There are so many reasons why email
is beneficial to society. It's usually free and the person receiving it
gets the message within seconds. People can also transfer files and pictures
from one location to another, making it almost a necessity in modern life.
Benefits
Apart from sending and receiving
messages and pictures, email serves so many other purposes. The main function
of email is that it transfers written word with the speed of a telephone. It's
a great way for small or large businesses to participate or monitor progress on
a project. You can inform many people of the same thing featuring pictures and
reports much easier and quicker than via a face-to-face meeting. You can make
hundreds of people aware of business meetings or anything else with the click
of the mouse. Email also has no time or place constraints. You can check, send
and view emails anytime you need to. The main benefit of email is the low to no
cost to use it.
Features
Most email options offer the same
features. If you pay for your email services, you may receive a few more
features that aren't available to those who use free email. Some will allow you
to send files as big as 25MB, add other email accounts, an address book, and a
calendar. If you are paying for services, most will give you a personalized
email address. Companies like Big String even allow you to destroy emails after
they've been sent for free, sort of like a self-destructing email. Even with
all these different features, almost all come with some sort of spam blocker
and filter system to help you organize and filter out junk mail as people get
bogged down with unwanted mail.
Size
One nice thing about email is that
size limit on some email servers is unlimited. Many email services feature a
certain amount of space available to store your emails. However, servers such
as Yahoo offer users unlimited storage while most others offer 20GB, more or
less.
Warnings
Although email has so many benefits
and features, there is still something you should be careful about. When
sending an email, make sure you are sending it to the right people. It can be
quite embarrassing to find out you sent a very personal or private email and
everyone in your address book got it.
COMPREHENSION
1. Which one would be the best title
for the text?
a) The benefits of Email q
b) The
history of Email q
c) The drawbacks of Email q
d) The disadvantages of
Email q
2. Pick out three details from the
passage showing the role that Emails play in our life.
a)………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...……………................................…………………………………………
b)…………………………………...……………………………………………………………………………………...…………………...........................……………………………………
c)………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...………………………................................………………………………
3. Decide if these statements are
true or false, then, justify your answer.
a. The receiver waits for a very long time to receive an
Email.
Truer Falser
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b. Files and pictures cannot be
transferred from one location to another via Email.
Truer Falser
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c. Email can be seen, sent, and received anywhere
and everywhere.
Truer Falser
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d. Some Email services provide extra options and
features.
Truer Falser
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4. Answer the following questions in
your own words as far as possible.
a. Why is Email beneficial in our life?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........................……………………………………
b. What
is the main function of Email?
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c. What
is the main benefit of Email?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....................................…………………
d. What
are the other features that you get if you pay for you email service?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....................................…………………
5. Match the following words with
their definitions
Word |
|
Definition |
1. Transfer |
a) A unit used in measuring the amount of
information a computer can store, which has the value 1 048 576 bytes. |
|
2. File |
b) Unwanted email, usually advertisements. |
|
3. Purpose |
c) Post, usually advertising products or
services, which is sent to people although they have not
asked for it. |
|
4. MB |
d) Information stored on a computer as one
unit with one name. |
|
5. Spam |
e) to put or keep
things in a special place for use in the future. |
|
6.
Junk mail |
f) To move something from one place to another. |
|
7.
Store |
g) Why you do something. |
|
8.
Server |
h) A central computer from which other
computers get information. |
6. What does the underlined word in
the text refer to?
a) It (Paragraph 1) : …………………….……….…………