6. Translate the following Russian sentences into English.

1. Интернет - это глобальная компьютерная сеть, которой пользуются миллионы людей во всем мире.

2. Эта сеть была разработана для того, чтобы предотвратить ядерную войну.

3. США пытались создать стабильную связь между жизненными центрами, которые выжили бы в случае атомной войны.

4. Благодаря Интернету человечество получило множество возможностей.

5. После изобретения телефонных модемов Интернет вошел в наши дома.

6. Роль интернета велика. Сегодня, если нам необходимо получить информацию, самый быстрый способ - это использовать интернет.

7. Каждый день миллионы пользователей открывают свои любимые сайты, используют электронную почту и другие средства связи.

8. HTML дает возможность производить переход от одной части текста к другой, которые могут храниться на совершенно разных компьютерах.

9. С помощью протокола транспортировки файлов можно предавать любые типы файлов. Размер передаваемых файлов зависит от ширины канала.

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.

block	stop
legitimate	reasonable and allowed by law
filtered	removed
bypassing	avoiding, going around
carry on	continue

7. Paraphrase the following sentences lexically or grammatically.

1. Some companies send a lot of unwanted messages electronically.

2. Different written programs are used to stop unwanted letters and advertisements.

3. Using anti-spam software divests people of appealing proposals.

4. Yahoo and AOL are going to suggest sending messages straight to incoming mail without filtering.

5. Delivering a lot of e-mails would be expensive.

6. Yahoo and AOL would benefit from this offer.

8. Listen, read and translate the article from bbc.Co.Uk.

Internet companies try to stop spam

Two of the world's biggest e-mail providers are preparing to charge companies for delivering large numbers of e-mails, which would otherwise be stopped by anti-spam filters. This report from our North American business correspondent Guto Harri:

Spam is the Internet equivalent of junk mail¹. At best, it's unwanted; at its worst, it can be sinister or offensive². Various software systems have been developed to block it and some are pretty effective. But legitimate e-mail from big business is often filtered by anti-spam software, making it hard for the company to operate and depriving customers of potentially attractive offers.

So in the next few months, Yahoo and AOL will try a different approach. For less than a penny a piece³, they're offering to deliver e-mails directly to people's inboxes, bypassing any anti-spam device. Sending thousands or millions of e-mails would clearly incur a significant cost - but for that fee, the business would get a stamp of approval and authenticity⁴. The customer could be reassured that the approach was genuine, and Yahoo and AOL would make a lot of money. Anyone who didn't want to pay could carry on as before.

¹ the Internet equivalent of junk mail -the same thing on the Internet as letters, especially advertisements that are sent by organisations to large numbers of people. The term 'junk mail' is used to show disapproval.

² At best, it's unwanted; at its worst, it can be sinister or offensive - if something is 'sinister', it makes you feel that something evil, dangerous, or illegal is happening or will happen. If something is 'offensive' it is very rude or insulting and likely to upset people. Notice the construction: 'at best ... at worst ...'. It is used to emphasise the negative aspects or qualities of something. We put the least bad quality first, then the worst.

³ For less than a penny a piece - for under a penny for each e-mail

⁴ a stamp of approval and authenticity - if something has 'a stamp of' particular qualities, it has those qualities. 'Approval' means officially accepted or allowed. 'Authenticity' means the quality of being true.