A. We can benefit a lot from virtual reality.

B. Men will live and work in a virtual world.

C. People won't go to school in the future.

D. No one will go shopping in real shops.

Task 5. Group discussion:

Do you feel pessimistic or optimistic about the future of the Internet? List at least three reasons:

Key words: (affect, growth, cyberspace, criminal, terrorist, harm, destruction, virtual reality, scientific, measure, suggestion)

★★★Task 6. Role play

An interview at an international conference .A journalist is interviewing three experts about the future of cyberspace at an international cyberspace.

A--- journalist

B--- an expert who is pessimistic about the future

C--- an expert who is optimistic about the future

D--- an expert of virtual reality

(三) Classroom assessment：课堂检测

★1. Read the text again and fill in the suitable words and phrases.

In the last thirty years, the Internet has grown rapidly. In 1983, there were only 200 computers _______ to the Internet; now there are around 50 million. Some experts are ______________ the future. One worry is _________ in cyberspace. In the future, _________ may "attack" the world's computers, ___________, and make planes and trains ________. However, many people are ___________ the future of the Internet. It is clear that we are going to see a huge ________ in shopping on the Internet. We will get ____________ from the Net and that television and mail service will probably ____________. Some experts see our future in __________________.

★2．Choose the words and phrases to complete the sentences: