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2 Fill in the chart in pairs. Compare your information with other
students in your group
Where can the
resources of the net
be applied?
What are the most common
reasons people plug in to the
Internet?
What do you use the
Net for?
Education For sending e-mails For on-line shopping
READING
3 Read a magazine article about the Internet. Eight paragraphs have
been removed from the article. Choose from the paragraphs (A – I) the one
which fits each gap (1 - 7). There is one extra paragraph which you do not
need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0).
THE INTERNET
If you think of all the information people have been given about the
increasing use of the Internet system, you could be forgiven for thinking that
youngsters all over the world are using it. But you
would be wrong.
0 D
A specialist company called Research Machines
(RM) develops and supplies information systems,
software and services to junior and secondary schools,
colleges and universities.
1
Although schools can be expected to use the
Internet responsibly, some individuals cannot. This can have disastrous results.
Internet users communicate with one another by using telephone circuits, and, like
RM, most Internet systems charge a standard fee with no time charges. This
could lead to heavy Internet users taking advantage of this standard fee, and
spending hours on the net. This jams local telephone circuits and may prevent
ordinary bill-paying telephone users from making calls, even in emergencies.
2
Not only do Internet users jam telephone circuits and create inconvenience
and possible danger to telephone users, but they also cost the telephone
companies a great deal of money.
3
The problem is that while it is costing the telephone companies money, it is
quite legal. Telephone companies claim that Internet users are abusing their
networks and this is fast turning into war. But it is a war that will have to be fought
on an international scale.
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