VOCABULARY cyberspace - cyberprzestrzeń imaginary - wyimaginowany, wyobrażony activity - działalność real - prawdziwy, rzeczywisty virtual - wirtualny website - witryna internetowa origin - początek, pochodzenie to appear - pojawiać się novel - powieść to describe - opisywać

LESSON 1
Cyberspace

V1: Do you listen to the BBC English programme 'Networds'?

V2: Of course I do.

V1: At the beginning they use the word cyberspace; I don't know what it means.

V2: Hm... neither do I.

Cyberspace is the imaginary space where all the activity of the internet happens. But it’s not a real place. It’s not a place you can physically go to. It’s a virtual world - a place that’s not part of the real world, but created because of the internet. Nobody lives in cyberspace. You can't go there, but lots of things happen there.

V1: I've found a website about the origins of the word cyberspace.

V2: Oh, so where does the word come from?

V1: Well, it first appeared in a novel, where it was used to describe a virtual world.

V2: And who wrote this book?

V1: A science fiction writer called William Gibson. It was his first novel.

V2: And what was the novel called?

V1: It was called 'Neuromancer'…

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