Unit X. The internet
Exercise 1. In pairs or in groups, discuss the following questions.
When was the internet created?
Who was the first to create the Internet?
How often do you use the Internet?
What kind of information do you usually look for in the Internet?
Exercise 2. Read the text, find the most relevant information about the Internet and tell us about it in Ukrainian.
The Internet, a global computer network which embraces millions of users all over the world, began in the United States in 1969 as a military experiment. Most of the Internet host computers (more than 50 %) are in the United States, while the rest are located in more than 100 other countries. Although the number of host computers can be counted fairly accurately, nobody knows exactly how many people use the Internet, there are millions, and the number is growing by thousands each month worldwide.
The most popular Internet service is e-mail. Most of the people, who have access to the Internet, use the network only for sending and receiving e-mail messages. However, all the popular services are available on the internet; reading USENET News, using the World-Wide Web, telnet, FTP. In many developing countries the Internet may provide businessmen with a reliable alternative to the expensive and unreliable telecommunications system on these countries, A commercial user can communicate over the Internet with the rest of the world and can do it very cheaply. When they send e-mail messages, they only have to pay for phone calls to the local service providers, not for calls across the countries or around the world. Using the Internet you can research just about anything, finding links to resources and now the Internet itself is being transformed into a market place: advertisements, sells, brochures, cyberstores, and weblines are offering everything for sale. Businesses are looking at the Net as a current and future marketing tool
However, some problems remain. The most important is security. In spite of the fact that there are many strong encoding programs available, nearly all the information being sent over the Internet is transmitted without any form of encoding, i.e. "in the clear". But when it becomes necessary to send important information over the network, this encoding program may be useful.
Exercise 3. а) These words and expressions are in the text. Connect English words and expressions with their Ukrainian equivalents.
1. a military experiment
2. developing countries
3. a host computer
4. a reliable alternative
5. available
6. a cyberstore
7. a webzine
8. a resource
9. an advertisement
10. security
11. an encoding program
12. to locate
13. to count
14. to research
15. to remain
16. to embrace
17. to provide with
18. useful
19. popular
20. worldwide, around the world
21. in spite of
налічувати
безпеку
оголошення, реклама
вважати
шукати
країни,що розвиваються
надійна альтернатива
розміщувати
військовий експеримент
домашній комп'ютер
Інтернет-магазин
джерело
Інтернет-журнал
корисний
відомий
кодувальна програма
не дивлячись на
по всьому світу
наявний
b) Place these words and expressions in order of their appearance in the text.
c) In pairs will train in the translation of these words and expressions. Student 1 names words in Ukrainian, and student 2 translates them into English.
Exercise 4. The following sentences are missing some words. Fill in the blanks with words given in Ex. 3a .
1.. The Internet is ... around the world.
2. The Internet can ... users with all kinds of ... information.
3. It's difficult to say how many people the internet ... .
4. There are a lot of ... of information in the Internet.
5. The most important problem in the internet is information ...
6. ... and ... contain a lot of advertisements.
7. The Internet began as a … … .
Exercise 5. Translate the text “The Internet” in Ukrainian
Exercise 6. a)Read the text, find the answers to the following questions and translate them into Ukrainian.
I. How did the Internet begin?
2. How many people use the Internet?
3.What is the most popular computer service? 4, What alternatives can the Internet provide businessmen with?
5. Why is it a cheap way to communicate around the world?
6.What can you do using the Internet?
7.What arc the problems with the Internet, if any?
b) Use the questions and answers to make the dialogue. Act out the following scenario. Imagine that you are studying at an American college. You are preparing for the exam in computer science. You discuss with another student one of the questions for the exam.
Exercise 7. а) Finish the following questions using the text
The Internet, a global computer network which embraces ...
Most of the Internet host computers (more than 50 %) are in ...
The most popular Internet service ...
All the popular services are available on the ...
In many developing countries the Internet may provide businessmen with …
When they send e-mail messages ...
Using the Internet you can research .
Businesses are looking at ...
The most important problem is ...
But when it becomes necessary to send important information over
b) Retell the text “The Internet”, imagining that you are participant of a student’s conference on problems of computer technology. You’ve been given a word. What would you say?
c) Situation in Ex. 7b may be repeated. Now you can add an interpreter who will translate your speech from English to Ukrainian and from Ukrainian to English.
Exercise 8. Translate the following text in English
Найпростішим рішенням для більшості невеликих компаній і бізнесменів західних країн, що дозволяє їм отримати доступ до Інтернету, є комп'ютер з модемом і комутоване з'єднання з вузловим комп'ютером по телефонній лінії.
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