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How the internet reaches you
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Follow a description of a hidden system.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- cable
- A thick wire that carries electricity or signals.
- signal
- Information sent as electricity, light or radio waves.
- fraction
- A small part of something.
Answer key
- Most data between continents travels through cables under the sea.The stress in “continents” is on “con”.
- These cables carry signals as pulses of light.“Pulses of” — “of” is weak.
- On land, data moves through networks of underground lines.The stress in “underground” is on “un”.
- The final connection to your home may use copper wire or radio signals.The stress in “connection” is on “nec”.
- All of this happens in a fraction of a second.“A fraction of a second” means a very short time.