(
课件网) B3U3Reading The Internet: a world without frontiers 互联网：无疆世界 take off 突然大受欢迎,迅速流行;脱下;起飞;休假 e.g.: ①After _____ the company from his father, he _____ some advanced ideas and _____ some skillful workers, which suggests that his company will _____ soon. ②When the delayed flight will take off depends much on the weather. ③He took off my wet boots and made me sit by the fire. ④After graduating from college, I took some time off to go traveling. take down 写下;记下 take in 吸收;领会;收留;欺骗 take on 承担;呈现;雇用 take up 拿起;开始从事;占据 take over 接管 taking over took in took on take off The Internet has the power to connect people across the world to a single shared community. Billions of people in different parts of the world have joined it already, and obviously many more will follow. Even in the countryside, the Internet enables people to reach beyond their villages and get in touch with the outside world. We can achieve almost anything online—with access to the Internet come some truly life-changing advantages. 互联网拥有将全世界的人互联成一个共享群体的能力。世界各地数十亿人已加入其中，而且显而易见，更多人会接踵而至。即便在乡村，互联网也能使人们超越自己的村庄与外界联络。我们在网上几乎无所不能，接入互联网带来了一些实在在的、改变我们生活的好处。 One of the greatest advantages of the Internet lies in the quick and easy access to a huge amount of information. To a certain extent, the world’s knowledge is all at our fingertips. With the click of a mouse or the touch of a button, it is possible to find out almost anything we care to know, from recipes to travel packages, from military affairs to learning resources. In the time it takes to find one book in the library, we can use a search engine to bring up millions of results. No wonder the Internet has now become the first place that the majority of people turn to for information. 互联网的最大优势之一在于可以快速、方便地获取海量信息。从某种程度而言，动动手指，全世界的知识就能尽在掌握。点一下鼠标，或者按一下按钮，就有可能找到几乎所有我们想了解的一切，从烹饪食谱到旅游套餐，从军事事务到学习资源。在图书馆找一本书的工夫，我们就可以用搜索引擎让上百万的结果出现在屏幕上。难怪互联网现在已经成为大多数人获取信息的首选途径。 The Internet has also made our lives unbelievably convenient, with all sorts of goods and services provided by electronic commerce, more commonly known as e-commerce. You can have food delivered to you using food delivery apps and sites. Gone are the days of searching shop after shop for the perfect pair of boots—you can compare styles and prices quickly and easily in the comfort of your living room. 互联网通过电子商务———也就是通常所说的电商———提供应有尽有的商品和服务，给我们的生活带来了难以置信的便利。通过外卖程序和网站，你可以让人送餐上门。为了买一双理想的靴子，一家店接一家店去找的日子已经一去不复返了，你可以舒舒服服地待在自家客厅里比较款式和价格，省时省力。 Why wait hopelessly for a t ... ...
