If you are assigned to write an article about space research, and you don't know much about the topic, what would you do to get more information? The following is a list of things you might do. 如果有人安排你写一篇有关太空的文章，而你对此知之甚少，那么下面的这些途径也许是你可以利用的：
Go and ask help from a friend.
Go to the library to search for information.
Go to a bookstore and buy books on the topic.
Get onto the internet and search for relevant information from websites.
Go and ask help from a teacher.

如果身边无人可问，图书馆的确是个好去处。但是，图书馆也是个容易叫人晕头转向的地方。Piles and piles of catalogue cards, stacks and stacks of bookshelves, loads and loads of books. It could take you an hour or more before you can lay your hands on the book you want. 所以，上网查找资料实在是个不错的选择！ We just sit in front of a computer, get on to the Internet, key in the words "space research" and will have a whole list of available resources in an instant (瞬间).

那么，上网查资料怎么操作呢？让我们来看看下面的小提示：
If I need to get some up-to-date information on space research, I can visit (search for) a lot of websites. All I need to do is to get onto the Internet, and key in (type in) the key words or the website, then click on Go. The information there will be free. I only need to pay the cost of a local call.