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

crime
n. （犯）罪

suicide
n. 自杀

restore
vt. bring back to a former condition 恢复

arrange
vt. prepare or plan 安排

flee
v. run away (from) 逃走；逃离

gym
n. 体育馆，健身房

set apart
使分离，使分开

interview
n., vt. 接见；面试

appointment
n. 约会

laughter
n. 笑，笑声

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

apartment
n. 一套公寓房间；公寓

click
v. （使）发咔哒声；用鼠标点击
n. 咔哒声

modem
n. 调制解调器

annoying
a. 讨厌的，恼人的

annoy
vt. make angry, irritate; bother 使恼怒，使烦恼

connection
n. 连接

tune
n. 曲子，曲调

password
n. 口令，密码

Proper Names

Maia Szalavitz
迈亚·塞拉维茨

Liverpool
利物浦（英格兰西部港口城市）

Dateline
美国National Broadcasting Company (NBC) 的专题新闻报道节目

Frontline
美国Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) 的专题新闻报道节目

Nightline
美国American Broadcasting Company(ABC)的专题新闻报道节目

CNN =Cable News Network
（美国）有线新闻电视网

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.