unit2bardsoftheinternet练习答案
Unit 2
Bards of the Internet
Consolidation Activities
I. Text Comprehension
1. Decide which of the following best states the author's purpo.
nobelprizeA.To offer a general view on the merits and demerits of online writing and related
matters.
B.To express his disapproval of the foolish and trivial writings on the Internet.
C.To give a historical review on netwriting and its impact on younger generations. Key: [ A ]
2. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or fal.
1)Compared with other writings that were also experimental and revolutionary in
history, online writings are not only large in quantity, but good in quality as well. [F]
2)The low barriers to entry of the online world makes it possible for many
acibacond-rate writings to reach thousands of readers.[T]校训英文
3)When engaged in online writing, professional writers can always make themlves
welcome without catering to the fashion of the new medium. [F]
4)It could be inferred that people who produce netwriting are from different walks
of life. [T]
II. Writing Strategies
In this passage the author us a number of quotations in support of his ideas and opinions. Read Paragraphs 3, 5, 6, and 8, and try to find what sources the author
quotes and explain what ideas the quotations are ud to support.
In Paragraph 3 the author quotes the following persons in support of the idea that E-mail and netwriting could be compared to the writings in history that were experimental and flexible in nature:
Jon Carroll, a columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle;
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Patrick Nieln Hayden, an editor at Tor Books;
David Sewell, an associate editor at the University of Arizona In Paragraphs 5 and 6, the author quotes the following persons to explore the reasons for the poor quality of writing on the Internet:
Gerard Van der Leun, literary agent bad in Westport, Connecticut;
Mary Anne Mohanraj, a Chicago-bad poet.
dead是什么意思In Paragraph 8, the author quotes the following persons in his discussion of the criteria to
judge the quality of netwriting:
Jorn Barger, a software designer in Chicago;
Crawford Kilian, a writing teacher at Capilano College in Vancouver, British Columbia.
III. Language Work
1. Explain the underlined part(s) in each ntence in your own words.
test rver1) Which makes what’s happening on the computer netw orks all the more startling.
surprising
2). Just when the media of McLuhan were suppod to render obsolete the medium of Shakespeare, the online world is experiencing the greatest boom in letter writing since the 18th century.
out of date; expansion
colors of the wind
3). David Sewell, an associate editor at the University of Arizona, likens netwriting to the literary scene Mark Twain discovered in San Francisco in the 1860s.
compares ... to
4). For it can be very bad indeed: sloppy, meandering, puerile, ungrammatical, poorly spelled, badly structured and at times virtually content free.
careless; winding/pointless; childish/silly
5). Gerard Van der Leun ... has emerged as one of the preeminent stylists on the Net.
has become known as; the most important/superior
6). That is not to say that with more time every writer on the Internet would produce sparkling copy
brilliant
7). Green’s Well Met in Minnesota ... is now revered on the Internet as a classic.
respected and admired
8). It’s so competitive that yo u have to work on your style if you want to make any impact.
make a strong, immediate impression
9). Not only has it enfranchid thousands of would-be writers who otherwi might never have taken up the craft, but it has also thrown together class of people who hadn’t had much direct contact before.
given the right to; have been engaged in
buzzed
10).But it would be a mistake to dismiss the computer-message boards or to
underestimate the effect a lifetime of dashing off E-mail will have on a generation of young writers.
say that it is not important enough to think about or consider; not realize how large or gre
at the effect would be
2. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.
1). He dismisd the economists as teenage scribblers (scribble) who wanted to get their names in the newspaper.
2). Mobile phone technology is developing so quickly that many customers are concerned about obsolescence (obsolete).
workhard
3). Some unusual fish have rudimentary (rudiment) legs.
opticalmou
4). The trial was a mockery (mock) — the judge had decided the verdict before it even began.
5). She feels great reverence (revere) for her professors.
