Pre-reading questions:
- Do you have a smartphone?
- What do you usually do with your smartphone?
Vocabulary:
- made /meyd/
- perform /per-FAWRM/
- secure /si-KYOOR/
- collect /kuh-LEKT/
- support /suh-PAWRT/
[verb] produced in a particular way or place
The wedding gown is made by her grandmother.
[verb] to do an action or piece of work
The doctors successfully performed the operation on the girl.
[verb] to make certain something is protected from danger or risk
The police department secured the evacuation center.
[verb] to bring something together from different places or over a period of time
The man collects different stones he finds on the beach.
[verb] to give encouragement and approval to someone or something
The woman promised to support the charity.
China’s commerce and information technology ministry made rules and guidance last September to perform the real-name registration. As such, telecom operators in China secured the cyberspace controls starting December 8 by collecting face scans of new phone users. This is to support “safeguarding legitimate rights and interests of citizens online”. The Chinese government also advised everyone to “promote healthy, orderly department of the Internet, protect state security and public interest.”
True or False:
- China’s commerce made rules last December about the real-name registration.
- Telecom operators in China secured the cyberspace controls starting December 8.
- The cyberspace control started by collecting face scans of both new and old phone users.
- This is made to support “safeguarding legitimate rights and interests of citizens online”.
- The said rules and guidance started last September.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| made | perform | secured | collect | support |
- The group ________ at the theater yesterday.
- The police ________ the market place.
- She __________ different books.
- She needs to find a job to ________ her studies.
- The house is ________ out of beautiful bricks.