NEIEBook3--Unit2TheRoadAheadIdentifyawriter'saudienceandpurposeIdentifyawriter’saudienceandpurposesothatyoucanbetterunderstandwhyawriterincludescertaininformationandpresentsitinacertainway.Goodwritersconsidertheiraudience(thepeopletheyarewritingto)andtheirpurpose(thereasonorthereasonsforwriting).Awriter’saudienceisevidentbythelanguageorcontentthatthewriteruses.Writershavedifferentpurposes.Theymaywanttoinformtheirreaders(objective)orpersuadethemtochangetheirmindsortakecertainactions(subjective),orproduceacertainemotionalresponse(subjective).ApplytheStrategy1.Accordingtoparagraph1of“Site-seeingontheInternet”,whois(are)thewriter’saudience?Makeapossiblelistofpossibleaudiences.2.Accordingtoparagraph1,whatisthewriter’spurpose?3.Doesthesentence“‘Site-seeingontheInternet’isaUSgovernmentpublication”helpyouidentifytheaudienceandpurposeofthepublication?Example1:HowtolearnEnglishwell?Ithink,atfirst,readingisamust,asweallknow,Englishisacommunicationtool,soreadingtoEnglishiswhatwatertoafish.Secondly,writingshouldn’tbeforgotten,aslongasyouwritesomethingeveneverythinginterestingormeaningfularoundyou,thenyourEnglishwillbecomebetterandbetter.Thirdly---Canyouimaginetheaudienceandpurposeofsuchapassage?Haveatry.ThewritertriestopersuadeEnglishlearnerstolearnitassaidinthepassage.Thusthelanguageusedthereisquitesubjective.AndthetopicthereisfocusedonEnglishlearning.UsefigurativelanguageFiguresofspeech(修辞):whenweusewordsinotherthantheirordinaryorliteralsensetolendforcetoanidea,toheighteneffect,ortocreatesuggestiveimagery,wearesaidtobespeakingorwritingfiguratively.Observinghowfigurativelanguageisusedwillhelpyouidentifythewriter’smeaning.Thereareseveralformsoffiguresofspeech:simile/metaphor/hyperbole夸张/metonymy借喻/synecdoche提喻/irony反语/personification/pun双关/synaesthesia通感,复合感觉Loveisfoodforthesoul,butjealousyisLoveisfoodforthesoul,butjealousyispoison.poison.Thegroundisthirstyandstarving.(dry)Todrinklikefish(狂饮)Wecan’tsaythathisheartisnotsodarkashell.WhenIfirstsawher.Mysoulbegantoquiver.(Ibegantofallinlove)Site-SeeingontheInternetBackgroundinformationTopic-relatedwordsandtermsNetizen网民cyberspace网络Digiteer计算机能手cybercrime网络犯罪blogger开博客的人virusinfection感染病毒Cyberword/cyberspeak网络用语hacker黑客virtualspace虚拟空间surftheInternet上网冲浪spam/junkmailgetaddictedtotheInternet上网成瘾thread/threadstarter帖子/楼主onlineloveaffair/fingerlove网恋systemhalted死机greenhand菜鸟Antivirus抗病毒软件computerbreakdown电脑故障networkmeltdown网络瘫痪onlinetransaction网上交易Internetaddict网瘾者causethemeltdownoftheInternet导致网络瘫痪Thedomainnames:com.(commercialenterprises)edu.(educationalinstitution)gov.(government)net.(network)org.(nonprofitorganization)mil.(militaryinstitution)WhatistheInternet?TheInternetisaworldwide,publiclyaccessibleseriesofinterconnectedcomputernetworksthattransmitdatabypacketswitchingusingthestandardInternetProtocol(IP).Itisa“networkofnetworks”thatconsistsofmillionsofsmallerdomestic,academic,business,andgovernmentnetworks,whichtogethercarryvariousinformationandservices,suchaselectronicmail,onlinechat,filetransfer,andtheinterlinkedwebpagesandotherresourcesoftheWorldWideWeb(WWW).WhatistheCyberspace?CyberspaceisatermoriginatedbyauthorWilliamGibson(威廉·吉布森)inhisnovelNeuromancer《...