Текст для чтения «Интернет»: история, устройство и роль в современном мире

Modern Technology has had a tremendous effect on the lives of people andtheir entertainment habits. Today, the Internet has undergone a phenomenal global growth. It has become such an important data-gathering and communication source that few can't afford to ignore. The Net encircles the globe.

Young people spend a lot of time on their computers because it’s exiting and they have found in the Net new ways of meeting a basic human need: the desire to communicate with other people. E-mail sends electronic messages from one person to another – like letters, but capable of crossing the Atlantic in 15m. File transfers move bulk data from one computer to another with these capacities, the Internet becomes post office, printing press and meeting-place all in one.

Some people are making a fortune in cyberspace. Most companies have their own websites; others exist only on the Internet. They are something called “dot com” companies. Some of the most successful Net entrepreneurs are teenagers who are still at school. They are called internet nerds.

Tom Hadfield, 16, started a football results website called soccer-net and it became a great business.

To become a successful entrepreneur all you need is: to start a webpage of your own, have a good idea for a business, think of a catchy name and find someone to lend you money. And remember! English is the most used business language!

Read the text and say if the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.

The Internet doesn't interfere at all with people’s lives. ______

Most teenagers only have a few hours of computer time. _____

Internet nerds are teenagers who spend most of their time in front of the computer ______

The English language is not necessary to be successful on the Net. _____

Complete the following sentences with ideas from the text:

Nowadays the Internet has become tremendously _________________

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Time spent on computers ____________________________________

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Answer the following questions, using your own words as far as possible and expressing your point of view:

How does modern technology affect people's lives?

Why does the Net encircle the Globe?

How can people make a fortune in cyberspace?

Some people say the Internet can be dangerous. Others say that it can be educational

What do you think? Express your point of view in about 100 words.

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Адрес публикации: https://www.prodlenka.org/metodicheskie-razrabotki/144412-internet