The Internet and TelecommunicationReading 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 e-mail 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 e-mail

7) watch movies

source of informationsource of information

DARPA / DARPANETDARPA / DARPANET

the world wide webthe world wide web

networknetwork

websitewebsite

web trafficweb traffic

web browserweb browser

NSF / NSFNETNSF / NSFNET

Pre-reading – some new wordsPre-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 41.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.

possiblenot just designed

whichaccess

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-LeeTim 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 40million. Not among those _________ _______ by the Internet, he’s only a _________ working in an institute.

whowhoUsingUsing

came to his mindcame to his mindmade it possiblemade it possible

designeddesigned allowedallowedaccessaccess

From onFrom on

roserosemillionaires createdmillionaires created

lecturerrlecturerr

Internet is a Internet is a delicious delicious cakecake

Internet is Internet is poisonpoison

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 (email, 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/bodiesmuch bad information

Every coin has two sides.

Try to use the Internet and

computers in a proper way.

Tips:

Write down your opinions upon this discussion .