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”一词是从英文单词Blog翻译而来。Blog是Weblog的简称,而Weblog则是由Web和Log两个英文单词组合而成。Weblog就是在网络上发布和阅读的流水记录,通常称为“网络日志”,简称为“网志”。Blogger既指撰写Blog的人。Blogger在很多时候也被翻译成“博客”一词,而撰写Blog的这种行为,有时候也被翻译成“博客”。因而,中文“博客”一词即可作为名词,分别指代两种意思Blog(网志)和Blogger(撰写网志的人),也可作为动词,意思为撰写网志这种行为,只是在不同的场合分别表示不同的意思罢了。
Words & Phrases
Words
bully 欺凌弱小者
endanger 危及
imperative 必要的,紧急的
journal 日志
plentiful 许多的,大量的
unspoken 未说出口的
Phrases
a great way to... ......的好方法
at any given time 在任何特定的时间
ban on 禁止
contribute to 有利于
keep in touch with... 和......保持联系
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. 许多青少年说,写日志是表达他们创造力的一个很好的途径。
...are a great way to... ......是......很好的途径
2. A study showed that one in five teens in America has a blog, and about twice as many read them. 一项研究表明,在美国,五分之一的青少年拥有自己的博客,更有比这多一倍的人阅读博客。
A study showed that... 一项研究表明......