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VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
10 Read the poem by a computer addict. The author calls himself
“an internet parasite”
“an IT monster”
“a computer snail”
Match these metonymies with the three verses of the poem.
What am I?
I call myself 1_____________________
Sitting for hours, totally engaged
In the world of the plastic box, filled with silicon chips
Separated from reality
By a screen
Sometimes visible, touchable, breakable,
Sometimes fusible, volatile, illusive.
I am 2__________________________
Devouring the information juice
Jumping from one page to another
Tracking the latest news, gears and even gossip.
Non-stop
I am safe inside my anonymous coat
Or sometimes seek shelter in nickname loads
My existence, untraceable, undeniable.
I become 3_____________________________
Convicted of addiction and cyber malevolence
Of health deterioration and privacy violation
A list of concerns, denials, criticism and old folks' grievances.
Never-ending
How malignant a benign cancer!
How threatening a vulnerable creature!
My future, glorious or gloomy? What am I?
You decide!
Phan Thi Nam Mai
11 Discuss the poem from Activity 10 according to the following items:
1 Find the reasons for each of these metonymies.
2 Can you say that the poem concerns you? Why? / Why not?
3 Give your answer to the author’s question “What am I?”
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