14. My Life with Computer

Since I bought a computer last month, a new world has opened up before me, a world that reaches far beyond my 1) ___ surroundings.

Every morning, the first thing I do after opening my eyes is to 2) ___ the Internet to look at the top news stories of the day. In the evening, I will again sit by my computer and roam the world. The Internet brings me 3)__ World Cup football games and the terrorist 4) ___ on the World Trade Center. It also enables me to 5) __ with my friends 6) ___ email. The other day I got a message from an old classmates whom I hadn’t heard from for years. She got my email 7) ___ just by searching the 8) ___ of my university! In addition to helping us keep up old ties, it also brings me new friends with whom I meet 9) ___ in chat rooms. We exchange views on topics of internet and pour our hearts out to one another like intimate friend.

So, instead of isolating us from one another, the Internet 10) __ to shorten or eliminate distance and helps to bring friends closer.

Notes:

1. roam: walk or travel without any definite aim or destination （漫游，闲逛）

2. eliminate: remove, take or put away, get rid of （剔除，淘汰）