Maintaining Internet Privacy

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1. Guarding One’s Privacy I went to visit my old friend, Mina, whom I hadn’t seen in several years. It was one of the strangest afternoons of my life! Dan: Hi, Mina, it’s really good to see you. Mina: Dan, come in. Hurry! Dan: Uh, okay. Why do you have four locks on your door, and why are all […]...
2. Being Conservative and Daring Wendy: I really don’t think Monty is the right person for this project. He’s too Conservative in his thinking. We need someone who’s a Risk taker. Burt: Monty will get the job done. That’s the most important thing. Wendy: Not if the finished product is Staid and boring. Our client won’t be happy with that. […]...
3. Formatting Text Chad: Okay, this report is finally finished. Pamela: Oh, not quite. I’m still working on the Formatting. Chad: We used the Standard formatting for this type of report. I don’t think we should play around with the Text. Pamela: Standard is boring. I want our report to be special. I’m putting a nice Border on […]...
4. Carrier Pigeon Faster Than Broadband Internet In South Africa, a carrier pigeon carrying a 4GB memory stick proved to be faster than the ADSL service from the country’s biggest web firm, Telkom. Winston the pigeon took one hour and eight minutes to carry the data across the 60-mile course, and it took another hour to upload the data. During the same […]...
5. Internet Dating Kevin: I know a lot of people are doing it, but I’m not so sure about trying an Internet dating service. Eun: What do you have to lose? This website says that it Screens all of its members. Let’s look at some of the Profiles. Kevin: All right. We have to select the Criteria for […]...
6. Driving While Calling and Texting Pamela: [laughs] Did you see this Tweet from Sarah? She’s so funny. Josh: Hold on. I’m Texting Lance. I want to make sure he knows where we’re Meeting up. Pamela: [cell phone rings] Hello. Oh, hi Lance. Did you get Josh’s text? You didn’t? Let me IM you, bye. Josh: I wonder why Lance didn’t […]...
7. Having Trouble Making a Decision Lorenzo: Have you bought a new television yet? Katia: No, I’m still looking at Consumer reviews and Weighing my options. I’m not sure yet what size I want or what features I need. I’m Keeping my options open for now. Lorenzo: I thought your old TV stopped working three weeks ago. You still haven’t Made […]...
8. Talking About Attractive Men and Women Pamela: You know that your tongue is hanging out of your mouth, right? David: That’s because I’ve never seen so many beautiful women in one place before. Why have I never been to this beach before? Look at her! She’s a Hottie! Pamela: Isn’t that what you said about that woman over there? David: No, […]...
9. Corporate Spying Joachim: I’m really having Second thoughts about hiring a firm to do Corporate spying for us. I don’t want to do anything that’s Ethically questionable. Dawn: We have no choice but to do it. All of our competitors conduct corporate Espionage. Joachim: I can understand spying on our competitors, but I Draw the line at […]...
10. Having Trouble Making a Decision Lorenzo: Have you bought a new television yet? Katia: No, I’m still looking at Consumer reviews and Weighing my options. I’m not sure yet what size I want or what features I need. I’m Keeping my options open for now. Lorenzo: I thought your old TV stopped working three weeks ago. You still haven’t Made […]...
11. Dealing with Website Hackers Valerie: You’ll never guess what happened over the weekend. Bill: What? Valerie: Our website was attacked by Hackers, and nobody could Access it. Bill: You’re kidding! What did they do? Valerie: They got access to our Server and Embedded some Malicious code that caused the site to be redirected to their own website. Bill: But […]...
12. Customizing a Personal Webpage Keiko: The Layout of your webpage is so Lame. Why don’t you Customize it? Al: Why bother? I don’t want to spend the time or the energy. Keiko: Let me show you my page. Check out this Background. Don’t you think it’s great? Al: Yeah, it’s great. Can I get back to my book now? […]...
13. Participating in Internet Discussion Groups Dale: I didn’t know you read that Forum. What’s your Screen name? Jessie: It’s “jessiegirl,” but I don’t Post very often. I like to Lurk and follow the different Threads, but I prefer to Keep a low profile. Dale: Really? I post all the time. I just put my new web address on my Profile, […]...
