatedbytheInternet.4.ThecruelironymeansthattheInternetprovidestheuserwithaconvenientmeansofcommunicatingandmakingfriendswithpeoplefarapartontheonehand,butontheother,itestrangestheuserfromthepeoplearoundhimbycancelinghisavailabilityforface-to-facecommunicationevenwithhisfamiliesandclosefriendsandforinvolvementincommunityactivities.5.RefertoParagraphs6and7.ThepotentialoftheInternetasapowerfultoolforglobalizingideasandforacquiringandapplyingknowledgecanonlyberealizedwhentheuserstrikesabalancebetweenrealityandtheInternet.AlthoughtheInternetmakesitpossiblefortheusertodebate,shop,travelandhaveromanceincyberspacewithoutleavinghome,theoveruseofthistoolprobablyresultsinadistortedsenseofreality.TheonlywaytoavoidbeingpenalizedbytheInternetismakemoderateuseofthistoolwithoutlosingone'ssenseofplaceintheworld.IV.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentences.1.AstheInternetcanbereachedandusedwithrelativelyfewrestrictions,itplaysaroleinconnectingpeopleglobally,whichiscomparabletotravellingthroughinternationalwaterways.2.Alotofpeopletalkaboutthenewinformationage,butnotsomanypeopleareacquaintedwiththeideathattheInternetseparatespeoplefromeachotherandfragmentssocietyfurtherasaresult.3.Ithinkthatinoursocietytoppriorityisgiventothesatisfactionofone'simmediateneeds.TheInternetisthebestmeanstoachievethispurpose,forontheInternetonecandowhateverhelikesto.StructuralanalysisofthetextThethreepartsofthetext:Part1(Paragraphs1?);Part2(Paragraphs3?);andPart3(Paragraph7).Thesisstatement:...theInternetmayberesponsibleforfurtheringthefragmentationofsocietybyalienatingitsindividualusers.Concludingstatement:Allofthisbeingsaid,IbelievethatthekeytorealizingthepotentialoftheInternetisinachievingbalanceinourlives.RhetoricalfeaturesofthetextMoreantonyms:real杗otreal,reality杤irtualexistence,outsideplayingwithhisfriends杙layhisgamesagainsthisfriendsincyberspace.Theuseofallthesepairsofantonymouswordsandexpressionshelpstoreinforcetheseemingself-contradictionthattheInternetcanleadtoglobalizationontheonehandandcausethealienationoftheusersfromthepeoplearoundthemontheother.VocabularyexercisesI.Explaintheunderlinedpartineachsentenceinyourownwords.1.abilitytodevelop,achieveorsucceed2.causingtofeelverydistantfromornotwelcometootherpeople3