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DICTATION The Internet The Internet is the most significant progress in the field of communications. / Imagine a book that never ends, a library with a million floors. / Or imagine a research project with thousands of scientists / working around the clock forever. / This is the magic of the Internet. / Yet the Internet has the potential for good and bad. / One can find well-organized, information-rich websites. / At the same time one can also find wasteful websites. / Most websites are known as different Internet applications. / These include online games, chat rooms and so on. / These applications have great power too. / Sometimes the power can be so great / that young people may easily become victims to their attraction. / So, we need to recognize the seriousness of the problem. / We must work together to use its power for better ends. / Potential: possible but not yet actual capable of being or becoming but not yet in existence; latent潜在的, 有可能的well-organized: having good organization; orderly and efficient有序的information-rich: concluding a lot of information资讯丰富的 Conversation One: Mark Boum: Hello! Woman: Oh, hello! You must be a new student. Did you find us okay? Mark Bourn: Well. I got a bit lost and I had to ask a stranger, but I got here eventually. Woman: Oh, dear! Have you come far today? Mark Bourn: Only from Brighton. 1 was staying with my brother. Woman: Oh, good. How did you get here? Mark Bourn: My brother took me to the railway station, and I got a bus at this end. Woman: Aha! Well, you d better tell me your name, so I can find your form. Mark Bourn: It is Mark Bourn. Woman: Bourn, Bourn. Ah, yes. Oh! Youve changed since this photo. What happened to your beard and moustache? And you are not wearing glasses either. Mark Bourn: No. I thought I’d better look smarter. Woman: Here is the key to your room. It is 501. Mark Bourn: Thanks. How do I get there? Woman: Go to the en