14. Перевод слова Internet Internet – Интернет Перевод слова To sell through the Internet – продавать через интернет to surf the Internet – бродить по сети internet banking – банковское обслуживание через интернет Do you have access to the Internet? У вас есть доступ в интернет? He got this information from the Internet. Он нашел эту информацию в интернете. […]...
15. The Internet – Интернет The Internet is a huge network of computers spanning this planet and is now started to bring in the surrounding area like space. Some computers like servers share data, others just surf the web as clients downloading the data. Public Internet began in the late 70’s. In the 70*s web users used an interface called […]...
16. Popular internet memes based on the Pokemon character Slowpoke About Slowpoke is a Pokemon-themed reaction image response popularized on 4chan as a way to troll other users. The accompanying text often uses the line “Hey guys, did you hear…” before presenting a piece of old or oversaturated information. Origin The character of Slowpoke, a large pink Water/Psychic type creature that resembles a cross between […]...
17. Business Websites I was hired to set up a website for a small bookstore and the owner knew very little about the Internet. I tried to find out what she wanted for her business website. Octavio: Let me show you some websites I’ve designed. I have them all bookmarked. Okay, this is a website for a restaurant. […]...
18. Advertising Jobs on the Internet Wendy: I just heard that you’re not going to use a Recruitment agency to fill the new position. Pedro: No, I’m not. There are so many Internet Job boards out there that I think we can find good Candidates without using Headhunters. Wendy: But headhunters do a good job of Weeding out people who don’t […]...
19. Диалог на английском языке с переводом “Интернет (The Internet)” По-английски Перевод на русский Andy: Tell me Ross, how often do you use the Internet? Энди: Скажи мне Росс, как часто ты используешь интернет? Ross: Rather often, I’d say. I use it every day, because I need to check my e-mail, to read the news, to chat with friends. Why are you asking anyway? Росс: […]...
20. Buying on the Internet It’s true that I don’t like shopping. When I want to buy something, I do it Online. I like buying on the Internet because I can easily do some Comparison shopping And find the best price. It’s easy, too. Last week I wanted to buy some new Headphones. I did a search and found a […]...
21. Driving in Great Britain – Вождение в Великобритании Welcome to the free Tourist Information Line for visitors to Great Britain. For information on visas and immigration, please press one. For information on driving in Britain, please press two. For information on hotels, please press three. For information on public transport in Britain, please press four. To return to this menu at any time […]...
22. Internet В топике Интернет я делюсь своими мыслями, что такое Интернет, насколько он удобен и необходим. Я считаю, что Интернет – это самая удобная и удивительная вещь, которая уже стала привычной и необходимой для миллионов пользователей. Изначально, в 60-х годах, Интернет был военным экспериментом в США, но вскоре стал важной частью жизни каждого человека. В Интернете […]...
23. Перевод слова data Data – данные, сведения Перевод слова Collected data – накопленные данные compilation of data – сбор и обработка данных to convert data – преобразовывать данные Computers process Data. Компьютеры обрабатывают данные. Do you control these Data? Вы обладаете этими данными? He misread the Data. Он неправильно прочел данные. Примеры из жизни Существует множество составных слов […]...
24. Перевод слова risk Risk – опасность, риск, рисковать Перевод слова That policy is now at risk – эта политика находится сейчас под угрозой commercial risk – коммерческий риск decision under risk – решение с учетом риска Why Risk your life? Зачем рисковать своей жизнью? It’s not worth the Risk. Это не стоит риска. Let’s minimize the Risk. Давайте […]...
25. Internet Facts – Факты об Интернете The prototype for the Internet was created in the sixties by the US Defense Department. To ensure that communication could be kept open in the event of a nuclear attack, it created a computer network known as Arpanet – the Advanced Research Project Agency Network. The first attempt to connect two computers and allow them […]...
26. Перевод слова page Page – страница Перевод слова At the bottom of the page – внизу страницы front-page headlines – заголовки передовиц the layout of the text on the page – размещение текста на странице page layout – макет страницы There is a Page missing. Здесь недостает страницы. See Page 11. Смотрите на стр. 11. Leave the last […]...
27. Перевод слова access Access – доступ Перевод слова Disabled access – вход для инвалидов на колясках free access – свободный доступ unlimited access – неограниченный доступ to deny access – запретить доступ access time – время доступа Do you have Access to the Internet? У вас есть доступ в интернет? That Access of fear loosened his joints. Приступ […]...
