HELLO!!! I am an electronic machine that can store, organize information, do calculations and control other machines. Computer

What do you think of computers? + extremely interesting exciting useful important for you help to learn foreign languages use English help get information help do a lot of things faster and better help connect people who lives so far away from each other it saves time for all ages play computer games educational games - bad for your eyes waste of time like drug dangerous As for me I think…. I think that…. To my mind the computer…

COMPUTERS. CAN THEY …? count translate speak play chess see do crosswords hear smell forecast the weather check spellings make music have conversations write books think paint

Surfing the NET NET -- slang abbreviation for the Internet. Surfing – slang for using browser to move through the World Wide Web. WWW – World Wide Web – an interconnected set of hypertext documents located through the Internet.

a mouse – 1) мышь; 2) мышка (компьютерная) to surf – 1) заниматься серфингом; 2) бродить по Интернету a flame – 2) неприветливое (грубое) письмо по электронной почте 1) пламя; to boot – 1) ударить ногой; 2) стартовать компьютер a bug – 1) жук; 2) ошибка в компьютерной программе a geek – 1) фокусник, иллюзионист; 2) профессионал в компьютерном деле

Which of these words do you expect to see in the text ? Language teacher mouse tennis Modern dot dog expect Computer President learn cry Tool chocolate communication speak Green old-fashioned English children

These days we are all learning to speak new language. Is it English, French or Spanish? No, its Internet-speak. Our conversations are peppered with www, dot, com. Computers used to be the hobby of a minority, but now surfing the net has become an activity for young and old, male and female. Activities such as shopping or banking, which used to involved travelling to the nearest town, can now be achieved without leaving a chair, never mind stepping out of the front door. Teaching and learning using the Internet is already a reality. Although it is very convenient, there are disadvantages to the Internet revolution. While it appears to encourage more communication, it may actually cut people off from each other. Are we in danger of becoming anti-social and isolated, stuck in front of our computer screens? Already people who do not have e-male or the Internet are seen as old-fashioned. They might miss out on some special offers or invitations simply because they can not be contacted by the click of a mouse. There is a good example of the change of language usage. The word mouse is now commonly understood as an essential tool on a computer. Our childrens children will probably never give a thought to the poor small creature, which lent its name.