TheeffectsoftheInternetonourlives1.DoyouusetheInternet?WhatdoyouoftendoontheInternet?2.Howdoyousearchfortheinformationyouwant?3.DoyouchatontheInternetoften?WhatdopeopleoftentalkaboutinachatroomontheInternet?Whatdoyouthinkofmakingfriendsonline?4.HaveyoueverlistenedtoordownloadedfreemusicfromtheInternet?Doyouthinkit’sagoodwaytoshareresourcesoritisbadbecauseitbreakscopyrightlaws?5.HowdoyoufeelwhenyouspendalotoftimeontheInternet?FastreadingGothroughthetwospeechesasquicklyaspossibleandtrytofindanswerstothethreequestionsinPartA.2.ThefirstspeakertalksaboutthepositiveeffectsoftheInternetonourlives.Howmanymainpointsdoesshemake?Two.1.Whatarethespeechesabout?TheyareaboutdifferenteffectsoftheInternetonourlives.3.ThesecondspeakertalksaboutthenegativeeffectsoftheInternetonourlives.Whatarethetwopointshemakes?ThefirstpointisthattheInternethastoomuchinformationthathasnotbeenevaluatedforaccuracy.Thesecondoneisthatitistransformingthewaypeoplespendtheirtime.1.WecannotalwaystelliftheinformationontheInternetistrue.2.OfregularInternetusers,80percentemployitmostlytosearchforanswerstoquestions.againstforDetailedreadingReadthefollowingstatements.WriteforifthestatementsupportsInternetuse,oragainstifitdoesnot.3.AnunfortunateoutcomeofInternetuseisthatitdamagespeople’sabilitytolivenormallives.4.WiththeInternet,peoplewhoaredisabledandmuststayintheirhomescancorrespondandcommunicatewithothersaroundtheglobewhohavesimilarinterests.againstfor5.OneofthegreatestbenefitsofInternetfriendshipsisthattheyarebasedoncommoninterests,ratherthanappearanceorage.6.ThisstudyshowsthatpeoplewhospendtoomuchtimeontheInternettendtowithdrawfromtheworldroundthem.againstforReadthefactsbelow,andwritedowntheargumenteachfactsupports.SupportingfactsArgumentsOnestudyshowsthat80percentofInternetusersemployitmostlytosearchforanswerstoquestions.GatheringinformationistheprimaryusefortheInternet.SupportingfactsArgumentsYoungpeoplefromdiversebackgroundsanddifferentcountriescanformfriendshipsthatwilllasttheirentirelives.PeopleusetheInternettobuildsocialbonds.SupportingfactsArgumentsIn2003,70percentofeBay’sproblemswerewithpeoplewhosoldthingsthatdidnotexist,orwholiedabouttheproductstheywereselling.ThehugeamountoffalseinformationontheInternetbecomesmoreofaproblemeveryday.SupportingfactsArgumentsAccordingtoonestudy,43percentofthestudentswhohaddroppedoutwereheavyInternetusers.SpendingtoomuchtimebuildingrelationshipsontheInternetcandamagepeople’sabilitiestolivenormallives.Matchthesenewwordsfromthespeecheswiththeirmeanings.Writethecorrectlettersintheblanks.1abundant____2assumption____3avenue_____4evaluate_____5accuracy_____6false_____7withdraw_____bagcfdeaabeliefthatsomethingistrueorwillhappenbmorethanenoughcthestateofbeingexactorcorrectdnotcorrectortrueepullawayfromffromanopinionoftheamount,valueorqualityofsomethinggapossiblewayofdoingsomethingSuggestanswersofPartE:1.___________2._____________3.___________4._____________5.___________6._____________7.___________weaknessesdiversebondsaddressedclickcorrespondstatistics1.ChildrenusetheInternetmostlyto_____.A.chatB.playgamesC.helpwiththeirstudiesD.advanceknowledgeabouthobbiesTestyourself2.Whatisthemostimportantthinginbuildingafriendship?A.commoninterestsB.appearanceC.ageD.popularity3.WhatistheworstproblemofeBay?A.falseinformationB.peopledon’tknowhowtouseacomputerC.thingssellingontheInternetdon’texistD.peopleareusedtothetraditionalwaysofbuying4.Theclinicwasopenedto_________.A.helppeoplesurftheInternetB.beanInternetcaféC.makepeoplespendtheirtimewiththeirfamilyD.helppeoplewhoareaddictedtocomputergamesReadingstrategy:readinganargumentWhenyoureadanargument,youmustrememberthataspecificviewisbeinggiven.Thefirstthingyouwillreadisastatementofwhattheargumentisabout.Afterthat,youwillusuallyfindalistofthepointsthepersonwantstomake.Itisimportantthatyoulookforsupportingfactsintherestoftheargument.Ifthereareonlyopinions,thentheargumentisnotwellmade.Anotherthingyouwilloftenfindinanargumentisastatementaboutwhattheothersidebelieves,andwhythedebaterdoesnotagree.Attheendoftheargument,youwillfindtheconclusion.Inthissection,thereisoftenasummaryoftheargument.UsageofreadingstrategyReadthepassageagainandpointoutwhichsentencesareaboutthetwospeakers’views,whichsentencesarethesupportingfactsthetwospeakersgive,andwhichsentencesaretheirconclusions.Workingroups.TwomembersineachgrouprepresentZhuFeiandtheothertworepresentLiLei.Readthedebate,youcanmakesomechangesoraddyourownopinionstothedebate.Finishtheexercisesintheworkbook.