28. Vacationing on an Island Mohsen: I need to get off this Island. I’m getting Island fever. Ella: We’ve only been here two days. Give it a chance. We’re here to enjoy a slower Pace of life, remember? Mohsen: When you said we were going on an island vacation, I didn’t know we’d be so Isolated. There isn’t a Living […]...
29. The Future of the Internet – Будущее Интернета&nbsp Everywhere we go, we hear about the Internet. It’s on television, in magazines, newspapers, and in schools. One might think that this network of millions of computers around the globe is as fast and captivating as television, but with more and more users logging on everyday and staying on longer and longer, this “Information Superhighway” […]...
30. Значение идиомы run a risk [run a risk] or [take a risk] {v. phr.} To be open to danger orloss; put yourself in danger; be unprotected. A baseball umpirewears a mask and chest protector so he won’t run the risk of being hitby the ball. Billy takes a risk of being hit by a car when he runsinto the street […]...
31. Перевод слова gain Gain – добывать, зарабатывать, добиваться Перевод слова To gain influence – становиться влиятельным to gain recognition – добиться признания to gain one’s bread – зарабатывать на кусок хлеба No pains, no Gains. Не попотеешь – не заработаешь. You will Gain by reading these books. Тебе будет полезно прочитать эти книги. He Gains a hundred a […]...
32. The Internet – Интернет (2) What role does the Internet play today? There is no doubt it has greatly changed the way we live. Millions of people use it every day, whether they study, work or travel around the world. As far as I am concerned, I can’t imagine my life without the Internet. It helps me to get in […]...
33. Top 9 Signs Your Cat Has Learned Your Internet Password 9. E-mail flames from some guy named “Fluffy.” 8. Traces of kitty litter in your keyboard. 7. You find you’ve been subscribed to strange newsgroups like alt. recreational. catnip. 6. Your mouse has teeth marks in it… and a strange aroma of tuna. 5. Hate-mail messages to Apple Computers, Inc. about thier release of “CyberDog.” […]...
34. An Internet Christmas T’was the Internet Night Before Christmas ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the Net, There were hacker’s a surfing. Nerds? Yeah, you bet. The e-mails were stacked by the modem with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The newbies were nestled all snug by their screens, While visions of […]...
35. Breaching Computer Security Jin: Did you hear what happened to McQ Corp? Dina: No, what? Jin: Hackers were able to get Unauthorized access to its computer systems and cause a lot of problems over the weekend. They destroyed Data and Rendered the system Unusable. In fact, the entire system Crashed. Dina: I hadn’t heard that. Why McQ Corp? […]...
36. Перевод слова personal Personal – личный, персональный Перевод слова Personal opinion – личное мнение personal needs – личные потребности to become personal – переходить на личности personal charm – личное обаяние personal computer – персональный компьютер She hired a Personal trainer. Она наняла личного тренера. He quit for Personal reasons. Он уволился по личным причинам. Don’t pry into […]...
37. Buying on the Internet It’s true that I don’t like shopping. When I want to buy something, I do it Online. I like buying on the Internet because I can easily do some Comparison shopping And find the best price. It’s easy, too. Last week I wanted to buy some new Headphones. I did a search and found a […]...
38. Three college students were rapping about who they’d like to be Three college students were rapping about who they’d like to be cast off on a desert with. The first one opted for Cindy Crawford. The next one chose Pamela Anderson. The third man chose Virginia Pipeline. “Never heard of her.” his companions protested. “Who is she?” “Why she’s just the greatest Italian gal of all, […]...
39. Перевод слова post Post – сообщение, почта Перевод слова By return of post – с обратной почтой by registered post – заказным письмом military post – полевая почта I took the letter to the Post. Я отнес письмо на почту. I’ll send the book to you by Post. Я пошлю тебе эту книгу по почте. The letter came […]...
40. Hacker fakes German minister’s fingerprints using photos of her hands Jan Krissler used high resolution photos, including one from a government press office, to successfully recreate the fingerprints of Germany’s defence minister. It’s an old cliché of security researchers: fingerprints might appear more secure than passwords. But if your password gets stolen, you can change it to a new one; what happens when your fingerprint […]...