Generally speaking, we can do a lot of things on Internet: searching information, sending or receiving E-mails, talking with others on Internet, buying cheaper goods and so on. Besides, we are English Major students, we need more things on English to enrich our minds and boarden our views. I always browse through some websites like The New York Times or holy bibles to read world news or stories. And it helps me to enlarge my vocabulary and knowledge and also saves me a lot of time on searching newspapers and books in the library or bookstore. How amazing!
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shopping on the Internet
Once the preserve of academics and scientists, the internet has emerged as a key platform to facilitate commerce and communication on a global basis. The internet continues to grow at exponential rates and is transforming the value chain of virtually every industry worldwide. Nearly 1 billion people, about 15 percent of the world's population, will be using the Internet by 2005 (CyberAtlas), and their use will fuel more than $5 trillion in Internet commerce. "With the dot-com stock crash and U.S. economic doldrums so much in the news, it's easy to lose sight of the explosive growth in Internet usage and commerce taking place below the surface," said John Gantz, IDC's chief research officer. "More than 100 million new users come onto the Web every year, and corporate volume purchasing over the Web is just getting cranked up. Add to that the proliferation of mobile phones and other Internet access devices that will allow people to access the Internet anytime, anywhere, and you have a scenario for explosive growth