Unit 1 8 Future trends 18.1 Making predictions (1)Language in use Read this article. Where do the sentences in the box belong? a soon, every business will have a website where it can advertise its products b business will certainly reduce their costs by using the Internet c The number of users is growing steadily at 10% a month d others suggest that online shopping will amount to $30 billion by the year 2005 The Internet In 1998 over 35 million people world-wide were using the Internet It is easy to see why it is so popular. For the price of a local phone call, you can find out about anything you wish, send and receive e-mail, and do your shopping Business use of the Internet has grown dramatically. Companies have found a new marketplace for their goods on the Internet.(2) In the united States, experts predict that over $2 billion will be spent advertising on the Web by2002.(3) British business spend nearly t37 billion per year at present processing orders and sending out invoices. There will be huge savings if the Internet is used to administration and personnel costs Read the article again. Then match the numbers to their explanations like this: l￡37bill a the monthly rate of increase in the number of Internet users 210% b the amount American business will spend advertising on the Internet by2002 3 $30 billion the number of Internet users in 1998 4 $2 billion d the amount that British business now spend on administration 535 millior e the amount spent on online shopping by 2005 (3)writing How will you use the Internet? Write sentences about what you will and wont use the Internet for like this: I( banking)I'l do my banking on the Internet. 4(music)Unit 18 Future trends 18.1 Making predictions (1) Language in use Read this article. Where do the sentences in the box belong? (2) Reading Read the article again. Then match the numbers to their explanations like this: 1 £37 billion a the monthly rate of increase in the number of Internet users 2 10% b the amount American business will spend advertising on the Internet by 2002 3 $30 billion c the number of Internet users in 1998 4 $2 billion d the amount that British business now spend on administration 5 35 million e the amount spent on online shopping by 2005 (3) Writing How will you use the Internet? Write sentences about what you will and won’t use the Internet for like this: 1 (banking) I’ll do my banking on the Internet. 2 (lectures) __________________________________ 3 (shopping) _________________________________ 4 (music) ____________________________________ a soon, every business will have a website where it can advertise its products. b business will certainly reduce their costs by using the Internet. c The number of users is growing steadily at 10% a month. d Others suggest that online shopping will amount to $30 billion by the year 2005. The Internet In 1998 over 35 million people world-wide were using the Internet. (1) ________. It is easy to see why it is so popular. For the price of a local phone call, you can find out about anything you wish, send and receive e-mail, and do your shopping! Business use of the Internet has grown dramatically. Companies have found a new marketplace for their goods on the Internet. (2) ________. In the United States, experts predict that over $2 billion will be spent advertising on the Web by 2002. (3) ________. (4) ________. British business spend nearly £37 billion per year at present processing orders and sending out invoices. There will be huge savings if the Internet is used to administration and personnel costs