V. Answer the questions upon the text
1. Why the Internet has made extraordinary progress?
2. Where can the consumer see banner ads?
3. What do cyberstores offer?
4. What is the major problem vendors have?
5. Do people freely give personal information?
6. What is the difference between extranet and intranet?
7. In what case commercialization may overtake the Web?
8. Do you know any successful examples of extranets?
Listening
I. You are going to listen to Magda, a college librarian, showing Vijay how to order a book online.
Match the words in the box with the definitions a–f below.
| сlick cursor favorites password online mouse |
a. secret word that gives you permission to do something____________________
b. connected to the Internet_______
c. the flashing line which indicates your position on the screen________________
d. a device you use to control movement around the screen and to select items___
e. a list you use for quick access to websites you visit regularly_______________
f. you do this to select an item_____
Listen and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).
a. Magda has ordered books from Orinoco before.
b. Vijay types in the author’s name.
c. They check the details at the checkout.
d. Vijay types in the password.
Listen to these extracts from the conversation and complete the instructions.
1_____________, use the mouse to move the cursor to “favourites”.
2______________the shopping basket in the corner of the screen.
3______________that the details are the same.
4______________you’ve only ordered one copy.
Which words does Magda stress in her instructions? Practice saying them.
Now put the words in these instructions in the right order.
1. type–sure–you–make–your–in–first–password–all–of
2. move–to–the–shopping–the–basket–cursor–click–icon–and–on–it
3. screen–the–around–use–move–the–cursor–to–the–mouse
Have you or anyone else in the group ever ordered anything online? What stages did you have to go through to place your order?
Lexical exercises
Active Vocabulary
I. Match the words to the correct definitions.
| 1. Chat room | a)the ability of a computer to run several programmes at once |
| 2.E-commerce | b)the screen you see after you’ve switched your computer |
| 3. Joystick | c)an area on the Internet where people can communicate with each other in real time |
| 4.Cyberspace | d)the business of buying and selling goods and services on the Internet |
| 5. Desktop | e)a stick which helps you move in computer games |
| 6.Multitasking | f) the imaginary place where electronic messages, information pictures, etc. exist when they are sent from one computer to another. |
II. Complete the text using the missing words.
| bug click crash memory menu mouse notebook virus window |
I had a terrible evening. I got home late from work and still had a report to finish. As you know, my computer is really old and slow-I really need to install more (1) ________. Anyway, when I tried to double (2) ______on the file I wanted to work on a (3) _____appeared telling me that the file could not be opened. So I decided to try opening it using different programmes but that only made my computer (4) ____completely. The screen went blank and the (5) _____froze. By this time, I was tearing my hear out-it was past midnight and I still hadn’t started working on that report. I phoned my computer guru friend, Matt, and he told me I probably had a (6) ______in my system. I must have got it from one of those stupid joke e-male attachments-you know, like the “Love (7) ____’one. I had to resort to using my (8) ____but I hate the keyboard on it-it’s too small. At least I got my report finished. Matt’s going to send me some software to fix the problem. He also told me in future to go to the applications (9) ___and launch a good protection programme before opening unknown files. Good advice and better late than never, I suppose.
III. Read the dialogue “Web Talk” in pairs.
Sam: Hey Kira, how’s it going?
Kira: Busy! Yourself?
Sam: Not so bad. Have you checked your email lately?
Kira: No. Why?
Sam: I emailed you a page from Amazon.com. I was ordering a book on-line on business correspondence and they had a link to some other business books. I know you have been looking for something on charts and graphs, and I came across a few titles, so I emailed them to you.
Kira: Thanks a lot. I’ll check it out.
Sam: You know, I should be working, but it’s so easy to get carried away on the Web, I spend more time than on my work! Every morning, I check out the news, the weather report, new movies in town, and go to my favourite news groups. By then I need a coffee break.
Kira: Which usenet groups do you like?
Sam: I like to keep up with computer technology so I go to the Mac and IBM PC groups. But I also explore other cities-everything from UFOs to alternative medicine. It’s an education, but sometimes the time just flies and I get really behind in my work.
Kira: You know, I hardly have time to check my email much less surf the Net. My job is killing me!
Sam: The newspaper of the future will be beamed from our computer onto reusable electronic paper-I saw a television program on it. It’s incredible! I guess we’ll have to throw out our computers and buy new ones.
Kira: That doesn’t surprise me at all. I’ve been doing that every two years anyway!
From English for Business
II. Mark the sentences right, wrong or doesn’t say.
R W Doesn’t say
1. Kira has not checked her email yet. 1.
2. Sam was ordering some magazines on-line. 2.
3. Sam came across some interesting educational articles. 3.
4. Sam surfs the Internet every day. 4.
5. Kira has much time to use the Internet. 5.