(2) Answer these questions about the Internet. 1 How are computers linked together on the Internet? 2 Who started the Internet? When? 3 What does a typical web page look like? 4 What are some specific things you can do on the Web?

1. Users' computers (clients) connect to the provider's server via telephone lines, a dedicated channel, or a wireless network. In turn, the provider's servers are connected to the Internet by permanent high-speed communication lines.

Компьютеры пользователей (клиенты) соединяются с сервером провайдера по телефонным линиям, выделенному каналу или беспроводной сети. В свою очередь, серверы провайдера соединены с Интернетом постоянными высокоскоростными линиями связи.

2. In the early 1970s, computer scientists Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn invented the Internet communication protocols we use today and the system referred to as the Internet.

В начале 1970-х годов ученые-компьютерщики Винтон Серф и Боб Кан изобрели протоколы интернет-связи, которые мы используем сегодня, и систему, называемую Интернетом.

3. A typical web page is a text file in HTML format, which may contain links to files in other formats (text, graphics, video, audio, databases, etc.), as well as hyperlinks for quick access to other web pages or access to link files.

Типичная веб-страница представляет собой текстовый файл в формате HTML, который может содержать ссылки на файлы в других форматах (текст, графические изображения, видео, аудио, базы данных и др.), а также гиперссылки для быстрого перехода на другие веб-страницы или доступа к ссылочным файлам.

4. We can share pictures and videos with our friends and family, watch movies, TV, listen to current and classic radio programs, play various online video games, etc.

Мы можем делиться фотографиями и видео с нашими друзьями и семьей, смотреть фильмы, телевизор, слушать современные и классические радиопрограммы, играть в различные онлайн-видеоигры и т.д.

1. mary was preparing her geogaphy project . 2.mary  wasn't preparing her geogaphy project . 3. was mary preparing her geogaphy project ? 4. bob  was  surfing the net. 5.  bob wasn't surfing the net .6.  was bob   surfing the net?   7. the boy  was  walking with his dog. 8.  the boy wasn't walking with his dog. 9 was  the boy walking with his dog? 10. my dad  was  painting the bathroom.  11.    my dad  wasn't painting the bathroom . 12.   was my  dad painting  the bathroom? 13. i  was  enjoying this party. 14.  i  wasn't enjoying this party.15. were you  enjoying this party? 16. the president visited the olympics. 17.    the president didn't visit the olympics.  18. did the president visit the olympics? 19. susan liked skiing. 20. susan didn't like skiing. 21. did sue like skiing? 22. they were at the theatre. 23. they weren't at the theatre. 24. were they at the theatre?   25. the flood destroyed the bridge. 26. the flood didn't destroy the bridge. 27. did the flood destroy the bridge. 28. last week our relatives bought a new car. 29.  last week our relatives didn't buy a new car. 30. did your relatives buy a new car last week?