It is estimated that about 200 million people who use the Internet computer network around the world. The Internet allows people to work at home instead of travelling to work. The Internet allows businesses to communicate with customers and workers in many parts of the world for the cost of a local telephone call. Email allows users to send documents, pictures and other data from one part of the world to another in at least 5 minutes. People can use the Internet to do shopping. This saves a lot of time. It is possible to use the Internet for education students may connect with their teachers from home to send or receive email or talk their problems through on-line rather than attend a class. 1. How many people that use the Internet computer network around the world? 2. What does the Internet allow people to do? 3. What does the Internet allow businesses to do? 4. Can people use the internet to do shopping? 5. Is it possible to use the Internet for education? VI. READ & ANSWER THE QUESTIONS 4 A birthday is the day when a person was born. In many places, on a persons birthday, he or she celebrates with friends and family at a party. Where they eat cake or other foods, and get gifts. In many English-speaking countries, people sing the song Happy birthday to You to the person celebrating his/her birthday. There are similar songs in other languages. A birthday cake is usually decorated and covered with candles. Most of time the number of candles is the same as the age of the birthday person. A birthday can give a person new responsibilities and rights. In the United States of America, a person can buy tobacco and pornography, vote, and become a legal adult at the age of 18. In Judaism, boys have a bar mitzvah around the time they become 13. Girls sometimes have a bat mitzvah around their 12th or 13th birthday. In Latin America, a quinceanera party makes a girls 15th birthday. 1. What does a person often do on her/his birthday? 2. Who is the song Happy Birthday to You sung to? 3. What is the birthday cake decorated with? 4. At what age does an American person have rights to vote? VII. READ & ANSWER THE QUESTIONS 5 English is an international language. One thousand million people speak English in the world. It is the first language of 400 million people. It is the second language of about 600 million people. Four fifths of the world computers use programs in English. Three quarters of all international correspondence is in English. Does English have the most speakers? No, it doesnt surprisingly. Twice as many people speak Chinese as the first language. 1. How many people speak English in the world? 2. How many people speak English as the first language? 3. Which language has the most speakers? 4. Why is English considered as an international language?