World wide web technology: what’s hot and what’s not Unit 9 Section One: Cultural Information Section Three: Text Understanding Section Four: Text Appreciation

World wide web technology: what’s hot and what’s notUnit 9Section One:Cultural Information

Section Three:Text Understanding

Section Four:Text Appreciation

Section Five:Activities

Section Two:Word Study

what is hot ,what is not What is hot ,what is not This expression is often used on the Net present a summary of things, meaning: What is exciting and what is not exciting? Following are some examples;—What is hot and what is not hot with computer components —Top 50: What is hot and what is not?-So what is rising and falling for 2005/—What are the top web searches? What is hot and what not on the wide?

800 manufactures’ number

Frequently-asked-questions

ENIAC






what is hot ,what is not 800 manufactures’ number

It is a manufactures' service telephone number which one

can telephone without paying for the call. People can

phone at this number provided by the company for further

information about the product and complain about

unsatisfactory services or quality of theirs products.



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what is hot ,what is not Frequently –asked –questions

Also FAQs. They are typical questions which are ofte

n asked by the readers, and questions and answers are

designed on line beforehand so that anyone can consult. .



ENIAC






ENIAC

In 1946,the first digital electronic computer ENIAC

came into being at the University of Pennsylvania.

ENIAC is abbreviated from electronic Numerical

Integrator and computer. The research on the computer

started in 1943 and was finished in 1946.


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what is hot ,what is not







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The machine designed by Drs.Eckert and Mauchly was a monstrosity .When it was finished, the ENIAC filled an entire room, weighed thirty tons, and consumed two hundred kilowatts of power. It generated so much heat that is had to be placed in one of the few rooms at the University with a forced air cooling system. Vacuum tubes, over 19,000 of them, were the principle elements in the computer circuitry. It also had fifteen hundred relays and hundreds of resistors. Capacitors and inductors .all of these electronics were held in forty two panels nine feet tall, two feet wide, and one foot thick .they were arranged in a “U” shape ,with there panels on wheels so they could be moved around .







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Its very first application was to solve atomic energy

problems for the Manhattan Project, during its first year

at the University of Pennsylvania; it computed ballistic

trajectories for the Ordnance Department, as well as

problem for the Ordnance Department, as well as

problems for weather prediction, cosmic ray studies in

astronomy , random number studies, and designing wind

tunnels.

World wide web technology: what’s hot and what’s notUnit 9

1. access :get information form or put information into (a

computer)

e.g. He access three different files to find the correct

information.

Section One:Cultural Information






2.version:

(a) special or variant form of sth made

e.g. There are two versions of this statue.

(b) Description of an event or idea by a particular person

e.g. the committee accepted Carlson’s version of the incident.

(c) Play, film, or other production based on a story or other w

ork that had been previously written in another form.







3. figure :

( a) appear; take an esp important or noticeable part

e.g.His name did not figure in the list of whose who had recei

ved awards.

(b) Consider or believe, calculate; come to understand

e.g.I still cannot figure it –it is my mystery







4. amazing: casuing great surprise or wonder or wonderful i

ncredible

e.g.New York is an amazing city

Her general knowledge is amazing.







5. on occasion (also on occasions) occasionally

e.g.He has never known to go shopping himself on occasion.

You have on occasion surprised people.

on occasion: once

e.g.On one occasion he even rang me in the middle of the ni

ght.

on this/that occasion: at this/that time

e.g.On this/that occasion, as it happened, the engine started i

mmediately







6. challenging: adj. calling for full use of one’s abilities or

resources in a difficult but stimulating effort

e.g. a challenging course of study







7. get through: (a) make contact by telephonee.g. I finally got through at 11 o’clock last night.(b) Succeed in making (sb) understand e.g. we can’t get through to the government just how serious the problem is!(c) Complete (a task)e.g. it’s difficult to get through this amount of work in such a short time.(d) Pass (an exam, etc)e.g. he qualifies if he gets through his two subjects this year.(e) use up (resources);run through e.g. he had got through all his money .







8. occur to sb: come into one’s mind

e.g. it had never occurred to her that he might insist in playin

g.

occurrence n







9. for sure: for certain; without any doubt

e.g. One thing was for sure, there was nothing wrong with

Allen’s eyesight.

He could not stay for sure how effective it had been.







10. a couple of: two or a few things that are similar or the sa

me, or two or a few people who are in some way onnected

e.g. The doctor said my leg should be better in a couple of da

ys.

I met a couple of interesting journalists at the party.







11. solution to: answer or explanation to sth

e.g.the solution to the riddle

The solution to yesterday’s crossword is on page 12.







12.intriguing: adj. interesting; fascinating

e.g. what you said just mow sounds most intriguing;

intriguingly adv







13. marvel: vt. &vi. Be very surprised and often admiring

e.g. I marvel that she agreed to do sth so dangerous.

n. wonderful thing; wonderful example of

e.g. It’s a marvel that he escaped unhurt.

Paestum is one of the marvels of Greek architecture.







