Unit 6 Going Offline

6Going Offline 1

全新版大学进阶英语：综合教程1

NEW PROGRESSIVE COLLEGE ENGLISH 1

Unit Goals

Contents

Part One Opener

Pair Work

Part Two Reading & Interacting Getting Prepared

Text Study

Focusing on Language in Context

Part Three Integrated Skills Practicing Listening

Speaking

Writing

Pair Work: Describe the two cartoons below. Then work with your partner and answer the questions that follow.

1 Can you say a few words about the people in the pictures above?

2 If you forgot to bring your smartphone with you or you had no

Wi‐Fi service, how would you feel?

3 Do you sleep with your smartphone under your pillow or next to your bed? If your phone beeps, will you get up and check it?

Watch the video clip about “Phubbing (低头族现象)” and discuss the following questions with your classmates.

1. At the beginning of the video clip, why does the man say that that he has so many friends but he’s still lonely?

2. According to the man, how does the Internet do harm to our kids?

3. What does the man want to express by telling a different imaginary life story without phubbing?

4. What are we suggested to do to “live life in a real way”?

A popular free online social networking service headquartered in Menlo Park, California. It allows registered users to create profiles, upload photos and videos, send messages and keep in touch with friends, family and colleagues.

脸书，一家总部位于美国加州门洛帕克的社交服务网站。

Facebook

A business‐ and employment‐oriented social networking service and the world’s largest professional network. LinkedIn is st r i c t l y u s e d fo r exc h a n g i n g k n o w l e d ge , i d e a s , a n d opportunities and has increasingly become a leader in helping individuals find groups of interest as well as jobs in their field. 领英，一家面向职场和就业的社交服务网站，也是全球最大的职业社交网站。

LinkedIn

The Verge

Formed in 2011, The Verge is an American technology news and media network operated by Vox Media. Its offices are located in Manhattan, New York City. It publishes news items, product reviews, long‐form feature stories, podcasts, and entertainment shows.

The Verge成立于2011年，是一家美国科技媒体网站，属于新媒体公司Vox Media，办公地点位于纽约曼哈顿。网站发布新闻、产品评论、长篇专题、播客及娱乐节目。

TEXT How long could you survive without the Internet? Days, weeks, months? Ryan Holmes tried it for a fortnight (两周) and came up with some interesting conclusions.

Ryan Holmes

14 Days with (Almost)

No Internet: Did My

Digital Detox Pay Off?

1 Last year, Paul Miller made waves online when The Verge published his article detailing a unique personal experiment:going one full year with absolutely no internet.

2 Of course, at the time, what we all wanted to know was what amazing discoveries Miller had made from his 365 days offline.

3 As it turns out , despite a promising first few months of the

experiment (during which he lost weight, took time to smell the

flowers

and wrote a lot of stuff ), what Miller discovered in the end was that the very technology he’d begun to criticize

actually had very little , if anything , to do with his life’s problems. In fact,Miller realized that without the net he had started becoming even more “out of touch with life.”

4 Last month, I went on my own digital detox. It was only two weeks, but it was the longest I’ve gone offline in 13 years.