Text Study

I. Pre-reading Exercises

1. Repeat the words in chorus:

To require, resources, to launch, to be configured, to exchange, major, existence, recreational, frivolous, phenomenon.

2. While reading the text you will come across a number of international words. Try to guess what Ukrainian words they remind of you:

Program, catalogs, services, address, method, option, personal, global, electronic, system, million, information, discussion, group, central, machine, forum, to organize, real, sponsor, channel, specific, phenomenon.

3. Pay attention to some grammatical points:

1) Some services require you to connect to a specific port on the computer. 2) A Telnet program must be installed on your local computer and configured to your Web browser in order to work. 3) This is both a program and the method used to transfer files between computers. 4) While many are academic in nature, numerous newsgroups are organized around recreational topics. 5) While many topics are frivolous, substantive conversations are also taking place.

II. Reading

Read the text and be ready to find in the text the answers to the following questions:

• What must you know to Telnet to a computer?
• What is File Transfer Protocol?
• What is the difference between Usenet News and e-mail discussion groups?