CAMBRIDGE
ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE ADVANCED
UNIT 48
The media: internet and email
A
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The pros and cons of internet use
Here are some possible advantages
(pros) and disadvantages (cons) of the internet.
1
a kind of email where both people are online at the same time
2
an online conversation between a group of people on topics chosen by them,
where you can enter or leave the ‘room’ at any time
3
a website where people with shared interests can get news and information
4
websites that enable you to connect with other people, make new friends,
exchange photographs, keep up with people’s personal news, etc.
5
online seminars
6
all kinds of business done on the internet
7
looking at different websites, with no particular goal
8
moving from one website or web page to another, usually looking for something
9
technical term for pictures, icons, diagrams, etc.
10 files you send with email messages
11 the practice of sharing computer data or space on a
network
12 (pronounced I-S-P) Internet Service Provider: a company
that offers users access to the internet and services such as news, email,
shopping sites, etc., usually for a monthly fee
13 someone may access it illegally
14 bringing files to your computer from the internet
15 sending files from your computer to the internet or to
another internet user
16 unwanted advertisements and other material sent to you by
email from companies
17 another term for spam
18 something you cannot stop doing, which has become out of your
control
19 pieces of software that are sent from the internet to
your computer, which can follow and record what you do, which websites you
visit, etc.
20 material such as pornography, or extreme political views,
or material that encourages hate and violence against people
21 ability of parents to control which websites their
children can visit
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B
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Email
and internet communications
I’ve
bookmarked the CNN home page, as I use it regularly to get the latest
news. [put it in a list of websites I can access immediately]
If
you subscribe to newsgroups, you often get hundreds of messages. [become
a member of]
Some
ISPs allow you to screen out / filter out unwanted mail. [prevent
from reaching you]
Our
server at work was down yesterday, so I didn’t get your message
till today. [central computer that distributes email and other services to a
group of users] [not working]
Do
you have good anti-virus software? It’s worth updating it frequently. [protection
against computer viruses]
She
must have changed her email address – the email I sent her bounced. [came
back to me]
She
often posts ridiculous details about her life on social networking
sites. [adds them]
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EXERCISES
48.1
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Match
the words in the box with the explanations.
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48.2
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Some
of these pairs of opposites exist in the language of internet/computer communications,
others do not. Tick the box for ‘exists’ or ‘doesn’t exist’. Use a search engine
to find the answer on the web if you’re not sure.
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48.3
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Use
the correct words from the table above to fill the gaps in these sentences.
You are given a paraphrase of the meaning in brackets.
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48.4
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In
your own words, say what the words in bold mean in these sentences.
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ANSWER KEY
48.1
1 chat room 4 cookie
2 webinar 5 attachment 3 ISP 6 spam
48.2
48.3
1 upload, online
2 inbox
3 install
4 undelete
5 offline
6 update
48.4
Suggested answers:
1 E-signatures are a way of identifying yourself on the internet with a unique code or name, which you can use, for example, to agree to pay for goods. 2 E-learning means taking courses over the internet instead of going to a school or college to do your studies. 3 E-enabled here means that all the study materials can be accessed and worked with through the internet. 4 E-books are books which you buy from the internet, and which you then read on your computer, tablet, e-reader or smartphone. 5 The dotcom economy refers to internet companies, whose web addresses typically end in ‘.com’, e.g. a company that sells bicycles over the internet might call itself newbikes.com, which would be read aloud as ‘new bikes dot com’. 6 A tablet is a very thin (and often quite small) portable computer used mostly for email and online activities. 7 Parental controls are controls on the computer which allow parents to decide which websites their children can visit and to restrict certain activities. 8 I can’t stop doing this activity; I want to do it all the time and can’t stop myself. |
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