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LESSON 15

                       NEWSREADERS, DISCUSSION GROUPS,
                     TELECONFERENCES AND GROUPS OF NEWS

       To read Usenet articles, you use a program called a newsreader. The newsreader acts as
your interface: you tell it which newsgroups you want to read, and it presents the articles for you,
one at a time. (Remember, although we call them newsgroups, they are really discussion groups.)
You can read any newsgroup that you want, as long as it is carried by your local site. Most sites
do not offer all newsgroups, as it would take up too much disk space.
       When you start to learn how to use your system, you may find that you have a choice of
newsreader programs. Newsreaders are usually complex programs with many commands, so it is
a good idea to settle on one that you like and take some time to learn it well.
       One of the functions of a newsreader is to keep track of which newsgroups you want to
read. At any time you can add or delete newsgroups from your list. When you add a group to
your personal list, we say that you subscribe to that group. Similarly, if you indicate that you do
not want to read a newsgroup any longer, we say that you unsubscribe.
       As you read an article, the newsreader allows you to perform many different actions. For
example, you can move from one article to another, save an article to a file, mail a reply to a per-
son who posted an article, compose an article of your own, and so on. If you were to watch
someone reading the news, you would see him/her reading text on the screen and, from time to
time, typing a command.
       Teleconferences, or newsgroups, are discussion groups users of which tell each other about
their knowledge, impressions, problems. Users help each other, put questions, reply to these ques-
tions, and even exchange graphical and other files. There are more than 20000 every possible
groups of news in the Internet, participants of which discuss politics, current events, softwares,
“converse with” of autos, domestic animals, tattoos, motion pictures, supermodels, and love.
       As was said above, for taking part in a teleconference it is necessary to have special pro-
grams called Newsreaders. With the help of a newsreader you can establish communication with
a news server, subscribe to your favorite newsgroups and look through information sent by other
participants.
       Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator are packages having in their structure pro-
grams for reading groups of news, and it is these programs (newsreaders), which we speak about.

      NOTES

     1. As long as it is carried by your local site – при условии, что ваша местная сеть пре-
доставляет эту услугу
     2. As it would take up too much disk space – поскольку для этого обычно требуется
слишком много места на диске
     3. To keep track – быть в курсе
     4. It is these programs (newsreaders), which we speak about – именно об этих програм-
мах мы говорим.

      VOCABULARY

      To read Usenet articles – читать статьи Юзнета
      Newsreader – программа чтения новостей в Интернете
      Newsgroup – группа новостей в Интернете – интерактивная «доска объявлений»
      To present the article – преподносить, представлять статью
      One at a time – по одному
      Discussion group – дискуссионная группа
      To settle on one(program) – приступать к одной (программе)
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