[00:00.00]Unit 4 Cyberspace

[00:05.64]Lesson 1 Tomorrow's World

[00:09.41]The Future of Cyberspace

[00:12.54]Peter Taylor finds out how computers

[00:14.88]and the Internet are going to affect our lives.

[00:19.91]In the last thirty years,

[00:21.57]the Internet has grown rapidly.

[00:23.62]In 1983,there were only 200 computers connected

[00:27.76]to the Interent;now there are around 50 million

[00:31.94]and this growth is clearly going to continue.

[00:35.94]Some experts are pessimistic about the future.

[00:39.21]One worry is crime in cyberspace.

[00:42.72]Even now,young hackers can get into the

[00:45.71]computers of banks and governments.

[00:48.71]In the future,terrorists may"attack"the world's

[00:52.15]computers,cause chaos,

[00:54.95]and make planes and trains crash.

[00:58.83]However,many people are optimistic about

[01:01.60]the future of the Internet.

[01:03.89]Already,users can buy books,find out about

[01:07.48]holiday offers,book tickets,and get all sorts

[01:10.97]of information from the Internet.

[01:14.37]"In the next few years,"says Angela Rossetto

[01:17.93]of cyberia magazine,

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