B3U3IntegratedskillsDoyouoftenusetheInternet?Howaboutyourparents?InwhichwaydoyouusuallyaccesstheInternet,usingamobiledeviceorotherdevices?WhatdoyouoftendoontheInternet?A

MrTan,anITteacher,isgivingabriefintroductiontotheInternet.Listenandfinishtheexercisesbelow.FocusonkeywordsDonottrytocatcheveryword.Instead,listenforkeywordsandphrases.Youshouldfocusongetting

themainidea,notonsinglewordsorgrammar.1.WhatdoesMrTanmainlytalkaboutinhisintroductiontotheInternet?_______________________________________2.Howmanycomputerswereconnectedinthebeginning?_______________________________________3.WhatdidscientistsaroundtheworldoriginallyusetheInternetas?_______________________________________4.WhatdidTimBerners-Leeteachotherstodo?_______________________________________A1Listentothetalkandanswerthefollowingquestions.MrTan,anITteacher,isgivingabriefintroductiontotheInternet.Listenandfinishtheexercisesbelow.P36A1ThehistoryanddevelopmentoftheInternet.Fourcomputers.Aspacetoshareinformation.Tobuildtheirownwebsites.Becarefulwhenlisteningforyears:itisnormaltotreatthefirsttwonumbersandthelasttwonumbersseparately,buttherearevariouswaysofsayingthem.Ingeneral,speakerstrytousetheshortestwaypossible,forexample,1979(nineteeneventy-nine),2003(twothousandandthree),1805(eighteenofive).Sometimesweaddmid-beforeacertainyear,e.g.mid-2008.Wealsouseexpressionsliketheearly/late1980s.ListeningforyearsA2Listentothetalkagainandcompletethetimelinebelow.P36A2theearly1950spassmessagesmid-1989Theworld'sfirstwebsite2014morethan1billion3.6billionabout48percentBMrTanalsoshowsthestudentssomechartsaboutInternetuse.Viewthechartsbelowandanswerthequestions.BarchartsPiechartsLinechartsTherearedifferenttypesofchartstoshowinformation.Barchartsareoftenusedtoshow

howsomethingchangesovertimeortocomparedifferentthings.Piechartsareusedtoshow

percentages.Linechartsareoftenusedtoshow

trends.Tounderstandachart,itisimportanttoreadthetitleandcaptions.Viewingcharts1.Accordingtothefirstchart,whichuseoftheInternethasincreasedthemostduringthelastfiveyears?Travelbooking.Ascanbeseen/conveyed/illustrated/reflectedfromthebarchart,overthepastfiveyears,thenumberofpeopleusingtheInternetfornews/searchengines/instantmessaging/shopping/payment/travelbookinghas

risen/increasedfrom65%to82%,from92%to98%,from80%to90%,fromabout39%to61%,fromabout31%to61%,fromabout8%to40%respectively.2.Whatchangecanyouseefromthetwopiecharts?MoreandmorepeopleusemobiledevicestoaccesstheInternet.Ascanbereflectedfromthepiecharts,overthepastfiveyears,thenumberofuserswhoaccesstheInternetusingmobiledeviceshave

risen/increasedfrom69%to95%,whilethepercentageofuserswhoaccesstheInternetwithoutusingmobiledeviceshas

dropped/decreasedfrom31%to5%.3.Inthelastchart,whatchangedoyounoticeintheInternetusersabove59?TherearemoreInternetusersabove59now.Ascanbeconveyedfromthechart,overthepastfiveyears,thenumberofInternetusershasbeen

increasinginmostagegroups,butthe20-39agegrouphasdecreasedbyabout10%.TalkaboutInternetuse.Usethefollowingquestionsandexpressionstohelpyou.1.HowhastheInternetdevelopedovertheyears?2.HowhasInternetusechangedinthepastfiveyears?3.WhatdoyouthinkthefutureofInternetusewillbelike?TalkingaboutchangesThereisarise/anincrease/adrop

of...percent.Thenumberhasrisen/increaseddropped/decreased

from...to...Thefigurehasgoneup/gonedown/fallenby...percent.Thefigure/number/percentageremains/staysthesame/unchanged.A:HowhastheInternetdevelopedovertheyears?B:Itwasinventedin1969andthefirstwebsitewasbuiltin1990.Within24years,thenumberof

websiteshadrisentomorethanlbillion!A:Incredible!Iknowtherehavebeengreatchangesinthewayit'sbeingused.Itspopularityamongpeopleofallageshasgrowndramatically

inthepastfiveyears.B:Exactly.Nowaround21%ofusersareaged40orover,whilefiveyearsago,thatpercentagewasjust17%.Usersunder20havealsoincreased.A:Interesting!Apartfrom

thechangesinusergroups,whatotheraspectsofInternetusehavechanged?B:Theuseofonlineshoppingandpaymentshasgoneupby

about25%and30%orespectivelyinthelastfiveyears!PeopletrustInternetsecuritymore.Thebiggestincreaseisinonlinetravelbookingthough.Thenumberhasrisenfromlessthan10%tomorethan40%.A:I’mnotsurprised.SowhatdoyouthinkthefutureofInternetusewillbelike?B:Morepeopleareusingmobiledevicestogoonline.Ibelievethetrendwillcarryon

andmobiledeviceswillbecomeanevenbiggerpartofourdailylives.Thefutureisdefinitelymobile!PlanningyourwritingWriteareportonInternetuse.UseyourideasfrompartCandtheinformationinpartsAandBtohelpyou.LearningaboutthetexttypeAreportisapieceofwritingthatprovidesinformationinaformalstyle.Cometoaconclusionbasedonfactsandfiguresandavoidgivingpersonalopinionswhenanalyzingasituation.LearningaboutthestructureTowriteareportonInternetuse,youcanfollowthestructurebelow:BrieflyintroducethehistoryoftheInternet.ClarifytherecentchangesonInternetuse.PredictthefutureofInternetuse.LearningaboutthelanguageUsesimpleandplainlanguagetopresentyourinformationinaclearandcorrectway.Youcanalsoincludefactsorstatisticsinyourreport.ThehistoryoftheInternet.TherecentchangesonInternetuse.ThefutureofInternetuse.AreportonInternetuseWhentheInternetwasinventedin1969,noonecouldhaveknownjusthowmuchitwouldchangetheworld.Atthattime,computersarelargeandexpensive,thusonlysomeprofessionalscanhaveaccesstotheInternet.Inthe1990s,commonpeoplegraduallycanaffordto

buycomputers,whichbroughtabouttheincreaseofInternetuse.Overthepast30years,thewholeworldhaswitnessedgreatchangesinthewaypeopleusetheInternet.Comparedwithonlineactivities5yearsago,moreandmorepeopleusetheI