The Internet

Text 1. The Internet connects many computers together. In order to find information on the Internet, you use the World Wide Web (WWW). The web is made up of millions of websites. The websites are like books with pages that you look at on your computer. The pages of website are called webpages and the first page of a website is called the homepage.

Text 2. You need a computer and a telephone line in order to connect to the Internet. You also need an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to connect your telephone system to the Internet.

Text 3. You can use the Internet to do almost anything!

• Use e-mail to exchange messages;

• enter chat-rooms to talk to people around the world about your interests and hobbies;

• shop online;

• use the World Wide Web to get information. This is called surfing the net.

Text 4. All websites have addresses to help you find them. If you don’t know the address of a website, you can use a search engine such as Yahoo! or Google. In order to find the address, type in some keywords. The search engine will look for all the websites with these keywords. For example, if you typed in the keywords ‘African elephants’, the search engine would look for websites with these words. It would then give you a list of all the websites about African elephants.

Exercise 4. Match the words to make word combinations, and then translate them:

home	online
the Internet	engine
Search	page
Shop	Web
World Wide Web	Service provider
website	room
key	address
chat	words
surf	e-mails
send	the Net

Exercise 5. Complete the sentences with the words from the box:

website / World Wide Web / Internet / bookmarks / links / favourites / browser / search engine / download / online

The Internet

The (1) ... is an international network of computers – it includes electronic mail (e-mail), the World Wide Web (www), discussion groups and online chatting.

To go (2) ... , you need a (3) ... , such as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. These programms let you see web pages and (4) ... information onto your computer.

The (5) ... is a collection of web pages. Each page has (6) ... to other pages which you can get by clicking on words or pictures.

A (7) ... , or web page, is a document available on the World Wide Web.

To look for information, type key words into a (8) ... , such as Google, which gives you a list of useful websites.

If you find a good website, you can save it for future reference – put it in your (9) “ ... “ or (10) “....”.

Exercise 6. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the question:

Exemple: S1: Why do you use the Internet? S2: We use the Internet to / in order to work.

S: I use the Internet to / in order to ....

• buy things

• travel

• communicate

• study

• read books

• watch films

• look for information

• look for friends

• play games

• get ready for the lessons

• listen to music

• exchange letters