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 Unit Four: The Virtual World The Virtual World Virtual M1: very nearly a particular thing 实质上的 -- If the manager is absent, deputy manager will be the virtual head of the business. M2: made, done, seen, etc. on the Internet or on a computer, rather than in the real world 虚拟的 -- The website allows you to take a virtual tour of the scenery in China. Listen to the following passage about Virtual Reality: -- In the future, surgeons may use VR to plan and practice an operation on a virtual patient rather than a real person. Architects could take clients on a virtual tour of a new house before it is built. VR could be used to train the operators of aircraft and other complicated machinery. Network VR stimulations could enable people in many different locations to participate together in teleconferences, virtual surgical operations, or simulated military training exercises. Read the following news about Google: -- Googles decision to stop self-censoring the search results of Google China – essentially pulling out of the worlds biggest market – has created changes for users on the mainland. The key difference today is that a search attempted on G is redirected to G.hk, the companys affiliate in Hong Kong, where China does not demand Internet censorship. Therefore, the virtual Google service is being provided by HK. How do you think about Google’s decision? Is it a loss for the Chinese or not? (Paraphrase: par.1) My boyfriend’s Liverpool accent suddenly becomes impossible to interpret after his easily understood words on screen; a sectary’s clipped tone seems more rejecting than I’d imagined it would be. My boyfriend’s Liverpool accent suddenly becomes impossible to understand after getting used to those words on the screen which could be easily understood. A secretary’s quick and clear tone is even harder to accept than I had expected. Read the joke about Accent (L2) for fun: The Italian Man Who Went to Malta (马耳他） One day I went to Malta to stay in a big