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Unit 3

Text Study. Telnet, FTP, Usenet News, and Chat.

Additional Text. Analog Transmission.

Grammar: Non-finnite forms of the verb. Gerund.

 

Text Study

I. Pre-reading Exercises

1. Repeat the words in chorus:

To require, resources, to launch, to be configured, to exchange, major, existence, recreational, frivolous, phenomenon.

2. While reading the text you will come across a number of international words. Try to guess what Ukrainian words they remind of you:

Program, catalogs, services, address, method, option, personal, global, electronic, system, million, information, discussion, group, central, machine, forum, to organize, real, sponsor, channel, specific, phenomenon.

3. Pay attention to some grammatical points:

1) Some services require you to connect to a specific port on the computer. 2) A Telnet program must be installed on your local computer and configured to your Web browser in order to work. 3) This is both a program and the method used to transfer files between computers. 4) While many are academic in nature, numerous newsgroups are organized around recreational topics. 5) While many topics are frivolous, substantive conversations are also taking place.

II. Reading

Read the text and be ready to find in the text the answers to the following questions:

  • What must you know to Telnet to a computer?
  • What is File Transfer Protocol?
  • What is the difference between Usenet News and e-mail discussion groups?

Telnet, FTP, Usenet News, and Chat

Telnet is a program that allows you to log into computers on the Internet and use online databases, library catalogs, chat services, and more. To Telnet to a computer, you must know its address. This can consist of words or numbers. Some services require you to connect to a specific port on the computer. In this case, type the port number after the Internet address.

Telnet is available on the World Wide Web. Probably the most common Web-based resources available through Telnet are library catalogs. A link to any Telnet resource looks like any other link, but it will launch a Telnet session to make the connection. A Telnet program must be installed on your local computer and configured to your Web browser in order to work.

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. This is both a program and the method used to transfer files between computers. Anonymous FTP is an option that allows users to transfer files from thousands of host computers on the Internet to their personal computer account. FT sites contain books, articles, software, games, images, sounds, multimedia, and others.

Usenet News is a global electronic bulletin board system in which millions of computer users exchange information on a vast range of topics. The major difference between Usenet News and e-mail discussion groups is the fact that Usenet messages are stored on central computers, and users must connect to these computers to read the messages posted to these groups. This is distinct from e-mail distribution, in which messages arrive in the electronic mailboxes of each list member. Usenet itself is a set of machines that exchanges messages or articles from Usenet discussion forums, called newsgroups. There are thousands of Usenet newsgroups in existence. While many are academic in nature, numerous newsgroups are organized around recreational topics.

Chat programs allow users on the Internet to communicate with each other by typing in real time. They are sometimes included as a feature of a Web site, where users can log into the “chat room” to exchange comments and information about the topics addressed on the site. Chat may take other, more wide-ranging forms. For example, America Online is well-known for sponsoring a number of topical chat rooms. Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a service through which participants can communicate to each other on hundreds of channels. These channels are usually based on specific topics. While many topics are frivolous, substantive conversations are also taking place. A variation of chat is a phenomenon of instant messaging. With instant messaging, a user on the Web can contact another user currently logged in and type a conversation. Most famous is America Online’s Instant Messenger.

Vocabulary Notes

to log [lOg]вносити до реєстру

port — отвір, гніздо

available [q'veIlqbl] — доступний, наявний

to launch [lLnC] — запускати, вмикати

to contain [kqn'teIn] — містити

image ['ImIG] — зображення

bulletin board ['bulItIn bLd]— дошка оголошень

distinct [dIs'tINkt]— чіткий

existence [Ig'zIstqns] — існування

academic — науковий, навчальний, академічний

recreational ["rekrI'eISqnl] topics — розважальні (вільні) теми

frivolous ['frIvqlqs] — легковажний, поверхневий, дріб’язковий

substantive ['sAbstqtIv] — реальний, дійсний

to be currently logged ['kArqntlI lOgd] — внесений до реєстру в поточному порядку

 

Comprehension

1. Tell what sentences are true and what are false.

1) WWW address consists of words or numbers. 2) Usenet News are the most common Web-based resources available through Telnet. 3) If you want to use online databases, library catalogs, chat services, and more you should install IRC program on your local computer. 4) Anonymous FTP is an option that allows users to exchange information on a vast range of topics with thousands of host computers on the. 5) Usenet itself is a set of machines that exchanges messages or articles from Usenet newsgroups. 6) Chat programs allow users on the Internet to connect to a specific port on the computer.

2. Choose the right answer:

1. What is necessary to do to Telnet to a computer?

a) to connect to a specific port;

b) to know its address;

c) to transfer files.

2. Where is Telnet available?

a) on the site;

b) on the personal computer account;

c) on the World Wide Web.

3. How do messages arrive in the electronic mailboxes of each list member?

a) by means of e-mail distribution;

b) by means of chat services;

c) by means of IRC program.

4. How many Usenet newsgroups are there in existence?

a) thousands of them;

b) millions of them;

c) a few of them.

5) Where are Usenet messages stored?

a) in the “chat room”;

b) in the library catalogs;

c) on central computers.

6) What can Internet users do by means of  Chat programs?

a) to read books and articles, to play games, to use multimedia and others;

b) to transfer files from thousands of host computers to their personal computer account;

c) to communicate with each other by typing in real time.

