高中基础 (2275 期 20150915) 头版 Better Think Twice Than Click at Once

高中基础 (2275 期 20150915) 头版 Better Think Twice Than Click at Once

• Do you often share or like articles on Weibo or WeChat? If so, what kind of topics do you tend to share or like most?

• Have you ever found yourself tricked by online information? If so, what was it?

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Pre-Pre-readingreading

Scan the article and answer the following questions:

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SCAN AND ANSWER

1. How many examples did the author use in the article to prove that people tend to be tricked by online rumors? Four.

(1) Human’s ancestors are aliens.

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2. Summarize these examples in AS FEW WORDS AS POSSIBLE.

(2) Shanghai has 70 million residents.(3) The Tianjin explosion created harmful pollutants.(4) People made donations to a cheat.

Word bank

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... but there is no proof that it is true information. I have no way to believe my ancestors are aliens. I must wonder, though, how many people read this and made false assumptions?

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proof n. 证据，证明

ancestor n. 祖先alien n. 外星人

assumption n. 假定，臆断

Examples of this have been happening in China of late, including an incident where the population of Shanghai was mistaken. ... that 700,000 residents amounted to one percent of the city’s population.

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of late 最近，近来incident n. 发生的事情

mistake v. 搞错resident n. 居民amount to 等于，相当于

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constant adj. 不断的We live in a world of constant misinformation and with that in mind, next time you read or hear something fantastic and find it hard to believe, do some research and make sure the information is based on reality.

base on 以……为根据

fantastic adj. 不切实际的


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VOCABULARY EXERCISES

1. I didn’t see your car, so I _________ you’d gone out.2. The project’s aim is to clean up the __________ lake.3. He tried to __________ his theory to his friends.4. I __________ your signature and thought the letter was from someone else.5. Hitler’s invasion of Poland led to the __________ of the Second World War.

Choose an appropriate word for each sentence and fill in the blank with its proper form:

tragedy

assumedpolluted

prove


mistake assumption proof tragic pollution

mistook

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VOCABULARY EXERCISES

Translate the following sentences into English:1. 说到网球，他打得比任何人都好。 (when it comes to)

2. 他的债务超过了 5 万美元。 (amount to)

3. 我们俩得出了同样的结论。 (come to)

4. 友情是以共同的兴趣为基础的。 (base on)

We both came to the same conclusion.

When it comes to tennis, he is better than anybody else.

His debts amount to over 50,000 dollars.

Friendship is based on common interests.


1. The author liked the article on aliens because ______.

A. the article was shared by one of his best friends

B. he believed the article was based on reality

C. the article was very useful to his research

D. he thought the article was interesting

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COMPREHENSION

Choose the best answer:


2. The author advises us to _______ before we choose to believe the information on the Internet.

① make some assumptions

② check the publisher’s identity

③ turn to friends for suggestions

④ do some research

A. ①② B. ③④C. ①③ D. ②④

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While While readingreadingCOMPREHENSION

3. Which of the following statements can we infer from the article?A. Shanghai’s total population is over seventy million.B. The author thinks it is not hard to find the mistake in the population in Shanghai.C. The woman who raised money on Weibo lost her parents in the accident.D. The author advises us not to believe anything on the Internet.

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It seems that people r_______ doubt their trust in online information. As a result, some people tend to make false a___________ or be easily t_______ by online rumors. We have to keep in mind that this is a world of c________ misinformation and there could be all kinds of untrue reports on the Internet—from the one that claims aliens are our a_________, to the one that says there are harmful p_________ after the Tianjin explosion. So, next time you find something hard to believe, be sure to do some r________ before clicking to like or share it.

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Complete the following summary. The initial letters have been given:


arely

ssumptions ricked

onstant

ncestorsollutants

esearch

Obviously, her plan wouldn’t have worked if anyone checked her identity before making donations and spreading the story to even more people.

☞ 请注意甄别：would have done: “ 本来会做某事”，表示对过去事情的假设。must have done: “ 一定做过某事”，表示对过去事情的肯定推测。can’t have done: “ 不可能做过某事”，表示对过去事情的否定推测。could have done: “ 过去可能做某事”或“本来能够做但没做某事”。may have done, might have done:

“ 也许已经做某事”，表示对过去发生的事情的推测。should have done: “ 本来应该做而实际没做某事”。

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GRAMMAR TIP

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YOUR TURN

Language Language studystudy

Translate the following sentences into English:1. 史密斯先生不可能去了北京，我刚才还在图书馆见过他。

2. 没有你的帮助，我是不会取得如此大的成绩的。

3. 杰克啊，你太懒了。这项工作本来应该昨天就做完的。

4. 本来我是可以准时到的，但路上我碰到了一个老朋友。

Mr. Smith couldn’t have gone to Beijing. I saw him in the library just now.

Without your help, I wouldn’t have achieved so much.

Jack, you are too lazy. The work should have been finished yesterday.

I could have arrived on time, but I met an old friend of mine on my way here.

Each coin has two sides, and so are our newfound media platforms. Talk about the pros and cons of the newfound media platforms with your classmates.

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Question for further discussion:

Hints:

After After readingreading

Our newfound media platforms are more convenient than conventional media platforms. With the help of newfound media platforms, we can always keep ourselves updated with news around the world.

But just as the author mentioned in the article, some information on the newfound media platforms is not based on reality. Just keep in mind that we can’t believe everything we see on the Internet.

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高中基础 (2275 期 20150915) 头版 Better Think Twice Than Click at Once