如果您需要使用本文档，请点击下载按钮下载!Unit 2 Bards of the InternetConsolidation ActivitiesI. Text Comprehension1. Decide which of the following best states the authors purpose.A. To offer a general view on the merits and demerits of online writing and related matters.B. To express his disapproval of the foolish and trivial writings on the Internet.C. To give a historical review on netwriting and its impact on younger generations.Key: A 2. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.1) Compared with other writings that were also experimental and revolutionary in history, online writings are not only large in quantity, but good in quality as well. F2) The low barriers to entry of the online world makes it possible for many second-rate writings to reach thousands of readers.T3) When engaged in online writing, professional writers can always make themselves welcome without catering to the fashion of the new medium. F4) It could be inferred that people who produce netwriting are from different walks of life. TII. Writing StrategiesIn this passage the author uses a number of quotations in support of his ideas and opinions. Read Paragraphs 3, 5, 6, and 8, and try to find what sources the author quotes and explain what ideas these quotations are used to support.In Paragraph 3 the author quotes the following persons in support of the idea that E-mail and netwriting could be compared to the writings in history that were experimental and flexible in nature:Jon Carroll, a columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle;Patrick Nielsen Hayden, an editor at Tor Books;David Sewell, an associate editor at the University of Arizona如果您需要使用本文档，请点击下载按钮下载!In Paragraphs 5 and 6, the author quotes the following persons to explore the reasons for the poor quality of writing on the Internet:Gerard Van der Leun, literary agent based in Westport, Connecticut;Mary Anne Mohanraj, a Chicago-based poet.In Paragraph 8, the author quotes the following persons in his discussion of the criteria to judge the quality of netwriting:Jorn Barger, a software designer in Chicago;Crawford Kilian, a writing teacher at Capilano College in Vancouver, British Columbia.III. Language Work1. Explain the underlined part(s) in each sentence in your own words.1) Which makes whats happening on the computer networks all the more startling. surprising2). Just when the media of McLuhan were supposed to render obsolete the medium of Shakespeare, the online world is experiencing the greatest boom in letter writing since the 18th century. out of date; expansion3). David Sewell, an associate editor at the University of Arizona, likens netwriting to the literary scene Mark Twain discovered in San Francisco in the 1860s. compares . to4). For it can be very bad indeed: sloppy, meandering, puerile, ungrammatical, poorly spelled, badly structured and at times virtually content free. careless; winding/pointless; childish/silly5). Gerard Van der Leun . has emerged as one of the preeminent stylists on the Net. has become known as; the most important/superior6). That is not to say that with more time every writer on the Internet would produce sparkling copy brilliant7). Greens Well Met in Minnesota . is now revered on the Internet as a classic. respected and admired 8).Its so competitive that you have to work on your style if you want to make any impact如果您需要使用本文档，请点击下载按钮下载!. make a strong, immediate impression9). Not only has it enfranchised thousands of would-be writers who otherwise might never have taken up the craft, but it has also thrown together classes of people who hadnt had much direct contact before. given the right to; have been engaged in10).But it would be a mistake to dismiss the computer-message boards or to underestimate the effect a lifetime of dashing off E-mail will have on a generation of young writers. say that it is not important enough to think about or consider; not realize how large or great the effect would be2. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.1). He dismissed the economists as teenage scribblers (scribble) who wanted to get their names in the newspaper.2). Mobile phone technology is developing so quickly that many customers are concerned about obsolescence (obsolete).3). Some unusual fish have rudimentary (rudiment) legs.4). The trial was a mockery (mock) the judge had decided the verdict before it even began.5). She feels great reverence (revere) for her professors.6). He takes plenty of vigorous (vigor) exercise.7). The presentation was a collaborative (collaborate) effort by all the children in the class.8). Its about time we democratized (democracy) the organization of this company.9). My brother is a keep-fit enthusiast (enthuse).10). I dont know why he gets so upset about something that is utter