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      5. Besides the acronyms and abbreviations you will also meet a great number of slang
terms and … (sentences, expressions, modifications).
      6. The person who manages the news server is the news … (administrator, editor, user).
      7. The series of articles is called a … (thread, string, spin).

      IV. Complete the synonymic rows with the words from the text.
      1. Amazing, wonderful, …
      2. Broad, widespread, …
      3. Many a time, often, …
      4. Contrary, different, …
      5. Important, serious, …
      6. Husband, wife, …
      7. Appliance, instrument, …
      8. Facultative, not obligatory, …
      9. To be separated, to be parted, …
      10.To come across, to meet of a sudden, …

       V. Answer the following questions.
       1. What makes you feel so important when you know their meaning?
       2. Where are the acronyms used?
       3. Will you also meet a great number of slang terms and expressions besides the acronyms
and abbreviations?
       4. Is a computer that acts as the Usenet repository for an organization called a news server
or news client?
       5. A Usenet article is divided into three parts: the header, the body, and an optional signa-
ture, isn’t it?
       6. What do we call a thread?
       7. How else is the word “flame “ used?

      VI. Match the verbs with the appropriate suffixes to form the nouns. Translate them
into Russian.

      To express > -er                                   To head > -ion
      To arrange > -ion                                  To repose > –
      To discuss > -ice                                  To respect > -ment
      To divide > -ure                                   To administrate > -ry
      To sign > -ion                                     To serve > -sion

      VII. Think and say:
      A) Tell when Usenet acronyms are used; B) Define the news server and news administra-
tor; C) Divide a Usenet article into some parts and speak about a thread as the series of articles.



LESSON 14

                                            SMILEYS

      Back in the old days, it was common in Usenet to temper a potentially continuous remark
with < grins> tacked on the end in much the same way that a dog wags its tail to show it’s harm-
less. But that wasn’t enough for the Californian E – generation, whose trademark smiley icon
became the 1980’s peace sign. From the same honed minds came the ASCII smiley.
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