1 E-MAIL attachments Internet Service Provider image file text file open downloads modem access (the Internet) computer sound file e-mail program e-mail messages e-mail address Internet image file Now read the text below Use the words from the box to fill in the gaps Cindy Lewis is a journalist She works for Gender, a weekly magazine on the (a) ………………… Cindy writes the problem page for the magazine She has two young children so she doesn’t work in the magazine office every day, she works at home using her (b) …………………… Every morning she checks her (c) …………………………………………………… She switches on her computer and her (d) …………………………………………………… She starts Outlook Express This is the (e) …………………………………………………… which Cindy uses She (f) …………………………………………………… every day her e-mail messages She usually receives about 35 messages Most of the messages come from the Gender office, but she also gets messages from friends and colleagues around the world They send messages to her (g) …………………………………… Sometimes they just send messages with (h)……………………………………… Some friends send longer pieces of writing in a (i) ……………………………………………… , or photographs in an (j) …………………………………………………, or even music in a (k) ……………………………………… Cindy can (l) ………………………these ………………………………………………….and see the texts, pictures or listen to the recordings Cindy’s e-mail address is cindylewis@demon.co.uk Demon is a company which Cindy uses to (m)………………………………………………… her e-mail and the Internet Demon is an ISP, …………………………………………………………………… Look at the different parts of Cindy’s e-mail address Can you name the different parts? cindylewis@demon.co.uk an (n) INTERNET Read the text below Then match the words or phrases to the definitions below: the search engine called Altavista She typed the word ‘polio’ into a box and clocked the button marked ‘search’ In a Something which you click on a website page which takes you to another page A list of website addresses which you want to visit regularly called Bookmarks by Netscape or Favourites by Internet Explorer A place on the Internet that gives you information about a particular subject A program which looks for particular words or phrases in websites on the Internet A program which allows you to access and navigate the Internet such as Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer The address which takes you to a website ANSWERS email Write you answers here : attachments Internet Service Provider image file text file open downloads modem access (the Internet) computer sound file e-mail program e-mail messages e-mail address Internet Now read the text below Use the words from the box to fill in the gaps Cindy Lewis is a journalist She works for Gender, a weekly magazine on the (a) Internet Cindy writes the problem page for the magazine She has two young children so she doesn’t work in the magazine office every day, she works at home using her (b) computer Every morning she checks her (c) e-mail messages She switches on her computer and her (d) modem She starts Outlook Express This is the (e) e-mail program which Cindy uses She (f) downloads her e-mail messages She usually receives about 35 messages every day Most of the messages come from the Gender office, but she also gets messages from friends and colleagues around the world They send messages to her (g) e-mail address Sometimes they just send messages with (h) attachments Some friends send longer pieces of writing in a (i) text file, or photographs in an (j) image file, or even music in a (k) sound file Cindy can (l) open these attachments and see the texts, pictures or listen to the recordings Cindy’s email address is cindylewis@demon.co.uk Demon is a company which Cindy uses to (m) access her e-mail and the Internet Demon is an ISP, an (n) Internet Service Provider Look at the different parts of Cindy’s e-mail address Can you name the different parts? cindylewis@demon.co.uk cindylewis = the user; @ = at ; demon = domain or host name; co = this shows that Demon is a commercial organisation; uk = Demon is in the United Kingdom (Britain) Saying email addresses: Write these on the board and they say them cindylewis@demon.co.uk cindy-lewis@demon.co.uk cindy_lewis@demon.co.uk cindy.lewis@demon.co.uk cindylewis (all one word) at demon dot co dot UK cindy dash lewis at demon dot co dot UK cindy underscore lewis at demon dot co dot UK cindy dot lewis at demon dot co dot UK What is your e-mail address? Tell someone in the class INTERNET Read the text below Then match the words or phrases to the definitions below: Cindy used the Internet to find the information she needs For example, last week she wanted to find out about the history of an illness called polio She switched on her computer and modem She opened the web browser called Internet Explorer She clocked on the Favourites menu and selected the search engine called Altavista She typed the word ‘polio’ into a box and clocked the button marked ‘search’ In a few seconds her computer showed a list of websites about polio She clicked the first website URL and her computer showed the homepage of The Polio Society She looked through the list of contents She clicked the button marked ‘History’ The history page gave her the information she needed Something which you click on a website page which takes you to another page Button A list of website addresses which you want to visit regularly called Bookmarks by Netscape or Favourites by Internet Explorer Favourites A place on the Internet that gives you information about a particular subject Websites A program which looks for particular words or phrases in websites on the Internet Search Engines A software program which allows you to access and navigate the Internet such as Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer Seb browser program The address which takes you to a website Website URL Abbreviation of Uniform Resource Locator, the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web The first part of the address indicates what protocol to use, and the second part specifies the IP address or the domain name where the resource is located For example, the two URLs below point to two different files at the domain pcwebopedia.com The first specifies an executable file that should be fetched using the FTP protocol; the second specifies a Web page that should be fetched using the HTTP protocol: