Fun and games section

SPEAKING/WRITING PRACTICE SECTION

	1. E-mailers make use of symbols called smileys (or emoticons) which can be written using standard letters and signs.
:-)	Your basic smiley. This is used to mean I'm happy.
; -)	Winking smiley. I'm flirting or being ironic.
;-(	Frowning smiley. I did not like something.
8-)	I wear glasses.
:-{)	I have a moustache.
:-|	I'm indifferent.
:-~)	I have a cold.
C=:^)	Head cook, chef-de-cuisine.
Q:^)	Soldier, man with beret, boy scout.
*:O)	Clown face; I'm feeling like a buffoon.
:^9	Licking the lips; very tasty or delicious.
^^^^^^O:>~	Snake (or to rake someone over the coals)

Find some other smileys. Explain their meaning. What is your attitude to their usage? What do you think about the language the users use in e-mails? Write an e-mail using smileys. Try to make a message only by the means of smileys.

2. Choose any topic you like and make a report:

1. The history of the Internet.

2. The most interesting places you have explored on the Internet.

3. Next generation Internet.

4. The place of computer technology in our culture.

5. What is ICANN?

6. Internet growth in different countries/cultures.

7. All about spam.

8. The history and future of Internet chats.

9. Some services, which are available to the users of the Internet.

10. Netiquette.

1. Give ideas, how do these cartoons relate to the Internet and the World Wide Web?

2. Word association: missing links

Each of the sets of words below can be linked by one other word. What is the missing word? Give definitions to the words. What other collocations with these words do you know?

WORLD WIDE		INDEXE
DR		PORTAL
MASTER		BROWSER

3. Choose the best word. Check who will get more point quicker.

1. ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line) is moor commonly known as ….

a. longband

b. broadband

c. wideband

2. Broadband internet connection is much faster than ….

a. dial-in

b. dial-through

c. dial-up

3. Before you can connect to the Internet for the first time, you have to … an account with an ISP.

a. set

b. set up

c. set in

4. Each time you want to connect to your ISP’s system, you have to enter a log-in name and a …

a. security word

b. safe word

c. password

5. You can set your computer to … your log-in details, so you don’t have to type them in each time.

a. store

b. remember

c. recall

6. With a broadband connection, you usually have to pay a ….

a. fixed monthly price

b. fixed monthly fee

c. fixed monthly cost

7. With dial-up, you can usually choose a … tariff.

a. pay-as-you-go

b. pay-what-you-want

c. pay-if –you-like

8. Some broadband contracts limit the amount … you can have each month.

a. pages

b. traffic

c. use

9. Looking at web pages can be called "navigating the Web" but is more commonly called ….

a. "surfing the net"

b. "skiing the net"

c. "swimming the net"

10. You can often find the answer to a question by … on the Internet.

a. looking at it

b. looking for it

c. looking it up

11. When your computer is not connected to the internet, it is ….

a. out of line

b. offline

c. off the line

12. Internet banking is also called ….

a. online banking

b. on the line banking

c. inline banking

13. An unexpected disconnection from the internet is called a ….

a. lost connection

b. missed connection

c. dropped connection

14. A file which is copied from the internet onto your computer is called ….

a. an upload

b. a download

c. a load

15. Downloading files from the internet can … your computer with a virus.

a. infect

b. contaminate

c. dirty

16. "The website gets a thousand hits a week" means the website has a thousand … a week.

a. sales

b. visits

c. search engine matches

17. The words, images and other material that make up a website are called ….

a. the contents

b. the content

c. the filling

18. Designs and drawings in websites are usually called ….

a. web pictures

b. web graphics

c. web illustrations

19. Moving pictures in websites are usually called ….

a. cartoons

b. movies

c. animations

20. Websites with sounds and/or video clips and/or animations have ….

a. multimedia

b. many-media

c. mixed-media

21. A space in a website where you enter information (address, password etc.) is called a ….

a. box

b. strip

c. field

22. A hyperlink is often called just ….

a. a link

b. a hyper

c. an HL

23. A place with computers for public internet use is usually called an internet cafe or … even if they don't serve coffee.

a. web cafe

b. computer cafe

c. cyber cafe

24. Internet cafes offer internet ….

a. connection

b. availability

c. access

25. A program that adds functions to a browser (e.g. Shockwave) is called a ….

a. plug

b. plugged-in

c. plug-in

26. Temporary internet files are stored in the ….

a. cash

b. cache

c. cashe

27. Colours which all browsers can display without problems are called … colours.

a. browser safe	b. browser acceptable	c. browser easy
	4. Complete the sentences with the missing verbs, and write them into the crossword puzzle. Words in brackets mean the same as the missing verbs.

1. … your holiday photos on the web. (display) 2. … the attachment in a new window. 3. … pop-up. (stop) 4. … to the internet. 5. (across) … your wireless connection. (turn on) 5. (down) … your credit card details. (type in) 6. … your anti-virus protection. 7. … the photo as a JPEG. 8. … a technical problem. (sort out) 9. … on your firewall. (enable)

10. … your wireless connection. 11. … your webpage to a web server. 12. … some clipart from the Internet. 13. … an attachment with an email. 14. … for something on eBay. 15. (across) … pop-ups. (permit) 15. (down) the Internet. (use) 16. … the email to everybody else on the team. (send a copy of) 17. … a bid for something on eBay. 18. … to a different ISP. (change)

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