新視野大學英語視聽說教程第一冊 Unit 9 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 recluse. 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 interact with people, play real games, and enjoy nature. Your virtual 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 personalities. 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