Unit5dow nload 1 1 Unit 5 Education in Cyberspace I. Difficult Sentences 1. A peculiarly honest answer came out of my mouth before I could think. (1) Paraphrase this sentence. (=Without thinking, I answered him frankly.) (2) Translate the sentence into Chinese. (=我不假思索，老老实实地答道。) 2. Where I teach is inside that electrically charged space that lies between my phone jack and the home computers of a group of generally older-than-average college students. (1) Paraphrase this sentence. (=My students are generally older than the average college students. I teach them not in the traditional lecture rooms, but on the Internet where I am linked with them via their home phone lines and modems.) (2) Translate this part into Chinese. (=我的课堂是在充满电荷的空间里，其间一端连着我的电话插座，另一端 连着一群年龄偏大的大学生家里的电脑。) 3. The man‟s face remained as blank as a clear summer sky . (1) What figure of speech is used here？ (= simile. More examples: …sing like an angel …sleep as sound as a log …be as brave as a lion) (2) Translate this part into Chinese. (=那人的脸上仍旧一片茫然。) 4. …the Sage on the Stage… (1) What does “the Sage on the Stage” mean? (=This is a term commonly used in the teaching research field to refer to the teacher who plays a dominant role in the classroom. Its opposite term is “the Guide on the Side,” which suggests a learner-centred teaching approach.) (2) Translate this part into Chinese. (=讲坛上的圣人。/课堂教学的支配者。) 5. What they know, they must communicate to me in words. What‟s the grammatical function of “What they know” ? (=“What they know”, which serves as the object of the verb „communicate‟, is put at the beginning of the sentence to...
