7. The future of emailing

What do teenagers really think of Email? Study the chart and express your thought about the future of emailing.

L esson 45.

1. Reading

Read and translate the information about cyber cafes:

An internet café is an establishment that rents computers by the hour. Also called a "cybercafé," the first Internet cafes started in Europe in the mid-1990s and offered coffee and dessert like a regular coffee shop. Today's venues may provide computers only or also sell a variety of accessories and gadgets as well as coffee and food. In September, 1997, there were estimated to be more than 1,000 cybercafés internationally. By 2001, there were perhaps tens of thousands, with at least one in almost every small community in many countries. Internet cafés are located worldwide, and many people use them when traveling to access webmail and instant messaging services to keep in touch with family and friends. Apart from travelers, in many developing countries Internet cafés are the primary form of Internet access for citizens as a shared-access model is more affordable than personal ownership of equipment and/or software. Internet cafés are a natural evolution of the traditional cafes. Cafés started as places for information exchange, and have always been used as places to read the paper, send postcards home, play traditional or electronic games, chat to friends, find out local information. There are also Internet kiosks. These are Internet access points in public places like public libraries, airport halls, sometimes just for brief use while standing.

A. Answer the questions

1) What is the definition of a cyber café?

2) When did the first cyber café appear?

3) How many cybercafés were there in 1997?

4) In what way do people use cybercafés?

5) Where can one find Internet kiosks?

2. Basic vocabulary

Read the definitions of the phrases in bold. Complete each sentence (1-3) with the appropriate phrase by changing the form of the verb In It.

to download a file — to take a file from another location, e.g. a web server, and save it on a computer

• upload a file — to transfer a file from a computer to another location, e.g. a web

server

• post a message — to place a message on a bulletin board, or send it to a newsgroup

1. You can publish your web pages by ... them to the web server.

2. If you want to find out more about phrasal verbs, you should ... to the alt.usage.english newsgroup.

3. You can ... the software from our website.

3 . SPEAKING

Answer the questions

1. Have you ever been to a cyber cafe?

2. Do you know how to send an email?

3. Which sites do you usually visit?

4. Do you chat online?

5. Do you have your own website?

6. Do you buy anything on the Internet?

7. For what purpose do young people use the Internet?

8. Has the Internet changed your life? If yes, in what ways?

4. USEFUL WORD COMBINATION

Match to make word combinations. Use them to compose your own sentences.

1. current a) screen

2. World Wide b) the net

3. email c)events

4. surfing d) information

5. download e) sites

6. web f) Web

7. c omputer g) message

5. SPEAKING

Read the advertisement of the cafe and decide if you'd like to visit it.