Part Four: Monologue
The Internet has changed the way Americans do many things. Increasingly, Americans use the Internet to shop, bank, keep in touch through email and chatting, get their news, and research topics of interest. Websites such as ebay let them pursue hobbies such as coin or stamp collecting. You can even get radio and television shows on the internet. Email is still the most common use of the internet, and its uses are growing everyday. People joke that soon the only reason to leave your house will be to find a wife, since you’ll be able to do everything else over the Internet.
因特網改變了美國人做事的方式。美國人越來越多地使用因特網購物、處理銀行業務、用電子郵件和聊天的方式和別人保持聯系,獲得新聞,以及對感興趣的題目做研究。比如ebay這樣的網站就可以使人們繼續自己收集硬幣或集郵的嗜好。通過因特網你還可以收聽和看電臺電視節目。電子郵件也仍是人們使用因特網最普遍的用途之一,而且它的使用每天還在增加。人們開玩笑說不久之后人們離家出走的唯一一個原因只可能是去尋求自己的另一半,因為除此之外其他一切都可以在網上進行。
Part Five: Vocabulary and Phrases
--Internet 因特網
--website/ site 網站
--email/ email address =electronic mail電子郵件
--account 賬,賬目,賬單
--library 圖書館,藏書室;圖書室
--password 口令;暗語
--search 搜查;在…中搜尋
--username用戶姓名
--click on…點擊
--computer 計算機,電子計算機
--research 研究,調查,探究