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The internet is an excellent source for finding many types of information and for keeping up with new developments in the world. Today, an ever-increasing number of people are using the Internet to dig up related information, conduct business or personal activities, access electronic data basis, send email and network with relatives, colleagues or friends. Frequently referred to as the information superhighway, the Internet is actually a network of computer networks. You may think of the Internet as analogies to the Interstate highway system. Just as the Interstate system connects to you different cities via many different routes, the Internet connects computers around the world via a number of different electronic pathways. At the most basic level, a computer, a modem and the right type of software can a person onto the Internet. Through the Internet, you can access massive amounts of information by accessing computers that are linked together. Generally speaking, two types of information available on the Internet are the most useful for people. That is conversational resources and reference resources. Conversational resources allow users to have conversations with individuals anywhere in the world.
Mailing lists and news groups are the primary types of conversational resources. Mailing lists include electronic mail whereby the user can read messages, send to any other individual or group of individuals who have subscribed by having their names and electronic mail address placed on the sender’s list of addresses. News groups are essentially electronic bulletin boards. Anyone with Internet access can post an article to the board, and anyone with Internet access can read the board. The reference resources you most frequently encounter are the worldwide web---www, or the web for short. The web uses HTML---hypertexted markup language to transfer text, sound, graphics and video. Of course, you need browsers to view documents, and navigate through the intricate link structure. The most popular and well known browser is Microsoft Internet Explorer.Statements
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Our firm is planning to startup a new branch in Australia early next year. And we are making a feasibility study of the proposal.
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You would like me to describe our chief accountant? Well, I could never stay away any of his briefings without first drinking at least 3 cups of coffee.
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Miss. Brown hasn’t had any previous working experience. She graduated from college 3yrs ago, and started to work for us right away.
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When the secretary said that the memorandum would be ready by Wednesday, the general manager told her to take her time.
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If you give us a 10% discount on this product, we will place a 2nd order immediately after we received the 1st one next month.
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Scientists believe that some animals become extinct because of changes in climate. When the places they live become hotter or colder, and they can’t adapt to the new surroundings, they die.
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I have been looking into the question of having the products delivered by air. It’s quick, the goods are less liable to damage than by sea, and there is less risk of holdups.
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Today with the rapid social and economic changes of modern times, generation gap is found within the same generation between people of different age groups, sometimes with only a few years apart.
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Last yr’s annual sales conference was a great success. We have an attendance of almost 100 agents and influential customers. This time we are accounting on more than 180.
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Originally, we had planned to invest 3.5million in that project, but just look at this figure, it has almost doubled that amount.