With the Internet, the World is yours!
Worldwide, more than 500 million people use the Internet. On the Net, you can send electronic mail (e-mail), find information in distant libraries and museums, play games, shop, and much, much more. The World Wide Web (www) is a part of the Internet that lets you see information using pictures, colors, and sounds. Most people just call it the Web. You can have your favorite Web sites. It’s your choice. With the Internet, the world is yours!
These are just some of the things you can do:
- You can watch movie trailers, download free music and books, and discover about your interests and
favorite things.
- You can meet people from other countries. The Internet is global, so you can make friends from all
over the world.
- You can give your opinion on message boards, build your own site about foot-volley or beach soccer
or put your poems on the Net.
- You can get legal music. There are plenty of legal places to get music downloads.
- You can listen to music on-line too. For example, you can listen to music shows on the BBC site
whenever you want.
- You can use search engines, like Google, Yahoo or Alltheweb to look for any subject under the sun.
In a word, with the Internet the world is yours!
(MARQUES, Amadeu. Inglês Série Brasil. Editora Ática, São Paulo-SP, 2007. P. 54)
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