Nowadays, there is a growing popularity of Internet surfing on college campus. An increasing number of students, majoring either in science or engineering or in liberal arts, spend many hours surfing the Internet with keen interest every day. Internet surfing has attracted college students like magnets because it is the world of Internet and the world of globalization. First, with the global coverage of Internet, we can reach out and touch anyone at any place of the world. Via Internet, we can send and receive E-mails at any time much faster, cheaper and more effective than conventional means such as telephone, telex and fax. Next, via access to the home pages of libraries, universities, journals and news agencies, and research organizations, we can easily acquire all kinds of information, to know what is going on all over the world. Finally, by clicking the mouse, we are capable of doing such important things as shopping, finding jobs, making friends, down-loading files and programs, doing business, publishing papers and freely airing our opinions on all sorts of interesting issues. What is more, Internet offers many opportunities. For example, we can work, educate ourselves and communicate with others at home via Internet. In the Information Age, it is difficult to imagine modern life without Internet. With the rapid development of Information Technology industry, successful dot-com companies mushroomed everywhere. Internet is revolutionizing our economy, our society and our life.
如今，在大学校园里，互联网的普及正在日益普及。越来越多的学生，主修科学或工程或文科，每天花很多时间在网上冲浪，兴趣浓厚。网上冲浪吸引了像磁铁一样的大学生，因为这是互联网和全球化的世界。首先，随着互联网的全球覆盖，我们可以接触到任何人在世界任何地方。通过互联网，我们可以随时发送和接收电子邮件，比以往任何时候都更快，更便宜，更有效，比传统的手段，如电话，电传和传真。其次，通过访问图书馆主页，高校，期刊和新闻机构，研究机构，我们可以很容易地获取各种信息，知道什么是发生在世界各地。最后，通过点击鼠标，我们是能够做重要的事情，如购物，寻找工作，结交朋友，下加载文件和程序，做生意，发表论文并自由地播出各种有趣的问题，我们的意见。更甚的是，互联网提供了很多机会。例如，我们可以工作，教育自己，通过互联网与他人沟通。在信息时代，没有互联网就很难想象现代生活。随着信息技术产业的快速发展，成功的点COM公司如雨后春笋般到处。互联网正在改变我们的经济，我们的社会和我们的生活。