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GENERAL ENGLISH · VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT · INTERMEDIATE (B1-B2)

SURFING
THE NET
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1 Warm-up

How often do you use the internet? What do you use it for?

2 Key words

Match the words on the left with the definitions on the right.

1. a post a. a company that connects your computer to the Internet, and lets
you use email and other services
2. an Internet Service b. a message or article that you put on a website for everybody to
Provider (ISP) read
3. a subscriber c. an application, e.g. Google Chrome, that allows you to look at
pages on the internet
4. bandwidth d. a record of your thoughts and opinions that you put on the
Internet for other people to read
5. a blog e. somebody who regularly pays money to a company in order to
receive a service
6. a browser f. the amount of information per second that can move between
computers connected by a telephone wire

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Now complete the sentences below.

1. I have a problem with my internet connection. My isn’t displaying any webpages.

2. I read an interesting on Mark’s Facebook page.
3. My has blocked my access to the internet because I forgot to pay my last bill.
4. Watching online videos consumes a lot of .
5. This website is very popular. It has over 1 million .
6. You have lots of interesting ideas. Why don’t you start your own ?

3 Reading
Read the text on the next page and answer the questions below.

Net neutrality
An open internet

Net neutrality is the idea that Internet Service Providers and governments should treat all data on
the internet the same. Everybody should be able to access the same websites and ISPs should not
interfere. For example, you can criticize your ISP on a blog post and the ISP will not restrict access
to that post for its other subscribers, even if the post may be bad for its business.
Net neutrality has allowed the internet to grow to a truly global network, and it has allowed people to
freely express their ideas and opinions in public. Thanks to net neutrality, it is possible for anybody to
start a website. Unlike cable TV, for example, you don’t need to have a lot of money or connections
to set up a service and reach viewers. You just host your website and anybody can visit you. And
if your service is good, you will get noticed. This is how Google, Twitter, Facebook and many other
services started.
There are a few arguments against net neutrality. For example, some ISPs believe that they should
be allowed to charge companies for services like YouTube because these services consume a lot of
bandwidth compared to a normal website.

Without net neutrality, the internet as we know it will not exist. Instead of free access, there might
be "package plans". For example, you pay $10/month and you can only access websites in your
country. Or you have to pay for a faster connection to some types of sites like YouTube. And if you
start a new website, you might have to pay ISPs for faster access to your website.

1. What is net neutrality?

2. What do you think ‘interfere’ means in the context of Paragraph 1?
3. Give an example of net neutrality.
4. What are the two main advantages of net neutrality?
5. Why is it easier to start a website than set up a cable tv channel or programme?
6. What is the argument against net neutrality?
7. What would the internet look like without net neutrality?

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4 Talking point

Do you think net neutrality is a good thing?

5 Collocations

Match the verbs on the left to the words on the right to form phrases from the text.

1. restrict a. access

2. express b. a lot of bandwidth

3. set up c. a service

4. reach d. a website

5. host e. viewers

6. consume f. your ideas and opinions

Now make your own sentences with these phrases.

6 Internet verbs

Watch the video and complete the sentence about each clip with the following verbs.

click on download drag into enlarge

enter paste scroll down zoom in

Video
1. a query in the search bar.
2. the page to find a suitable result.
3. the link to learn more about the topic.
4. Click the link to the file.
5. the image by clicking on it.
6. Copy and the URL in a new tab.
7. to see more detail.
8. the image the message area.

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Key

1. Warm-up

Encourage a short warm-up discussion.

2. Key words

Students can work individually and check in pairs.

1. b 2. a 3. e 4. f 5. d 6. c

1. browser 2. post 3. Internet Service Provider

4. bandwidth 5. subscribers 6. blog

3. Reading

Students read the text and answer the questions below.

1. the idea that Internet Service Providers and governments should treat all data on the internet the same
2. prevent people from fully accessing the internet
3. You can criticize your ISP on a blog post and the ISP will not restrict access to that post for its other subscribers.
4. 1) people can freely express their ideas and opinions in public; 2) anybody can start a website
5. You don’t need a lot of money or connections.
6. Some services like YouTube consume a lot of bandwidth and ISPs should be able to charge companies for these
services.
7. There might be package plans for accessing the internet.

5. Collocations

Students can work individually and check in pairs.

1. a 2. f 3. c 4. e 5. d 6. b

6. Internet verbs

Play the video file. Students can work individually and check in pairs. Go through the answers with the class.
1. enter 2. scroll down 3. click on 4. download
5. enlarge 6. paste 7. zoom in 8. drag into

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