abuse
n. wrong or excessive use; cruel treatment 濫用，虐待

crime
n. （犯）罪

suicide
n. 自殺

restore
vt. bring back to a former condition 恢復(fù)

arrange
vt. prepare or plan 安排

flee
v. run away (from) 逃走；逃離

gym
n. 體育館，健身房

set apart
使分離，使分開

interview
n., vt. 接見；面試

appointment
n. 約會

laughter
n. 笑，笑聲

intolerable
a. too bad to be endured 不能忍受的，無法容忍的

apartment
n. 一套公寓房間；公寓

click
v. （使）發(fā)咔噠聲；用鼠標(biāo)點擊
n. 咔噠聲

modem
n. 調(diào)制解調(diào)器

annoying
a. 討厭的，惱人的

annoy
vt. make angry, irritate; bother 使惱怒，使煩惱

connection
n. 連接

tune
n. 曲子，曲調(diào)

password
n. 口令，密碼

Proper Names

Maia Szalavitz
邁亞·塞拉維茨

Liverpool
利物浦（英格蘭西部港口城市）

Dateline
美國National Broadcasting Company (NBC) 的專題新聞報道節(jié)目

Frontline
美國Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) 的專題新聞報道節(jié)目

Nightline
美國American Broadcasting Company(ABC)的專題新聞報道節(jié)目

CNN =Cable News Network
（美國）有線新聞電視網(wǎng)

Language sense Enhancement

1. Read aloud paragraphs 10-13 and learn them by heart.
2. Read aloud the following poem:

Happily Addicted to the Web

Doorbell rings, I'm not listening,
From my mouth, drool is glistening,
I'm happy — although
My parents are not —
Happily addicted to the Web.

All night long, I sit clicking,
Unaware time is ticking,
There's heard on my cheek,
Same clothes for a week,
Happily addicted to the Web.

Friends come by; they shake me,
Saying, "Yo, man!
Don't you know tonight's senior prom?"
With a shrug, I replied, "No, man;
I just discovered letterman-dot-com!"

I don't phone, don't send faxes,
Don't go out, don't pay taxes,
Who cares if someday
They drag me away?
I'm happily addicted to the Web!

3. Read the following quotations. Learn them by heart if you can. You might need to look up new words in a dictionary.

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.
—— John F, Kennedy

A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a pencil is no particular advantage.
—— Robert S, McNamara

A computer will do what you tell it to do, but that may be much different from
what you had in mind.
—— Joseph Weizenbaum

4. Read the following humorous story for fun:

An lllinois man left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick email.

Unfortunately, when typing her address, he missed one letter, and his note was directed instead to an elderly preacher's wife whose husband had passed away only the day before. When the grieving widow checked her mail, she took one look at the monitor, let out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor in a dead Faint.

At the sound, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen:

Dearest Wife,
Just got checked in. Everything prepared for your arrival tomorrow.

P.S. Sure is hot down here.