Lesson 1 Tomorrow’s World
4. in 1983, there were only 200 computers connect to the internet.
5. it is clear we can use internet to do all kinds of things at home.
6. personally, i’m optimistic about the future of internet.
7. as society develops, computers will make our life much convenient.
8. the mail service may also disappear as the increasing use of e-mail.
keys: 1. grew 改為 has grown 2. make前加and 3. order 改為book 4. connect改為connected 5. clear后加that 6. of 后加the 7. much 改為more 8. as 改為with
we can feel convenient, we can do all kinds of things from the internet at home, such as buy books, find out about holiday offers, book tickets and so on.
some traditional things will disappear.
we may live in a virtual world.
hacker can get into the computers of banks and government so that change data or steal away important information.
terrorists will attack the world’s computers, cause chaos, make planes and trains crash even and cause nuclear war.
voice your opinion
do you feel pessimistic or optimistic about the future of the internet? why?
language points
1. in 1983, there were only 200 computers connected to the internet.
= which were connected to the internet.
computer 和connect 是被動關系,因此connected to 是過去分詞做定語來修飾computer,相當于一個定語從句。
it is surprising that there were 3oo gold coins buried underground.
＝which were buried underground.
真是令人驚奇，地下埋了300 枚金幣。
there are so many people watching the big fire in the street.
=who watched the big fire in the street.
people 和watching 是主動關系watching 是現在分詞做定語表主動來修飾people 相當于定語從句。
2.some experts are pessimistic about the future.
一些科學家對（計算機主宰的）未來表現出悲觀的態度。
be pessimistic/optimistic about 對…悲觀/樂觀
i’m rather pessimistic about the present situation.
我對目前的局勢感到悲觀。
3. it is clear that we are going to see an explosion of shopping on the internet.
很顯然，不遠的將來我們就會看到網上購物的狂潮。
it作形式主語，真實主語是 that引出的主語從句。
＝ that we are going to see an explosion of shopping on the internet is clear.
it is clear that in the next few years the earth’s climate will change.
= that in the next few years the earth’s climate will change.
4. ..the use of computers with sounds and pictures that make you feel as if you are in a real situation.
(虛擬世界)是計算機通過聲音和圖像模擬現實，以使人感到仿佛置身于一個真實的空間。
as if 連詞，仿佛， 好像