Lesson 4. Multilingual Internet

Warm up

“The Internet is so big, so powerful and so pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life.”

Andrew Brown,

Web site designer

I. Answer the questions.

· How much time do you spend surfing the Internet?

· Do you ever join online discussion groups or chat rooms?

· Do you book things like flights and hotel rooms on the Net?

· What are advantages and disadvantages of buying online?

· Would you search for a job on the Internet?

· Would you consider looking for a partner in cyberspace?

II. Look at the e-businesses. What products or services do you think they offer? Discuss with a partner.

III. Which of these Web sites would you be curious to visit?

Active vocabulary

Match the words and their definitions given below.

Term	Definition
1.Net (internet)	a) an internet advertisement
2. Web(world wide web)	b) a picture or symbol that represents an instruction for your computer
3.Cyberspace	c) describing electronic information that is put into a scrambled form that can only be used if decoded
4. Online	d) exploring the net, moving from one location to another
5.Service provider	e) a magazine on the web
6. Chat room	f)a connection, usually underlined or in picture form (an icon), which allows you to jump to another page on the Web
7. Modem	g)short for “electronic mail”, mail or messages sent to others via the Internet
8. Link	h) an attachment that allows computers to exchange through telephone lines
9. Email	i)the Web or Www is a part of the internet consisting of documents (web pages) stored on computers around the world and providing a vast amount of information
10.Home page	j)computer networks worldwide that are connected together and that exchange information; some call it the information Superhighway
11. Cyberstore	k)a place on the Web where you can have conversations (“chat”)on-line by typing and receiving messages from others
12.Webzine	l)describing a computer that communicates with the user, asking questions and responding to answers
13. Software	m)refers to the Internet and the space in which information is available
14. Interactive	n) to be connected to the Internet
15. Encrypted	o)a company that gives access to the Internet for a fee
16. Surfing the net	p)the first page you see that contains links to other pages and more information when a company (or individual) is on the Web
17. Icon	q)describing electronic information that is put into a scrambled form that can only be used if decoded
18. Banner	r)the computer programs or instructions that control the function of a computer

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