- •Інтернет
- •Інтернет
- •You are going to read some articles about the Internet. Make a list of five words that you associate with the Internet. Compare your lists with a partner. Discuss them.
- •Before reading the text make sure you know the meaning of the terms:
- •Read the text and find out if there are any words from your list in it: History of the Internet
- •It is interesting to know. Read the texts and say about the scientists contributed in the development of the Internet:
- •Discuss with a partner the following questions:
- •Practise the pronunciation of the words from the text. When in doubt refer to the transcription:
- •Post-Reading
- •Find in the text the English equivalents of the words. Use them in the sentences of your own:
- •Complete the sentences using one of the suggested prompts:
- •Number these events in the order they happened. Date them:
- •Match the words with their meanings:
- •Read the text: Looking for Community on the Internet
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- •Complete the sentences using the words from the text:
- •Make up your own sentences using the following word combinations:
- •Explain the meaning of these words using an English-English dictionary. Find all the derivatives:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Write “Yes” before each statement that is correct, write “No” if it is not correct:
- •Look through the text and:
- •Fact or opinion. A fact is something that is true and can be proved. An opinion is merely someone’s idea of what is true. Distinguish facts and opinions in the list below:
- •Complete each statement by choosing the correct cause:
- •World Wide Web
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- •Unit 4 Part a Pre-Reading
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- •Part b Pre-Reading
- •Post-Reading
- •Determine parts of speech of the following words. Find their Ukrainian equivalents. Use them in your own sentences:
- •Complete the sentences using one of the words or word-combinations provided:
- •The Future of the Internet
- •Post-Reading
- •Make up situations of your own using the following words and word-combinations:
- •Discuss the following questions:
- •Summing up
- •Glossary of it Terms
- •Bibliography:
Post-Reading
Determine parts of speech of the following words. Find their Ukrainian equivalents. Use them in your own sentences:
Carnage, head-to-head, strategy, adventure, combat, minion, hark, hack, fighter, simulation, instant.
Complete the sentences using one of the words or word-combinations provided:
Diablo is a rather ____ game, with obvious killing of bad guys.
a) idle; b) intense; c) slow.
Kings Quest is an _______ game.
a) adventure; b) strategy; c) simulator.
Net Mech is a _______ game.
a) strategy; b) futuristic; c) ancient.
The Game Zone consists of _______.
a) one game; b) two games; c) a series of games.
Air Warrior is a ______ game.
a) simulator; b) adventure; c) strategy.
Following the principle characteristics of the games, try to give a definition of each game type and explain the difference between them.
Discuss the following questions:
Do you prefer to play single-player or multiplayer games? Why?
Are you afraid of Internet games? Why?
Do you think parents should monitor the content of the games their children play?
How do you imagine the future of Internet games?
Project:
Work alone or in small groups. Design a new computer game. Specify what hardware is used, what computer configuration is required, how many players are needed, and what the rules are. Be ready to explain how to play the game.
UNIT 5
Pre-Reading
Practise the pronunciation of the words from the text. When in doubt refer to the transcription:
Paradigm ['pærәdaim] survival [sә'vaiv(ә)l]
obscurity [әb'skjuәriti] schedule ['∫edju:l]
giant [d aiәnt] commerce ['kכֿmә(:)s]
purchase ['pә:t∫әs] faith [feiθ]
convergence [kәn'vә:d (ә)ns]
Work with a partner. Make a list of changes or improvements you expect form the Internet in the near future. Compare your list with your partner's. Discuss the differences.
Read the text and analyze the predictions about the future of the Internet:
The Future of the Internet
The amazing growth of the Internet is going to continue. Each month, the Internet welcomes millions of new users. Many people try the Internet and decide that it’s not for them. But most hang around. This includes folks who are connected directly to the Internet, and folks who are connected to the Internet through online services, employers, and schools. All this growth and attention has not escaped the notice of the venture capitalists and big corporations which invest mostly to content providers. A good way to predict the future of the Internet is to keep track of where all that money is spent.
One of the most important, but often overlooked, advances is bandwidth, in particular, personal bandwidth. I remember when 1,200-baud modems were thought of as blazing. Then came the 2,400, 9,600, 14,400, and 28,800-baud modems. DirecTV offers Internet connectivity at incoming speeds of up to 400,000 baud. Personal bandwidth is rapidly approaching the point at which video conferencing, video on demand, amazing multimedia, and distributed applications are becoming quite practical.
Based on the current trends, we can make the following predictions about the Internet of the near future:
You'l1 get more content via channels. Channel casting is proving its worth. Because channels use a paradigm with which most people are comfortable, users spend more time viewing content presented in that manner. Survival of the fittest dictates that as more viewers are drawn to channel content, non-channel content will fade away into obscurity.
You'l1 get more software via online distribution. Recent advances such as CDF (Channel Definition Format) and application channels make it practical to distribute software or even schedule automatic updates via the Internet.
Streaming video and audio will become common. Bandwidth is improving, so common use of streaming video and audio is more practical. Soon, you will be able to dial in your favorite news program and have video fed to your desktop straight away. The convergence between TV and computer is beginning.
Electronic commerce will become commonplace. I often hear that Internet commerce hasn’t taken off because consumers are afraid to purchase online. That might be true, but recent advances toward securing online purchases will improve consumer faith in electronic commerce.
Anonymity will be harder to attain. For some folks, the anonymity the Internet affords is one of its attractions. You can be just about anyone you want to be on the Internet. Many people abuse that anonymity. As the Internet community gets tired of these abuses and starts to police itself, the loopholes that allow anonymity will tighten.
Pricing structure of Internet access will change. Most people pay a small monthly or hourly fee for Internet access. That’s fine, as long as they’re all using Internet mail or browsing static Web pages. But expect the pricing structures for Internet access to change so that you’ll be charged according to the resources you use.