- •Internet
- •1. Study the list of topical vocabulary to avoid the difficulties in understanding the text of this unit. Consult a dictionary to pronounce the words correctly.
- •Internet and Modern Life
- •2. Match these word combinations with their Russian equivalents.
- •3. Read the following sentences, substitute the underlined words by the synonyms from the box.
- •4. Match the words in column a with their definitions in column b. Define the part of speech the words in column a belong to.
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •6. Translate the following Russian sentences into English.
- •7. Before reading the texts below study the following words to avoid the difficulties in understanding it. Translate the words. Consult a dictionary if necessary.
- •7. Paraphrase the following sentences lexically or grammatically.
- •8. Listen, read and translate the article from bbc.Co.Uk.
- •Internet companies try to stop spam
- •9. Read the following article and say how you have understood modern term “cewebrity”. Render the article. Cewebrity
- •10. Speak about the Internet.
2. Match these word combinations with their Russian equivalents.
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local service provider |
гипертекстовый язык описания документов (файлов) |
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global computer network |
точное число пользователей |
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Hyper Text Markup Language |
программа прокладки маршрута |
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hot spot |
местная обслуживающая компания |
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encoding program |
глобальная компьютерная сеть |
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accurate number of users |
кодирующая программа |
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router |
активный маркёр, активная точка; оперативная точка; точка выбора курсора экрана |
3. Read the following sentences, substitute the underlined words by the synonyms from the box.
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raise, visual representation, academic, linking conveyed, profit, worldwide, retrieve |
As well as being a global network of networks, the Internet is a global network of people, ideas and information.
The first web browsers only supported simple texts and images.
The Internet allows users to access different information.
The data is transmitted through the Internet Protocol.
As the use of the Internet became more popular, there was an increase in the speed and also decrease in cost.
Everyone at home can afford to get a connection, and now most users have unlimited access as well.
This has made it possible for many people to benefit.
The Internet is used for almost all purposes, even with important issues such as educational, scientific or governmental ones.
4. Match the words in column a with their definitions in column b. Define the part of speech the words in column a belong to.
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application |
safety from attack, harm, or damage |
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click |
a connection made between two pieces of electronic equipment so that they can exchange information |
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to format |
an organization or company that makes a service available to the public |
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host |
emails that are sent to large numbers of people on the Internet, especially when these are not wanted |
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link |
a set of computers that are connected to each other so that each computer can send and receive information to and from the other computers |
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modem |
the main computer in a network that controls certain processes or files |
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network |
a piece of computer software that is designed to do a particular job |
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path |
a piece of equipment that allows you to connect a computer to a telephone line |
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provider |
to make a computer do something by pressing a button on the mouse |
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security |
to prepare a computer disk so that information can be stored on it, to arrange written material into a particular format, especially in a computer file |
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spam |
the set of letters or other symbols that is the full name of a computer file and shows which directory it is stored in |
5. Answer the following questions:
What is the Internet?
What is WWW?
How is a markup language the documents are formatted in called?
How can you jump from one document to another?
What makes it easy to access the World Wide Web?
What was the purpose for creating the Internet?
What is packet switching?
How many people use the Internet?
What services are available on the Internet?
What are the problems concerning the Internet?