New Words and Expressions:

virtual
a. 虚拟的；实质上的

accent
n. 口音

interpret
v. 理解；解释；（作）口译

clipped
a. with a short clear pronunciation 发音快而清脆的

tone
n. 语气，口气，腔调

fluid
a. not stable, likely to change 不稳定的，可变的
n. 液体

stretch
v. (cause to) become longer, wider, etc. without breaking 拉长，伸展

telecommuter
n. one who works from home, communicating with the workplace using a computer terminal 远程工作者

submit
vt. give (sth.) to sb. so that it may be formally considered 提交，呈递

edit
vt. revise or correct 编辑

email
n. 电子邮件
vt. 给…发电子邮件；用电子邮件发

communicate
vi. 通信，交往

Internet
n. 互联网，因特网

relationship
n. 关系

at times
sometimes 有时

endless
a. having or seeming to have no end 无休止的

take in
收进，吸收

data
n. （datum 的复数形式）数据，资料

spit
vt. 吐出

on line
connected to or controlled by a computer (network) 联机地，在线

symptom
n. 征兆；症状

aversion
n. a strong feeling of dislike 厌恶，反感

socialize
vi. mix socially with others 社交，交际

critic
n. a person who judges or criticizes 评论家；对…持批评态度的人

nightmare
n. a terrifying dream 噩梦

crawl
vi. 爬，爬行

interaction
n. 交往；相互作用

cyber-interaction
n. 通过网络交往

conversely
ad. 相反地

appropriately
ad. 适当地，得体地

appropriate a.

T-shirt
n. T恤衫

underwear
n. 内衣

but then
yet at the same time 但另一方面，然而

jar
v. 使感到不快，刺激（神经等）

commercial
n. 商业广告
a. 商业的

suck
v. draw liquid or air into the mouth 吸，吮
suck in 吸引，使卷入；吸收

opera
n. 歌剧（艺术）

soap opera
肥皂剧（以家庭问题为题材的广播或电视连续剧）

keep up with
learn about or be aware of (the news, etc.); move at the same rate as 及时了解或跟上

angle
n. a particular way of considering an issue, etc. 角度，立场

in sight
visible; likely to come soon 可看到的；临近

bad-tempered
a. having a bad temper 脾气坏的，易怒的

insensitive
a. not able to feel, unsympathetic to other people's feelings 感觉迟钝的，麻木不仁的

sensitive
a. 敏感的

remark
n. 言辞，话语
v. 说，评说

project
v. imagine that others have (the same feelings, usu. unpleasant ones) as you 以为别人也有（与自己同样的情绪）

misinterpret
vt. understand wrongly 错误地理解，错误地解释

emotional
a. 感情上的；动感情的

cue
n. 提示，暗示

doggedly
ad. persistently 顽强地，坚持不懈地

routine
n. 例行事务，日常工作，惯例

rely
vi. depend confidently, put trust in 依靠，依赖

unemployment
n. 失业

externally
ad. 从外面，在外部

external
a. 外面的，外部的

abuse
n. wrong or excessive use; cruel treatment 滥用，虐待

crime
n. （犯）罪

suicide
n. 自杀

restore
vt. bring back to a former condition 恢复

arrange
vt. prepare or plan 安排

flee
v. run away (from) 逃走；逃离

gym
n. 体育馆，健身房

set apart
使分离，使分开

interview
n., vt. 接见；面试

appointment
n. 约会

laughter
n. 笑，笑声

intolerable
a. too bad to be endured 不能忍受的，无法容忍的

apartment
n. 一套公寓房间；公寓

click
v. （使）发咔哒声；用鼠标点击
n. 咔哒声

modem
n. 调制解调器

annoying
a. 讨厌的，恼人的

annoy
vt. make angry, irritate; bother 使恼怒，使烦恼

connection
n. 连接

tune
n. 曲子，曲调

password
n. 口令，密码

Proper Names

Maia Szalavitz
迈亚·塞拉维茨

Liverpool
利物浦（英格兰西部港口城市）

Dateline
美国National Broadcasting Company (NBC) 的专题新闻报道节目

Frontline
美国Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) 的专题新闻报道节目

Nightline
美国American Broadcasting Company(ABC)的专题新闻报道节目

CNN =Cable News Network
（美国）有线新闻电视网

Language sense Enhancement:
. Read aloud paragraphs - and learn them by heart.
. Read aloud the following poem:

Happily Addicted to the Web

Doorbell rings, I'm not listening,
From my mouth, drool is glistening,
I'm happy — although
My parents are not —
Happily addicted to the Web.

All night long, I sit clicking,
Unaware time is ticking,
There's heard on my cheek,
Same clothes for a week,
Happily addicted to the Web.

Friends come by; they shake me,
Saying, "Yo, man!
Don't you know tonight's senior prom?"
With a shrug, I replied, "No, man;
I just discovered letterman-dot-com!"

I don't phone, don't send faxes,
Don't go out, don't pay taxes,
Who cares if someday
They drag me away?
I'm happily addicted to the Web!

. Read the following quotations. Learn them by heart if you can. You might need to look up new words in a dictionary.

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.
—— John F, Kennedy

A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a pencil is no particular advantage.
—— Robert S, McNamara

A computer will do what you tell it to do, but that may be much different from
what you had in mind.
—— Joseph Weizenbaum

. Read the following humorous story for fun:

An lllinois man left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick email.

Unfortunately, when typing her address, he missed one letter, and his note was directed instead to an elderly preacher's wife whose husband had passed away only the day before. When the grieving widow checked her mail, she took one look at the monitor, let out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor in a dead Faint.

At the sound, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen:

Dearest Wife,
Just got checked in. Everything prepared for your arrival tomorrow.

P.S. Sure is hot down here.