The Internet

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JOURNALISM AS A CAREER.

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Exercise 1. Read the following text and do the exercises.

When young men and women enter journalism they enter an exciting field. Other professions and jobs have their excitement, their fascination, their frustrations; but I cannot imagine any more rewarding way of life than journalism. I must admit I am in no position to speak of the advantages and disadvantages of other professions, since I have never worked outside journalism; but after 34 years in journalism I am still fascinated by the birth of the daily newspaper. Every day is a new day. Yesterday’s news is history. Reporters, sub-editors, copy-boys, even editors, again begin the complex process of producing a newspaper. Within the next 24 hours reporters will cover assignments, big and small, news from all over the world will come into the office in a never-ending stream through teletype machines, sub-editors will assess the value of stories and send copy to the composing room, many conferences will be held. To an outsider it is confusion – often it is like that to those on the inside – but page-proofs begin to appear, soon the presses are rolling, and another paper is on the streets. Soon reporters, sub-editors, copy-boys and editors start work again, and yet another edition of a newspaper is being produced.

Exercise 2. Answer the following questions about the text:

1. How many years has the author worked in journalism?

2. Why doesn’t he write about the advantages and disadvantages of other professions?

3. What’s his opinion of the job of a journalist?

4. What does he consider the most fascinating aspect of a journalist’s job?

Exercise 3. Reassemble the phrases given below in the correct order (consult the part of the text where the author describes how the newspaper is being produced):

1)Page-proofs begin to appear

2) Another paper is in the streets

3) Sub-editors assess the value of stories

4) News comes into the office through teletype machines

5) The presses are rolling

6) Copies are sent to the composing room

7) Reporters cover assignments.

Exercise 1. You will hear 5 utterances. Make up pairs of utterances made by speakers 1-5 and statements given in the list A-F. There is one unnecessary statement. You will hear the text twice. Put down your answers into the table.

This speaker says that some nature and wildlife films

A. show a lot of violence

B. are only computer graphics

C. can help you to survive in the wild

D. are made by non-professionals

E. are dishonest tricks

F. can teach some practical skills

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Exercise 1. Read the text and answer the questions given below.

The Internet, a global computer network which embraces millions of users all over the world, began in the US in 1969 as a military experiment. It was designed to survive a nuclear war. Information sent over the Internet takes the shortest path available from one computer to another. Because of this, any two computers on the Internet will be able to stay in touch with each other as long as there is a single route between them. This technology is called packet switching. Due to this technology, if some computers on the network are knocked out, information will just route around them.

Most of the Internet host computers (about 50%) are in the United States, while the rest are located in more than 100 other countries. Although the number of host computers can be counted fairly accurately, nobody knows exactly how many people use the Internet.

The most popular Internet service is e-mail. Most of the people, who have access to the Internet, use the network only for sending and receiving e-mail messages.

In many developing countries the Internet may provide businessmen with a reliable alternative to the expensive and unreliable telecommunication systems of these countries. Commercial users can communicate cheaply over the Internet with the rest of the world. But people can not only save money, they can make money from the Internet. For example, some western architecture companies transmit their basic designs and concepts over the Internet into China, where they are reworked and refined by skilled and inexpensive Chinese specialists.

However, some problems remain. The most important is security. When you send an e-mail message to somebody, this message can travel through many different networks and computers. The data is constantly being directed towards its destination by special routers-computers. So, it is possible to get into any of the computers along the route and intercept or change the data being sent over the Internet. But, if necessary, you can use some encoding programme.

Exercise 2. Answer the following questions

1. What is the Internet?

2. What was the Internet originally designed for?

3. What country are most of the Internet host computers in?

4. What is the most popular Internet service?

5. What is the most important problem about the Internet? How can you avoid it?

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