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Listen to a conversation about Internet addiction. After the conversation, some questions will be asked about what was said. Write down a short answer to each question. Vocabulary alcoholism n. psycho-physiological dependence on alcoholic beverages酗酒 hook v. to cause to become addicted对……入迷,被……迷住 pathological a. relating to or caused by disease病理的,病态的 fixation n. a strong attachment to a person or thing依恋,固着 abuse v. to use wrongly or improperly滥用 Teaching tips Provide students with some background information about "Pathological Internet Use". "Pathological Internet Use" refers to Internet addiction. Pathological Internet Use consists of three primary behaviours, known as online impulsiveness, avoidance and online social superiority. It comes from another word, "Internet addiction disorder", coined by Ivan Goldberg in 1995. Ask some questions to get students familiar with the background of the conversation. -How much time do you spend on the Internet every day? Do you think you need to monitor your time online? -Do you think Internet addiction is a serious problem that might affect your life? The skill practised here is listening for global ideas. Let students listen to the conversation, complete the task and then check the answers together. Audio script Maria: Hello, everyone. This is Maria Wells. Every time the word "addiction" is mentioned, images of drug dependence, alcoholism and smoking come to mind. But today, technology is breeding a new type of addiction which can be just as severe: Internet addiction. Here is our guest, Professor Luther Nicholson, a psychologist from Connecticut University. Good evening, Mr. Nicholson.【缺少答案,请补充】
Do We Have to Be Excellent at Our Hobbies? The other morning, I overheard a nine-year-old boy complain, “We don’t want that nerd in our soccer team. We are so ashamed that he doesn’t know a goal-kick from a head-shot.” As it happens, the “nerd” was my son. I’m sorry, Son, I guess I blew it. My son didn’t receive serious instruction as other boys did. In my day, when we played baseball, it didn’t matter if any of us played terribly; we weren’t out to slaughter the other team. To us, sports were just a way of having a good time. I enjoy singing badly and drawing badly. I’m not ashamed of my incompetence in these areas. I do one or two other things well, but I’d always like to try something new which I don’t have to be good at. Unfortunately, doing things badly has gone out of style. In today’s competitive world we have to be experts even in hobbies. If you pull on your gym shoes and jog around the block once in a while, you’ll be laughed at by the so-called “serious runners”—the ones who run 20 miles or more a week in their 60-dollar jogging suits and fancy shoes. As far as they are concerned, if you don’t have the latest shoes, you are embarrassing yourself. And going dancing no longer means putting on a pretty dress and doing a few turns on Saturday night. Nowadays, dancing means squeezing into tights, sweating through five hours of ballet and four hours of jazz classes, and then dance like a beautiful swan to make others obsessed. It seems that we pay too much attention to self-improvement, even with hobbies. I don’t think hobbies bring as much fun as they used to. Let’s draw for drawing’s sake. Let’s sing for singing’s sake. We are talking about recreation and the activities we enjoy. We take up those because they are for our pleasure.【缺少答案,请补充】