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gaining access to what are known as search sites. The user supplies a
word or a phrase; the site then replies with a list of Internet locations
where information can be found. Generally, the search is free and
takes only a few seconds!
The farmer mentioned earlier had heard of a new technique
called precision farming, which uses computers and satellite maps. By
entering that phrase at a search site, he found the names of farmers
who were using it as well as detailed information about the method.
TEXT 6
Pre-reading task
1. Describe the advantages of the World Wide Web.
2. Read the text “The World Wide Web” and discuss the main
idea of the text:
The World Wide Web
The part of the Internet called World Wide Web (or Web)
allows authors to use an old-fashioned idea - that of footnotes - in a
new way. When an author of a magazine article or a book inserts a
footnote symbol, we scan the bottom of the page and are possibly
directed to another page or book. Authors of Internet computer
documents can do essentially the same thing using a technique that
will underline or highlight a word, a phrase, or an image in their
document.
The highlighted word or image is a clue to the reader that an
associated Internet resource, often another document, exists. This
Internet document can be fetched and displayed immediately for the
reader. The document may even be on a different computer and
located in another country. David Peal, the author of “Access the
Internet”, notes that this technique "links you to actual documents, not
just references to them."
The Web also supports the storage and retrieval, or playing, of
photographs, graphics, animations, videos, and sounds. Everyone can
obtain and play a short color movie of the current theories regarding
the universe and hear the narration through computer's audio system.
TEXT 7
Pre-reading task
1. Have you got the Internet connection at home?
2. How often do you surf the net?
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Surfing the Net
By using a Web browser, a person can easily and quickly view
information and colorful graphics that may be stored on computers in
many different countries. Using a Web browser can be similar in some
ways to actual travel, only easier. One can visit the Web exhibits of the
Dead Sea Scrolls or the Holocaust Memorial Museum. This ability to
move nimbly back and forth from one Internet Web site to another is
commonly called surfing the Net.
Businesses and other organizations have become interested
in the Web as a means to advertise their products or services as well
as to offer other kinds of information. They create a Web page, a sort
of electronic storefront window. Once an organization's Web page
address is known, potential customers can use a browser to go
"shopping," or information browsing. As in any marketplace, however,
not all products, services, or information provided on the Internet are
wholesome.
Researchers are trying to make the Internet secure enough for
confidential and safeguarded transactions. We will talk more about
security later.
TEXT 8
Pre-reading task
1. Do you have a “nickname”?
2. Do you think it is possible to find your second half through
the Internet dating offices?
3. Do you visit chats? How much time do you spend there?
What Is "Chat"?
Another common service of the Internet is the Internet Relay
Chat, or Chat. Chat allows a group of people, using aliases, to send
messages to one another immediately. While used by a variety of age
groups, it is especially popular among young people. Once connected,
the user is brought into contact with a large number of other users
from all around the world.
So-called chat rooms, or chat channels, are created that
feature a particular theme, such as science fiction, movies, sports, or
romance. All the messages typed within a chat room appear almost
simultaneously on the computer screens of all participants for that
chat room.
A chat room is much like a party of people mingling and
