2 網絡的普及以及它的優缺點
段落大意：網絡在本世紀已迅速普及。人們利用電腦和網絡可以做很多事情，例如寫郵件、瀏覽信息等，並且不受時間限製、費用低廉。但網絡上陷阱也很多，要小心。
In the 21st century, the Internet has become very popular around the world. Since technology has improved, many people can use the Internet at home. From the Internet, people can write or receive emails, get information from around the world, or chat with friends or other people in different countries in instant messages with clear voices and images. Also, there is no time limit. One can use the Internet whenever he or she wants. In addition, it is very inexpensive, so it is a very convenient type of media. However, some companies or people set up a lot of traps through websites, emails, or instant messages to advertise their erotic business or to commit crimes, so we have to be careful.
3 網絡能夠提供各種各樣的資源
段落大意：人們可以利用網絡獲取各種各樣的信息，以用於學習、娛樂、溝通等各項活動。
People use the Internet to gather information of all sorts of things. This could be information regarding school work, which is a popular category, or it could be simple things like reading about a film review. They use the Internet prior to interview and use it for e-mailing. People also make use of the Internet by gathering information about travel and accommodation, and to order or cancel tickets for various events. The Internet is also widely used for the huge range of games that it offers and downloading a range of things like software and sometimes music, which can be illegal.
二、網絡的弊端
1 網絡上信息過度公開的弊端
段落大意：網絡上信息過度公開，個人隱私受到侵害。
The Internet is the world's largest international computer network. It allows users to get access to substantial amounts of information held at various locations all over the world, and it has challenged the organization of obligations and the responsibilities with respect to the processing of personal data.
2 網絡道德亟需規範
段落大意：網絡雖然在商業、教育等領域起著重要作用，但網絡的道德體係亟待規範。
No one denies that the Internet is the most useful tool for research, business, and education, yet the Internet is an issue as controversial as the legalities of abortion and homosexual rights. Many racy, illegal, and controversial materials are available on the Internet such as pornography and pirated software; on the other hand, many educational tools are on-line as well. This brings a need of discipline for a case of ethics in the Internet realm.
3 針對網絡上個人表達自由的質疑
段落大意：個人在網絡上的表達的自由引起爭議。
The Internet is a carrier of a vast array of information. It provides people all over the world with the opportunity to publish their thoughts, opinions, and virtually any type of information. At the same time, it allows information to be accessed by anyone with a computer worldwide. This has caused the ongoing debate regarding the freedom of expression.
4 網絡的社會危害
段落大意：網絡上的很多不良信息會對社會造成危害。
There is a large amount of information on the Internet that is harmful and found to be socially unacceptable. This type of harmful information can lead to criminal activity, thus becoming a threat to our society. For example, the instructions on how to build a bomb are readily available on the Internet. Some people who have seen this may be influenced to build the bomb. This could lead to terrorism.
088 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Telephones and e-mail have made communication between people less personal. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
電話和電子郵件使人們之間的交流變得缺少人情味了，你是否同意這種觀點？
1 電話是許多人共同的偉大發明
段落大意：電話是很多人共同的偉大發明。雖然貝爾是第一個申請電話專利的人，但曆史上曾有過激烈的專利爭奪戰。
The modern telephone is the achievement done by many people, all worthy of recognition of their contributions to the invention. Alexander Graham Bell was the first to patent the telephone as an“apparatus for transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically”after experimenting with many primitive sound transmitters and receivers. However, the history of the invention of the telephone is a confusing mass of claims and counterclaims, further worsened by lawsuits which attempted to resolve the patent claims of several individuals.
2 新技術改變人類社會
段落大意：新技術通過改變人們的溝通方式來徹底改變人類社會。
There have been three or even four times in recent history when a new technology has been introduced and fundamentally transformed human society by changing the way people communicate with each other. For the most part, the moments in which these new technologies came into being are preserved with a kind of clarity and drama both thrilling and unforgettable.
3 電子郵件普及的現狀
段落大意：電子郵件在人們中間廣泛普及。人們利用電子郵件交流，既便利、又快捷。
E-mail is short for electronic mail. E-mail is not only for fun but plays a large part in effective communication between major businesses. Almost everybody connected on the Internet has an e-mail account. E-mail is a useful way to send both text messages and attachments to other computers almost instantaneously.
4 電子郵件是項應運而生的新技術
段落大意：電子郵件是一項應運而生的新技術，其最大的特點就是它的發明是非計劃性的、非預期性的。
“A surprising aspect of the message service is the unplanned, unanticipated, and unsupported nature of its birth and early growth,”reads a report on e-mail written for ARPA* in 1976. “It just happened, and its early history has seemed more like the discovery of a natural phenomenon than the deliberate development of a new technology.”One reason that it was adopted so quickly was that it perfectly suited the communication needs and style of the engineers who built the electronic way of communication.
*注：ARPA （美）高級研究計劃局（Advanced Research Projects Agency）
5 電子郵件改變了人類的交流方式
段落大意：電子郵件改變了人類社會的交流方式。電子郵件是電腦上最主要、使用最廣泛的應用。
We in the ARPA community （and no doubt many others outside it）have come to realize that we have in our hands something very big, and possibly very important. It is now plain to all of us that message service over computer networks has enormous potential for changing the way communication is done in all sectors of our society. In 1996, for the first time, more electronic mail was sent than postal mail in the U.S. Almost from its creation, email has been the most widely used Internet application, and in that respect can claim to be the most important. These same capabilities also underlie the technology of mailing lists.