14. commercial: n. television or radio advertisement

e.g.TV commercials are more expensive than radio commerci

als.

adj. of or for commerce

e.g. commercial law/activity/art







15. phenomenon: n.

(a) observed or apparent object, fact or occurrence

e.g. Snow is a common phenomenon in winter

(b) Remarkable person or thing; prodigy

e.g. They said the six-year-old pianist was quite a

phenomenon.







16. unfold: vt. &vi.

(a) open from a folded position

e.g. Unfold a map/a tablecloth/an umbrella

He thrust a small piece of paper at me’s unfolded it.

(b) (make sth) become clear, better known, etc

e.g. The great invasion plan was to unfold.

He unfolded his plan to me.







17. open to question: likely or able to be doubted

e.g. The government’s handling of the whole affair remains

open to question.

Whether children are reading fewer books is open to

questions.







18. potential: n .

(a) capability for use or development

e.g. Many children do not achieve their potential.

(b) the possibility that sth will develop in a certain way, or have

a particular effect

e.g. Water the seedlings well to allow them to grow their full potent

ials.

adj. capable of coming into being; latent

e.g. All 92 countries are customers of potential customers of

the United States.







19. proceed: vt&vi.

(a) begin or continue in a course of action or set of actions.

e.g. She proceed to ask my name, address and age

The project is proceeding according to the plan.

A suggest we proceed with dinner.

(b) advance; move in a particular direction

e.g. A road proceeds north







20. course: n. (a) onward movement or progression; direction taken; line of conduct e.g. He was at the wheel again, with the Morning Rose back on course. (b) continuous movement from one point to another in space or timee.g. I hope in the course of the next two or three years, they will make up their minds.(c) the usual, natural, or established pattern or process by which sth happens or is donee.g. The illness ran its course and she eventually recovered.







21. evidence: n .indication; sign; information given to establish

a fact: statement

e.g. The team has been collecting evidence about war crimes.

The women went to count to give evidence against her attacker.

vt. & vi. demon state: exhibit

e.g. You evidenced no talent for music.

We were attracting a growing number of females, as eviden

ced by the formation of the Women’s Section.







22. resolve: vt & vi.

(a) make up one’s mind; decide firmly

e.g. The teachers resolved to take over the school.

Once she has resolved on doing it, no one can get her to

change her mind.

(b) solve; settle.

e.g. There are a number of ways of resolving the problem.







23. current. adj .belonging to the present time; happening m

ow.

e.g. Our current methods of production are far too expensive.

n. flow; tide

e.g. the child had been swept out to sea by the current.

currently adv







24. underway (also under way): adj. happening mow

e.g. Preparations for the trial were underway.

The project is well under way.







25. hang around: wait or stay near a place without doing

anything or with mo clear purpose; loiter

e.g. I spent most of my youth hanging around the bars of

Dublin.

e.g. Go and pack, but do not hang about- we have to go in an

hour.







Questions

Paragraph 1

Questions:

Questions:

(1) Are there different kinds of books on the web?

(Yes. the World Wide Web is like a bid library with all

kinds of books.)

(2) Summarize the benefits the World Wide Web offers.

(The World Wide Web is like a very large library .it keeps

all kinds of books and various kinds of information,

which are readily available to you at any time,)

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Paragraphs 2

Questions:(1)How did the author get the new version of his song?(He did a NetSearch, and clicked the mouse four times .with a quick cut and paste to his word processor and a slight font change, the printers served up the new version.)(2) How did the author feel when he could get nformation so quickly? And why? (The author found it pretty amazing to get music from France faster than his friend could find it in his office next door!)






Questions

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Paragraphs 3

Questions: (1) What did the author resort to first when he had a challenging problem with a hard drive? (He dialed the manufacturer’s phone member, but failed to get through.)(2) How did the author solve his problem with a hard drive?(He found the manufacturer’s related web site and had the solution to his problem on theirs frequently-asked-questions page.)






Questions

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Paragraphs 4

Questions:(1) What meaningful thing could be done according to the example in the text? (An organization was planning to do a web page to help locate missing children.)(2) What rhetorical device is employed in “just like Netscape’s stock price”?” (The rhetorical devices of simile are employed. It is used to mean that commercial advertising is ever increasing and growing at a top speed on the internet. It’s growing fantastically fast, just as fast as Netscape’s stock price!)






Questions

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Paragraph 5

Questions:What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 5?(How the internet phenomenon will continue to unfold is open to question.)






Questions

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Paragraph 6

Questions:

(1) What is the main idea of the Paragraph?

(The writer mentions the good points of the internet and

the web and raises the question in the title.)

(2) “Where are we now?” What is the function of this

question here?

(To remind the reader of what we are taking about;

besides the strong points, we shouldn’t forgot to notice

the weak points of the web.)






Questions

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Paragraph 7

Questions:

What undesirable things are regarded as wrong with the

internet?

(The undesirable things that are regarded as wrong with

the internet are as follows:

Lack of bandwidth, evolving standards, low interactivity,

the current economic model. Growing pains, passwords,

etc.)






Questions

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Paragraphs 8

Questions:

What is the function of Paragraph 8?

(To provide an answer to the question “what’s hot?” in

the title.)






Questions

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Paragraphs 9Questions:(1) What is the writer anxious to be able to do?(The writer is eager to clear all the junk mail, catalogs, magazines, and newsletters that fill his office by making full use of the web so that he may easily find the things by accessing the web.)(2) What does the last Paragraph imply?(The last Paragraph implies another application of the web: as the web contains millions of books and magazines which are easily available to us, we can rid ourselves of all the junk mail, catalogs, magazines, etc that fill our offices by storing them in our computers.)






Questions

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1.What’s hot and what’s not? (Title)

Paraphrase: what’s exciting and what’s not exciting?

2. I was having a challenging problem with a hard drive.

(Para.3)

Paraphrase: I was faced with a very difficult but

interesting problem with the computer hard drive.






Questions

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3. It’s obvious that commercial action on the internet is

growing at an ever-increasing rate. It’s going through the

roof-just like stock price!

4. This might well be the current state of affairs, but just

mow the internet phenomenon will continue to unfold is

open to question.

unfold: become clear, better known

open to question: likely or able to be doubted

Paraphrase…but just now the internet phenomenon will

spread is likely to cause doubt.






Questions

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5.lack of bandwidth, evolving standards, low interactivity, the

current economic model, growing pains, passwords are just

a short list of the things that I see wrong with the internet as

it currently exists.(Para.7)

Paraphrase: Lack of fiber networks and other exciting

technologies, gradually developing standard, low

interactivity, the current economic model, growing pains,

passwords are just a number of the things that I see wrong

with the internet as it exists at the present time






Questions

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6.But the good news is that efforts to increase

bandwidth, java all well under way. (Para.7)

Paraphrase: but the good mews is that efforts to

increase bandwidth (fiber networks and other exciting

technologies), java and Real Soon Now are all going on

vigorously.

7. with so much less stuff around... (para.9)

hang around: wait or stay near a place without doing

anything or with no clear purpose.

Paraphrase: with just a few things lying around the

room...






Questions

Sentence Highlights


Text Appreciation Text Appreciation

This is a piece of expository writing with the purpose to

expound or clarify a point that the web is hot and the things

related to it .The writer uses some of his own examples to

illustrate the point. These examples help to clarify the writers

thought by making the general specific, and the abstract concert

.Besides ,simile and analogy employed in the text help deepen

the readers understanding of the Web and the Internet .

Language Appreciation







Text Appreciation This nine paragraph expositive text may be divided into three

parts. The first part epitomizes the benefit of the World Wide

Web; the Web is like one great big library with all the books or

kind of information available to you .the second part exemplifies

the advantages and undesirable aspects of the Interest and the

Web .the conclusion part draws attentions to the writers

eagerness to be dispose of all of his junk mail, catalogues, etc.

By locating them in his computer he can easily find the things

by accessing the Web.








1.As someone once said, the web is like one great big, w

onderful library. You enter the front door, and there ar

e all the books…piled in the middle of the floor.

Notice a simile – “the Web is like a library”- is employed.”

You enter the front door”. “Piled in the middle of the fl

oor”give the reader a vivid description of the Web whi

ch shares the same faction of a library. You can find a

nything you want there.






Text Appreciation



2. It’s obvious that commercial action on the internet is

growing at an ever-increasing rate. It’s going through

the roof-just like his stock price!(Para4)

The use of idiom “go through the roof” here aims to

emphasize the rapid increase of the advertisement.

The rate of growing of commercials is compared to

that of the well-known Netscape’s stock price, thus

achieving the effect that the writer expects.






Text Appreciation



Activity 1

Pair works

Have the student’s work in pairs and ask each other if th

ey enjoy surfing on the internet and why.

Activity 2

Activity 3







Oral activity: I on p. 142

Languages Support:






Activity 1

Activity 2

Activity 3 1. When expressing opinions, students may use the following

expressions and structures.

In my opinion,...

As far as I am concerned,...

Frankly speaking, I think...

To begin/start with... in the second place... moreover... and

to conclude...

With reference/respect/regard to..., I’d like to..






Activity 1

Activity 2

Activity 3

2.When eliciting questions, students may use the following

expressions and structures.

Regarding..., I want to ask you...

Why do you think...?

If so, which do you think is important, and B?

Would you please tell me...?

My question is...


Oral activity: II on p. 142

Language support

When defending and challenging opinions, students may

use the following expressions and structures.

I want to reinstate my opinion that...

Fortunately what you said coincides with my view that...

In other words, I think...

I am afraid I don’t quite agree with you. My view is that...

Let us (now) turn to you statements, we may find that...

First... furthermore... Finally...

As for the reasons you mentioned, I want to point out that...






Activity 1

Activity 2

Activity 3


2. When making general statements, students may use the

following expressions and structures.

In conclusion, we may (can) say that...

To conclude,...

To sum up briefly,...

To summarize,...

In brief,...






Activity 1

Activity 2

Activity 3

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World wide web technology: what’s hot and what’s not Unit 9 Section One: Cultural Information Section Three: Text Understanding Section Four: Text Appreciation