1、Unit 3 Alienation and the InternetKey to the ExercisesText comprehensionI . decide which of the following best States the authors purpose of writing。b二.judge，according to the text，whether the following statements are true or false。1.Refer to Paragraph 1 .)。2.f (refer to paragraph2)。when the author s

2、ays this might sound like an apparent contrdiction，He implies that this is in fact not a contradition at all .througout the whole essay，The author exploains The seemingly contraditory idea : on The one hand The internet is responsible for global uning）3.f (refer to paragraph3，where the author，by say

3、ing I have not known this fellow to be given to exggeration？)actually means that to the best of his knowledge，this friend of his has never exggerated anything。4.refer to paragraph 4 .at the end of this paragraph，The author argues that when people spend much time developing on-line relationships with

4、 far away folks，They whey）5.t (refer to paragraph 6 .in this paragraph，The author argues that when surfing The web a person might be cognizely overloaded and that The cognive overload might result it）三.answer the following questions。1.refer to paragraph1。as the author sees it，The internet is most li

5、key to make our global village a better place to livin。it provides a miraculous forum for the globalization of ideas，Which contributs to the realization of human potential。furthermore，It is a powerful tool for the acquisition and application of knowledge。the benefits of the internet，however，May be d

6、arkened by its negative consequences。it may deprive the user of his time for neceary interaction with other society members so that the who Le world may be further fragmentd . in addition2.refer to paragraph3。his friend was additioned to the internet。he would spend even over twenty-four hours non-st

7、op on the internet so that he had to force himself to go off line . as he spent so much time in cyberspacemoreover，Without anyface-to-face verbal communication with other people，he felt lonely and depressed。3.refer to paragraph4。the alienation of society members had begun long before the internet st

8、arted to be used world wide . after world war ii，When the soldirs returned ffundlarge quantities of cars were manufactured，Which fed the creation of suburbs，and consequence quently people lived far apart from each . thisas illustrated by the example of the authors nephhew，It seems to be an irreversi

9、ble trend that more and more people，old and young，Are beephewthey will spend many hours non-stop in cyberspace rather than with their families or friends .for lack of commu Nic ation，they are beoming stratngers to other people。therefore，there is a good reason to believe that society is being further

10、 alienated by the internet。4.the cruel irony means that the internet provides the user with a consenient means of communicating and making friends with people far aparas5.refer to paragraphs 6 and 7。the potential of the internet as a powerful tool for globalizing ideas and for acquiring and applysca

11、n onl Y be realized when the user strikes a balancealthough The internet makes it possible for The user to debate，shop，Travel and have romance in cyberspace without leaving home，the userthe only way to avoid being penalized by the internet is make moderate use Of this tool without losing ones sense

12、Of place in the world .四。explain in your own words the following sentences。1.as the internet can be reached and used with relatively few restrictions，it plays a role in connecting people globally，which is comparatable2.a lot of people talk about the new information age，But not so many people are acq

13、uainted with the idea that the internet separates people froople3.I think that in our society top priority is given to the satis faction of ones immediate needs .the internet is the best means to achieve this purpose，for on the internet one to do whatever he likes to .Structural analysis of the text

14、three parts of the text:Part 1 (Paragraphs 1)？)；Part 2 (Paragraphs 3)？)；AndPart 3 (Paragraph 7)。Thesis statement :the internet may be responsible for furthering the fragmentation of society by alienating its individual users。concluding statement : all of this being said，I believe that the key to realizing the potential of the internet is in achiving balance in our Lour lanceRhetorical features of the textMore antonyms: real ot real，reality，irtual existence，Outside playing with his friends against his friends in cyberspace。the use of all these p