Английский язык: Сборник текстов и упражнений. Иваненко Т.И. - 54 стр.

      II. Translate into English.
      Первоначально, Швейцария, физик, вскоре после этого, основная идея, распростра-
няться, получать доступ к информации, на практике, полезность, обычно, ограничиваться,
чтение гипертекстовых статей, ценный, обычный текст, помещать ссылки (гипертексто-
вые), процесс, требующий больших временных затрат, занимать много усилий, озарение,
лично, действительно, попытка , набор гипертекстовых документов.

       III. Complete the sentences.
       1) The Web was originally developed in … (Brazil, Luxembourg, Switzerland), at the
CERN research centre.
       2) In practice, you will find that the Web’s usefulness is generally limited to two main func-
tions: reading hypertext … (articles, postings, contributions) and accessing Internet resources.
       3) What you personally get … (off, out, up) 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.
       4) … (the best, the worst, the least) way for you to see how convenient this can be is to try
it for yourself.
       5) So, the Web is an attempt to organize all the information on the Internet as a … (file,
collection, set) of hypertext documents.

      IV. Explain the acronyms: “CERN”, “URL”, “http”, “www”, edu.

      V. Answer the following questions.
      1) Where was the Web developed?
      2) Will you find that the Web’s usefulness is generally limited to two main functions in
practice?
      3) Is hypertext or regular text more valuable?
      4) Each link is supposed to represent a mental leap that a person would want to make as he
reads the text, isn’t it?
      5) What will the Web offer you in many cases?

       VI. Find the synonyms among the following words:
       Convenient, contribution, to create, as a rule, important, to expand, comfortable, idea, considera-
ble, useful, general, thought, following, extend, valuable, next, to offer, to suggest, article, to contrive.

     VII. Think and say:
     A) Speak about the development of the Web B) Enumerate two main functions of the Web
C) Compare regular text and hypertext. What is more valuable?



LESSON 20

                             MAILING LISTS AND MAIL HEADERS

       To access a huge network of discussion group is possible entirely by mail. To participate in
these discussions, you do not need to use Usenet or any other Internet services. All you need to
know is how to send and read mail, i.e. an electronic mail address.
       If you want to mail a message to more than one person, you can set up a special name
called an alias, that represents a group of people who sometimes are called executives, in other
words, a discussion group. People can talk, argue, help one another, discuss problems, share in-
formation, and so on. Everything that anyone says goes to all people in the group. This is a mail-
ing list. As an Internet user, you have access to several thousand such lists, each of which is de-
voted to a specific topic.
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