Английский язык: Сборник текстов и упражнений. Иваненко Т.И. - 52 стр.

      V. Construct sentences using fragments from A and B.
      A.
      1. When you use the Web, you start…
      2. A simple example of hypertext is…
      3. The word hypermedia is referring to documents that…
      4. The job of your browser is to act as…
      5. The Web also uses…

      B.
      1. … a client/server system.
      2. … an encyclopedia, the entry on “Trees”.
      3. … anywhere you want
      4. … contain a variety of data types and not just plain text.
      5. … window into the Internet by following links you desire

      VI. Answer the following questions about the text.
      1. The WWW is a project whose goal is to offer a simple, consistent interface, isn’t it?
      2. What do we need to start with to understand the Web?
      3. Is hypertext data or knowledge that contains links to other data?
      4. Is the word hypermedia referring to documents that contain a variety of data types and
not just plain text?
      5. What does the Web contain?

      VII. Think and say:
      A) Define hypertext document in the language of the Internet. B) Speak on the program
that we call “browser”




LESSON 19

                            WHY WOULD YOU USE THE WEB?

       The web was originally developed in Switzerland, at the CERN research center. The main
idea was to create a way for the CERN physicists to share their work and to use community in-
formation. Before long, this idea of the Web expanded and was embraces within the Internet as a
general mechanism for accessing information and services.
       In practice, you will find that the Web’s usefulness is generally limited to two main func-
tions: reading hypertexts articles and accessing Internet resources.
       Hypertext is more valuable than regular text. The problem is that putting links into hyper-
text is a time – consuming process. It takes so much effort, that there is still not all that much
hypertext available.
       The second problem is that the value added to regular text by hypertext links depends on
how useful the links really are. Each link is supposed to represent a mental leap that a person
would want to make as he (she) reads the text.
       What you personally get out of a hypertext document very much depends on how close
your thinking is to that of the person who puts the links in the document.
       The next important use for the Web is accessing Internet resources. The best way for you
to see how convenient this can be is to try it for yourself. Indeed, in many cases, the Web will
offer you resources that you would never even know existed.
       So, the Web is an attempt to organize all the information on the Internet as a set of hyper-
text documents.
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