How to join in the worl's largest conversation

All you need to start cruising the information super-highway is a computer and a modem. Then you have to decide what sort of service you want. Companies such as Compuserve and CIX (Compulink Information Exchange) offer a wide variety of discussion groups (which are often called conferences) and eletronic mail; and Compuserve, in particular, gives access to a host of commercial services.

At present, neither offers full access to the Internet - they are linked by a "gateway" through which e-mail can be sent and received, but which denies access to many of the delights the Net has to offer. (I), both companies are widening the gateways in the near future.

To use all the services the Net has to offer, you have to turn to a service provider like Demon Internet. For a monthly fee, service providers can give you your own Net address. From then on, you are able to use the wide range of software that already exists for Net surfing. Unlike Compuserve and CIX, service providers do not give you an all-in-one software package as part of the deal. Demon, however, provides several of the most important programs, and will sell you a book and disk package containing most of the rest of what you need for about £30.

Once you've got your programs, you'll have to configure them for your machine. This isn't difficult, but it'll help if you can seek advice from someone who is already linked up using a similar system, or it's likely you'll be spending a while on the telephone to your service provider's customer support line. After your software is working, the world of the Net is yours to explore.

Focus, Aug 1994,p.36

A questão refere-se ao texto cujo vocabulário se segue:

1. to join = unir-se, juntar-se

2. to cruise = cruzar

3. sort = tipo, espécie

4. such as = tais como

5. to offer = oferecer

6. wide = ampla

7. often = frequentemente

8. mail = correio

9. host = grande quantidade

10. neither = nenhuma (das duas)

11. to link = ligar

12. through = através

13. to send, sent, sent = enviar

14. to receive = receber

15. to deny = negar

16. delights = delícias

17. both = ambas

18. to widen = ampliar, aumentar

19. in the near future = num futuro próximo

20. to turn to = recorrer a

21. provider = fornecedor

22. like = como

23. monthly = mensal

24. fee = taxa

25. own = próprio

26. from then on= daí em diante

27. able = capaz

28. range = variedade

29. already = já

30. unlike = ao contrário de

31. all-in-one = um único

32. deal = negócio

33. howevwe = entretanto

34. to provide = fornecer

35. several = diversos, vários

36. most = a maioria

37. bout = cerca de

38. once = uma vez

39. machine = máquina

40. to help = ajudar

41. to seek = procurar

42. advice = conselho

43. someone = alguém

44. likely = provável

45. to spend = passar

46. a while = um certo tempo

47. customer = cliente

48. support line = assistência

49. to work = funcionar

50. world = mundo

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