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1、Module6TheInternetandTelecommunicationsTheInternetisthebiggestsourceofinformationintheworld,andit'saccessiblethroughacomputer.Itconsistsofmillionsofpagesofdata.In1969,DARPA,aU.S.defenceorganisation,developedawayforalltheircomputersto"talk"toeachotherthroughthetelephone.Theycreatedan

2、etworkofcomputerscalledDARPANET.Forfifteenyears,onlytheU.S.armycouldusethissystemofcommunication.Thenin1984,theU.S.NationalScienceFoundation(NSF)startedtheNSFNETnetwork.Itthenbecamepossibleforuniversitiestousethesystemaswell.NSFNETbecameknownastheInter-Network,or"Internet".TheWorldW

3、ideWeb(theweb)isacomputernetworkthatallowscomputeruserstoaccessinformationfrommillionsofwebsitesviatheInternet.Atthemoment,about80percentofwebtrafficisinEnglish,butthispercentageisgoingdown.By2020,muchwebtrafficcouldbeinChinese.TheWorldWideWebwasinventedin1991byanEnglishscientist,Ti

4、mBerners-Lee.Berners-Leebuilthisfirstcomputerwhilehewasatuniversityusinganoldtelevision!HecameupwiththeideaoftheWorldWideWebin1989whilehewasworkinginSwitzerland.Berners-LeemadeitpossibleforeveryonetousetheInternet,notjustuniversitiesandthearmy.Hedesignedthefirst"webbrowser",whichall

5、owedcomputeruserstoaccessdocumentsfromothercomputers.Fromthatmomenton,thewebandtheInternetgrew.Withinfiveyears,thenumberofInternetusersrosefrom600000to40million.TheInternethascreatedthousandsofmillionaires,butBerners-Leeisnotoneofthem.EveryoneintheworldcanaccesstheInternetusinghisWo

6、rldWideWebsystem.HenowworksasalectureratMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyinBoston.一、单词（一）单词表中的单词：contain包含；包括access接近；通路crash（计算机）崩溃keyword密码；口令log记录；登录software软件breakdown故障source来源；出处accessible可进入的；可使用的data（复）数据defence保护；防卫create创造；发明network网络via途径；经由percentage百分数；百分率design设计docum

7、ent文件invention发明permission许可military军事的；军队的concentrate集中（注意力、思想等）definite明确的fantastic极好的；美妙的independent独立的essay文章pass超过frequently时常；经常disadvantage弊端；缺点average平均的statistics（复）统计数字shorten缩短sideways横着地；斜着地（二）课本方框中的单词：（含补充）①monitor监视器screen屏幕mouse鼠标CD-ROM光驱keyboard键盘harddisk硬盘②access接近；

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