新视野大学英语视听说 Unit 9-14

V. Let’s Talk
Anne: John! You’re playing computer games again?
John: Hi, darling. I’m just surfing the Net.
Anne: Oh, my gosh! You’re becoming a Net-addict!
John: Come on, Anne. I find the Internet very useful—I can find anything. Want me to search for
      the number of Net-addicts in America?
Anne: John, you spend more time on the Net than with me. It’s kind of unhealthy!
John: Unhealthy? Here, just feel my muscles. I like Atlas—I can lift the world with the Net.
Anne: Stop joking, John. You spend hours closed up in your room, with just your computer for    
        company, like a recluse¹. It is as if you lived in a computer!  
John: Not really. I am in touch with the world through the Web.
Anne: But it is not the same. You need to interact² with people, play real games, and enjoy nature. Your virtual³ world is a form of… of… escapism.
John: The real world could use some escaping form, don’t you think?
Anne: You know, John, it is not just you; most young people—even children—spend so much time
      on the Net that it is not only affecting their eyesight but also their personalities⁴. They are
      becoming unsociable…  
John: Anyway, look at the positive side: the amount of useful information available on the Web is
     amazing.
Anne: I know that. As long as the Internet is only a virtual girlfriend, I won’t have to worry
      about it.

John:2,4,6,8
Anne:1,3,5,7
 

1 recluse   

n.隐居者

参考例句：

• The old recluse secluded himself from the outside world.这位老隐士与外面的世界隔绝了。
• His widow became a virtual recluse for the remainder of her life.他的寡妻孤寂地度过了余生。

2 interact   

vi.相互作用，相互影响，互通信息

参考例句：

• All things are interrelated and interact on each other.一切事物互相联系并相互作用。
• The policeman advised the criminal to interact with the police.警察劝罪犯与警方合作。

3 virtual   

adj.实质上的，事实上的，实际上的

参考例句：

• This reply is a virtual acceptance of our offer.这一回答实质上是接受了我们的建议。
• At that time the East India Company was the virtual ruler of Bengal.那时东印度公司是孟加拉的实际统治者。

4 personalities   

n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
• Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。