Exercise
1. How do the teenagers share their information besides blogs?
2. According to the passage, what shouldn't children do online?
3. What does the bullying on the Internet contribute to?
4. Some schools have students from blogging on school computers. Other schools have tried to prohibit from keeping online journals even at home. But many teens say the are a great way to express their .
5. of people are online at any given time, and predators are , says Willard. Many students think only their friends read their blogs, but they're wrong, she . " Kids are going to argue that these blogs are part of their lives.
6. Bloggers say that their private writing is an of free speech. "If it is not endangering another ... schools should it whatever," wrote a teen on the .
Background Information 背景信息
“博客”一詞是從英文單詞Blog翻譯而來。Blog是Weblog的簡稱,而Weblog則是由Web和Log兩個英文單詞組合而成。Weblog就是在網絡上發布和閱讀的流水記錄,通常稱為“網絡日志”,簡稱為“網志”。Blogger既指撰寫Blog的人。Blogger在很多時候也被翻譯成“博客”一詞,而撰寫Blog的這種行為,有時候也被翻譯成“博客”。因而,中文“博客”一詞即可作為名詞,分別指代兩種意思Blog(網志)和Blogger(撰寫網志的人),也可作為動詞,意思為撰寫網志這種行為,只是在不同的場合分別表示不同的意思罷了。
Words & Phrases
Words
bully 欺凌弱小者
endanger 危及
imperative 必要的,緊急的
journal 日志
plentiful 許多的,大量的
unspoken 未說出口的
Phrases
a great way to... ......的好方法
at any given time 在任何特定的時間
ban on 禁止
contribute to 有利于
keep in touch with... 和......保持聯系
place limitations on 限制
point out 指出
prohibit from 禁止,阻止
Sentence Patterns 句型
1. Many teens say the journals are a great way to express their creativity. 許多青少年說,寫日志是表達他們創造力的一個很好的途徑。
...are a great way to... ......是......很好的途徑
2. A study showed that one in five teens in America has a blog, and about twice as many read them. 一項研究表明,在美國,五分之一的青少年擁有自己的博客,更有比這多一倍的人閱讀博客。
A study showed that... 一項研究表明......