3. Complete the sentences:

1) Telnet is available on … . 2) File Transfer Protocol is both ….and …. .3) FT sites contain … . 4) Usenet itself is a set of …. . 5) The users can log into the “chat room” to exchange … . 6) America Online is well-known for … . 7) With instant messaging, a user on the Web can contact … .

4. Answer the questions:

1) What is Telnet? 2) What does the computer address consist of? 3) How does a link to any Telnet resource look like? 4) What is File Transfer Protocol? 5) What is Anonymous FTP? 6) What is Usenet News? 7) What is the major difference between Usenet News and e-mail discussion groups? 8) What are Chat programs? 9) What is America Online known for? 10) What is IRC? 11) What is instant messaging?

5. Find as quickly as possible and read out the sentences containing the following important information:

  • storage of Usenet messages;
  • Usenet newsgroups;
  • forms of a Chat.

*6. Try to tell the gist of the text.

 

Word Study

1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following.

Online databases, Web-based resources, Telnet session, anonymous FTP, host computers, personal computer account, e-mail discussion groups, to log into the “chat room”, substantive conversations, phenomenon.

2. Give English equivalents of the following.

Використовувати бібліотечні каталоги, складатися зі слів та цифр, під’єднатися до …, зв’язок з ресурсом, встановити на локальний комп’ютер, сайт передачі файлів, розважальні теми, друк в режимі реального часу, миттєва передача повідомлення.

 

3. Match the words in A with their synonyms in B:

A                                                        B

to use                                                  theme

must                                                   general

link                                                     may

common                                             big

can                                                     connection

to make                                              to have to…

vast                                                     to utilize

topic                                                   to produce

 

4. Make up sentences from the following words and word-groups:

Model: steps, manufacturing, development, several, had, in, automated, its. - Automated manufacturing had several steps in its development.

1) To, its, a, must, Telnet, address, to, you, computer, know. 2) Web, available, the, Wide, Telnet, World, is, on. 3) Transfer, FTP, Protocol, for, File, stands. 4) electronic, a, News, board, is, bulletin, Usenet, system, global. 5) in, of, newsgroups, are, existence,Usenet, there, thousands. 6) a, rooms, Online, for, is, sponsoring, number, topical, America, well-known, of, chat.

5. Translate sentences into English using words and word combinations from the Vocabulary Notes.

1) Ви можете використовувати бази даних, бібліотечні каталоги та багато іншого в режимі онлайн, якщо підключитесь до мережі Інтернет. 2) Інтернет адреса може складатись як із слів, так і з цифр. 3) Бібліотечні каталоги – це найзагальніші інтернет-ресурси, доступні через програму Телнет. 4) Мільйони користувачів обмінюються інформацією через глобальну електронну дошку оголошень, яка називається Usenet News. 5) Повідомлення на Usenet зберігаються на центральних комп’ютерах, до яких потрібно під’єднатись, щоб прочитати ці повідомлення. 6) За допомогою чатів користувачі спілкуються між собою, друкуючи повідомлення в режимі реального часу.

 

Grammar in Use

1. Translate into Ukrainian, paying attention to Gerund

1) He is fond of playing computer games. 2) My computer needs reparing. 3) He read the message without answering. 4) My friend likes learning foreign languages by means of compuer programs. 5) They went on chattering through Internet Relay Chat. 6) A lot of people like surfing the internet. 7) Telnet is worth of being installed in your computer. 8) Everybody enjoys exchanging comments and information on recreational topics.

2. Translate into English using Gerund

1) Нарешті він почав користуватися програмою SCYPE. 2) Потрібно заборонити дітям гратися в комп’ютерні ігри більше однієї години. 3) Використання інтернет-ресурсів дуже економить час на підготовку рефератів. 4) Цього чоловіка звинувачують у зламі комп’ютерних файлів. 5) Ми займаємось розробкою нової комп’ютерної програми.

3. Write out from the text all the sentences with Gerund

 

Additional Text

(for individual work)

Read and translate the text.

World Wide Web

The World Wide Web (abbreviated as the Web or WWW) is a system of Internet servers that support hypertext to access several Internet protocols on a single interface. Almost every protocol type available on the Internet is accessible on the Web. This includes e-mail, FTP, Telnet, and Usenet News. In addition to these, the World Wide Web has its own protocol: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol, or HTTP. The World Wide Web provides a single interface for accessing all these protocols. This creates a convenient and user-friendly environment. The Web gathers together all protocols into a single system. Because of this feature, and because of the Web’s ability to work with multimedia and advanced programming languages, the World Wide Web is the fastest- growing component of the Internet. The operation of the Web relies primarily on hypertext as its means of information retrieval. Hyper Text is a document containing words that connect to other documents. These words are called links and are selectable by the user. A single hypertext document can contain links to many documents. In the context of the Web, words o graphics may serve as links to other documents, images, video, and sounds. Producing hypertext for the web is accomplished by creating documents with a language called Hyper Text Markup Language, or HTLM. The World Wide Web consists of files, called pages or home pages, containing links to documents and resources throughout the Internet.

The Web provides a vast array of experiences including multimedia presentations, real-time collaboration, interactive pages, radio and television broadcasts, and the automatic “push” of information to a client computer. Programming languages such as Java, JavaScript and Visual Basic are extending the capabilities of the Web. An increasing amount of information on the Web is served dynamically from content stored in databases. The Web is therefore not a fixed  entity, but one that is in a constant state of flux.

1. Divide the text into the logical parts and give a title to each one.

2. Put questions to the text.

3. Discuss it with your groupmates.