内容正文:
Bringing Trolls to Light
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1. Have you read Tolkien’s The Hobbit or watched the movies? If so, what impressions did the trolls in the story leave on you?
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2. What is cyber bullying? Have you ever experienced cyber violence or, for some reasons, been on the bullying side?
It is when someone bullies or harasses others on social media sites. Harmful bullying behavior can include posting rumors, threats, a victim’s personal information, etc. Such behavior is often repeated, with an intent to harm the victim.
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She was accused of driving recklessly and causing the accident.
be accused of的意思是“被指控”,也可以转换为主动语气accuse sb. of doing sth.。这个句子也可以转化为:
They accused her of driving recklessly and causing the accident.
Sentence 2
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When the media first broke the story①, trolls began laying blame for the accident on② a female driver who was on the site③.
break the story的意思是“发布新闻报道”。
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lay/put/place blame on sb. for sth.的意思是把某事归咎于某人。
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who引导了一个定语从句对先行词female driver进行修饰限定。on the site的意思是在现场。
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1. Most experts ________ that dieting needs to be accompanied by regular exercise.
2. The population ________ dramatically in the first half of the century.
3. The coach was ________ worried about his team’s poor performance.
4. Even with her ________ schedule she finds time to read books.
5. Many thousands have ________ from the new medicine.
Complete each sentence using one word from the box in its correct form. Note that there is one word more than you need and you can use each word only once.
busy
agree
increased
benefited
terribly
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busily agreement benefits increasingly terrible traditionally
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Translate the following sentences into English.
汤姆要等到家庭作业写完之后才能出去玩。(until)
2. 这篇文章的目的是让人们关注独居老人面临的问题。(attention)
3. 家长们担心这些游戏会对子女的学业产生不好的影响。(effect)
Tom is not allowed to go out to play until he has finished his homework.
The purpose of this article was to draw attention to the problems faced by elderly people living alone.
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