II Reading & Exploring
She forces herself back into the real world. (Para. 11)
calling people meeting with friends getting to the gym arranging interviews seeing a doctor…
The Big Bang Theory
What are those geniuses doing in the video? Which website do they mention? Where does Sheldon suggest they go for a swim?
I Lead-in
1. What did the author do three years ago and what is she doing now? 2. What does the author do to restore balance to her life?
II Reading & Exploring
the author’s personality
Inductive Generalization
the virtual life
(Para.4-10)
the real life
but
but
(Para.12)
unreal a form of escape a lack of discipline lack of emotional cues cave
New College English Integrated Course II
Unit 4 The Virtual World Text A The Virtual Life
Teaching Procedures
Lead-in Reading & Exploring Text Analysis Reflection Assignment
What did the author do three years ago and what is she doing now?
television producer
telecommuter
one who works from home, communicating with the workplace through a computer terminal 远程工作者
The Virtual World and Beyond
virtual college
virtual community
virtual idol
Байду номын сангаас
II Reading & Exploring
Maia Szalavitz
II Reading & Exploring
Skimming & Scanning
The Virtual World antonym
real world
synonym
net world internet world digital world virtual reality cyberspace
I Lead-in
Brainstorming
Are you surfing the net? What do you do on the internet? How much do you rely on the internet in your daily life?
. .
IV Reflection
Why the author can not return to the real life?
IV Reflection
much simpler more convenient time-saving money-saving energy-saving privacy-keeping less intimating a better self illusion of a dreamland …
The Big Bang Theory
What are those geniuses doing in the video? Which website do they mention? Where does Sheldon suggest they go for a swim?
The Big Bang Theory
V Assignment
Write a composition of no less than 120 words on the following topic:
My Virtual Life
Prepare for the detailed analysis of the text!
cyber-addicts
be controlled out of balance escaping from reality losing inner peace shifting the responsibility & stress pseudo-safety …
Can you hide in the “cave” forever?
III Text Analysis
real or virtual ?
III Text Analysis
Comparison & Contrast
virtual life (Para.2-3) way of life communication
computer-assisted (food/money/work/love) cyber-interaction cyber-interaction shyer more cautious more anxious bad-tempered easily angered
For reference:
be a big fan of … find oneself sucked in by… be obsessed with… … become a part of one’s life rely on … for company can not imagine a day without…
real life (Para.11)
daily routine (dressing for work/sleeping normal hours) real human human contact real contact overexcited speak too much interrupt worried
too much Intolerable unbearable
make excuses and flee
“a place of safety” her final retreat to the virtual life
III Text Analysis
The Theme of the Essay
Struggling in the dilemma of living a virtual life and a real life, the author of this essay explored the differences between the two life styles and made her final decision to choose the virtual life despite its negative effects.