Internet的发展.ppt

Alienation and the Internet Pre- reading questions 1. What is internet? 2. What is the internet used for in general? 3. What are the advantages of the internet? 4.What are the disadvantages? 5.What are the traditional forms of communication? 6.Do you go on line every day? What attracts you to the internet? 7.Is it good to be a net worm? Why or why not? 8.For how many hours a day do you think a person has to stay on line before he is reckoned to be a net worm? Question one The Internet is a giant network of computers located all over the world that communicate with each other. It was started in 1969, when the U.S. Department of Defence established a nationwide network to connect a handful of universities and contractors. The original idea was to increase computing capacity that could be shared by users in many locations and to find out what it would take for computer networks to survive a nuclear war or other disaster by providing multiple path between users. People on the ARPNET (as this nationwide network was originally called) quickly discovered that they could exchange messages and conduct electronic conferences with distant colleagues for purposes that had nothing to do with the military industrial complex. If somebody else had something interesting stored on their computer, it was a simple matter to obtain a copy (assuming the owner did not protect it).  Internet是由位于世界各地相互通信的计算机连接而成的巨大的计算机网络。 Internet始建于1969年，当时美国国防部为连接少数几所大学和协议企业而建立了一个全国性网络。最初的想法是要增加计算机能力并可由许多地点的用户共享，并且通过提供用户间多条路径来找到哪一种计算机网络能够在核战或其他灾难中幸存。ARPNET（这种全国网络最初的名称）上的用户很快就发现他们可以与远距离的同事交换消息，并且进行某种目的的电子“会议”，而这些目的与军事工业企业没有任何关系。如果另外一些人在其计算机中存有有趣的东西，得到其拷贝是很容易的事（假定拥有者没有进行保护）。  Question two access online library catalogs obtain free electronic books access databases for teaching or? research use educational and?information services, communicating with other people at home and abroad Question three E-mail: E-mail is an online correspondence system. With e-mail you can send and receive in