The Internet and Telecommunication Reading and vocabulary 日照六中：郝 晓 丽

Let the students enjoy an English song before the class. take me to your heart

What else can we do via the Internet?

chat on line

do online shopping

send an to your friends

watch videos or movies on line

search for information

play games

listen to music

What can we do on the Internet? 1)listen to music. 2)search for information 3)shopping 4) chat on line 5) play games 6) send an 7) watch movies

source of information DARPA / DARPANET the world wide web networkwebsite web traffic web browser NSF / NSFNET Pre-reading – some new words 信息源 万维网 网络 网站 网络交流 网站浏览器

What’s the passage mainly about? (a)General knowledge about the computer. (b)General knowledge about the computer invention. (c)General knowledge about the computer network. I. Read the text quickly and choose :

Para 1 and 2 Answer the questions. Did the universities start using the Internet at the same time as the army? If not, which earlier? No, they didn’t. The army started earlier.

Para 3 and 4 1. Try to translate this sentence into Chinese The World Wide Web is a computer network that allows computer users to access information from millions of websites via the Internet. (para. 3) 万维网是一种允许计算机用户通过因特 网，从上百万个网站读取信息的计算机 网络。 2.Decide if these sentences are true (T) or false (F).

1.The percentage of websites in English is getting larger. ( ) 2. The World Wide Web was invented in 1989 by an English scientist. ( ) 3. Tim Berners-Lee came up with the idea of the World Wide Web in 1989 while he was at university. ( ) F F F ____________ smaller _____ 1991 _________ Switzerland

Para 5 &6 Tim Berner-Lee made it ________ for everyone to use the Internet, _____ _____ universities and the army. He________ the first “web browser”, ______ allowed computer users to _____ documents from the other. From that moment on, the web and the Internet _______. Everyone in the world can access the Internet ______ his World Wide Web system. possible not just designed which access grew using Fill in the blanks:

Post-reading Retell the text. 1)How much do you know about the Internet ? 2)How much do you know about the World Wide Web? 3)How much do you know about Berners- Lee?

The Internet The biggest source of information Accessible through a computer First used by army (in 1969) Then…university Now… every

 The W W W 1 Invented by Tim Berners-Lee 2 A computer network 3 allow computer users to access information 4 web traffic

Tim Berners-Lee Tim is an English scientist _____ invented the www. _____ an old television, he built his first computer. In 1989, the idea of the invention ___ ___ ____ ____. He ______ ___ _____ for the public to use the Internet. The first web browser ________ by him _______ people to have ______ to documents from the computers. _____ then _____, the web and the Internet grew. The number of users _____ from 600,000 to 40 million. Not among those _________ _______ by the Internet, he’s only a _________ working in an institute. who Using came to his mind made it possible designed allowed access From on rose millionaires created r lecturer

Internet is a delicious cake Internet is poison

Debate Is it a delicious cake or poison for senior students to access the Internet? Possible words and phrases to use cake news, make friends ( , QQ) watch sports games, listen to music ， do business receive e-learning, ‥‥‥ poison be addicted in computer games be harmful to health (shortsighted) surf bad websites ‥‥‥

advantages: disadvantages: make friends via the Internet search the information listen to music learn English chat on the Internet waste the time be far away from the real life be addicted to （沉迷于 ） playing computer games copy the others’ articles be bad for our eyes/bodies much bad information

Every coin has two sides. Try to use the Internet and computers in a proper way. Tips:

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