Maria: What are you doing, Kangkang?
Kangkang: I’m doing some shopping on the Internet. It’s a little [1]a little: 一点儿，这里用来修饰形容词的比较级cheaper cheaper.
Maria: What else [2]else: 其它的 常用在不定代词和除which外的特殊疑问词之后；有所有格形式else’s；在句中仅起强调作用 can you do online [3] online: 美: [ˈɑnˌlaɪn] 英: [ˈɒnlaɪn] adj. 联机的；在线的；生产中?
Kangkang: I can find information [4]information: 美: [ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃ(ə)n] 英: [ˌɪnfə(r)ˈmeɪʃ(ə)n] n. 信息；资料；情报；资讯 ||| 不可数名词 , send emails, listen to music, watch movies and so on. 1 can also chat with my grandmother face to face [5]face to face: 面对面.
Maria: That’s great! The Internet makes the world smaller. How does it work [6]work: 美: [wɜrk] 英: [wɜː(r)k] n. 工作；作品；劳动；功 v. 劳动；干活；奏效；运行?
Kangkang: Mm, let me find out [7]find out: 查出；发现；看清…的面目；识破 the information online.
( Five minutes later.)
Kangkang: A special language makes computers talk with each other [8]each other: 代词 互相.
Maria: When did it come into being [9]come into being: 形成，产生?
Kangkang; Scientists started to study the Internet in the 1960s [10] in the 1960s: 在20世纪60年代 and made it into use [11]make … into use: 让……投入使用 in the 1990s.
Maria: I’m sure the Internet will become more and more important [12] more and more important: 越来越重要| 需要注意 more and more 可以单独使用，表示“越来越多” to us.
Word Bank
| ↑1 | a little: 一点儿，这里用来修饰形容词的比较级cheaper |
|---|---|
| ↑2 | else: 其它的 常用在不定代词和除which外的特殊疑问词之后；有所有格形式else’s；在句中仅起强调作用 |
| ↑3 | online: 美: [ˈɑnˌlaɪn] 英: [ˈɒnlaɪn] adj. 联机的；在线的；生产中 |
| ↑4 | information: 美: [ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃ(ə)n] 英: [ˌɪnfə(r)ˈmeɪʃ(ə)n] n. 信息；资料；情报；资讯 ||| 不可数名词 |
| ↑5 | face to face: 面对面 |
| ↑6 | work: 美: [wɜrk] 英: [wɜː(r)k] n. 工作；作品；劳动；功 v. 劳动；干活；奏效；运行 |
| ↑7 | find out: 查出；发现；看清…的面目；识破 |
| ↑8 | each other: 代词 互相 |
| ↑9 | come into being: 形成，产生 |
| ↑10 | in the 1960s: 在20世纪60年代 |
| ↑11 | make … into use: 让……投入使用 |
| ↑12 | more and more important: 越来越重要| 需要注意 more and more 可以单独使用，表示“越来越多” |
