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1、Unit 11 Cyber WorldA Famous QuoteThe Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.- Bill GatesBill Gates (1955- ), American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. Gates is the former chief executive officer (CEO) and current chairman of Microsoft, the soft
2、ware company he founded with Paul Allen.Text A Cyber LovePre-reading Questions:1. Have you ever made a friend on the Internet? How did you develop your friendship?2. What suggestions can you give if one hopes to make friends on the Internet?Thanks to the late 20th century technology, Maria of Denmar
3、k and Martijin of Holland met on a chatline. For months theyve talked and sent letters to each other with the help of their computers as they found themselves falling head over heels in love. It was then that they decided to meet in the real, not only the virtual, world. It was not easy to arrange a
4、s the young man and his lady were separated by 700 very real kilometers, but the date was a success and Maria and Martijin have been living together happily ever since. Theyve created a home page to let the world know how theyve found happiness via the Internet and introduce couples whove met under
5、similar circumstances.Throughout history men and women have used a variety of means to find each other. Internet romance, according to some, is a bizarre method, and to others it is a natural way for the 90s to meet potential mates.Romances formed on the Internet follow a characteristic script. The
6、development of emotional intimacy is a long progress, sometimes taking several months. “Love at first byte” is rare although there are examples. The initial light exchanges, whether by e-mail or in chat rooms, are generally followed by increasingly self-revealing topics, and then after a while, the
7、two strangers perceive each other as a true friend. Hearts open, an avalanche of e-mail crosses cyberspace carrying literary quality, and electronic messages are even enhanced with verse and virtual gifts (flowers, kisses, animated pictures). Could any heart with romantic inclinations resist? When y
8、ou reach for the mouse with sweaty palms and butterflies in the stomach to look in the in-box for new mail theres just no way to escape the fact love has arrived.How does a cyber romance vary from a real life romance? Perhaps one significant difference is that communication plays such a large part.
9、Words that convey feelings have enormous effect. While before a real date we fix our hair and our clothes, on the Internet we polish our intellect, imagination and personality. In essence, the sequence is reversed first we show our inner beauty and only after it has won victory does the veil fall of
10、f the physical vehicle of that personality at the time of that first meeting in person.It is a popular topic in cyberspace to debate whether or not true love can develop merely on an intellectual level, without physical attraction or the familiarity of the others appearance. To put in another way: D
11、oes the physical appearance of the man or woman play a part in the relationship if, through the exchange of thoughts and feelings, they already fell in love?Many say it is against the nature of love to be deprived of the sense of sight, the look, the movement, and body language being present. There
12、are those, of course, who favor Internet relationship claiming that the intensity of the emotional relationship that develops in such a way is superior to the mere stirring of the flesh.Whatever the opinion may be on cyber love, it must be said in favor of the Internet that it puts people in touch w
13、ith those who they otherwise would never have met. I would never have suspected that the first person I met by e-mail would be a German chimney sweeper, with whom, after a year of correspondence, albeit not romantic, a common interest still exists.It is silly to perceive the Net as a demon, when we
14、determine how we meet its challenges. While there are those who can use the Net to their advantage extracting useful information, there are those who become addicts losing common sense, hopping from chat room to chat room, writing piles of e-mails full of lies to chosen victims, and whose virtual re
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