13. Read the information. What is the difference between the terms ‘Internet’ and ‘World Wide Web’?

The terms ‘Internet’ and ‘World Wide Web’ are often used in everyday speech without much distinction. However, the Internet and the World Wide Web are not one and the same. The Internet is a global data communications system. It is a hardware and software infrastructure which provides connectivity between computers. In contrast, the Web is one of the services communicated via the Internet. It is a collection of interconnected documents and other resources linked by hyperlinks and URLs (Uniform Resource Locator).

Grammar. Expressing Future.

You can talk about the future in different ways:

1) If you talk about plans and arrangements, you can use “going to” or Present Continuous.

I’m going to update the Movie Journal section…

2) If you talk about predictions and opinions, you can use Future Simple with “will”.

… After more people discover the site I’ll start to get more reactions by email.

3) If you talk about wishes, you can use “would like”.

I’d like to build in new links.

14. Answer the questions about your future.

1. What are you going to do after the lessons today?

2. Where are you going to spend next weekend?

3. What would you like to do at Sport lessons in our university?

4. Do you think the weather will be cold tomorrow?

5. Do you think students will use only computers on the lessons in 10 years time?

6. Are you doing anything special this week?

7. What language would you like to study besides English?

8. Are you going to phone your parents tonight?

Language Study. Would

Study this extract from the interview.

I J	What do you intend to do next with your site? I’m going to update the Movie Journal section and I’d like to build in new links.

Why doesn’t John say, ‘and I’m going to build in new links’?

Later John says,

… my favourite site would have to be the Internet Movie Database.

Why doesn’t he say, ‘my favourite site has to be the Internet Movie Database’?

We use would in conditional sentences of the 2^nd type. They express unreal, imaginary situation in the present or future. For example:

If you spilled coffee on the keyboard, you would damage it.

Often the condition is implied, not stated. For example:

(If I had time) I’d like to build in new links.

(If I had to make a choice) my favourite site would have to be the Internet Movie Database.

What is the implied condition in this extract?

I would look at other sites too for good ideas.

15. Complete the gaps in this interview with will or would or the reduced forms ’ll and ’d where appropriate.

A: B: A: B: A: B: A: B:

What (1) _____ you do when you finish your diploma? I (2) _____ like to take a course in multimedia. How long (3) _____ that take? If I choose the certificate, it (4) _____ take 6 months but if I chose the master’s, it (5) _____ take a full year. What (6) _____ be the advantages of the master’s? I guess I (7) _____ have better jobs prospects. When (8) _____ you decide? It depends on my finals. If I do well, I (9) _____ go for the master’s.