新编实用英语综合教程2Unit2CommunicationbyEmail教案.docx

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新编实用英语综合教程2Unit2CommunicationbyEmail教案

Unit2CommunicationbyEmail

UnitGoals

Whatyoushouldlearntodo

1.Chatonline

2.Useabbreviationsandslangsincommunicatingonline

3.Writeanemail

Whatyoushouldknowabout

1.Surfingonlinefor:

Information

Shopping

2.Goodorbadofchattingonline

3.Nounclauses

SectionITalkingFacetoFace

1.ImitatingMini-Talks

2.ActingouttheTasks

3.StudyingEmailInformationontheInternet

4.FollowingSampleDialogues

5.PuttingLanguagetoUse

SectionIIBeingAllEars

1.LearningSentencesforWorkplaceCommunication

2.HandlingaDialogue

3.UnderstandingaShortSpeech/Talk

SectionIIITryingyourHand

1.PracticingAppliedWriting

2.WritingSentencesandReviewingGrammar

SectionIVMaintainingaSharpEye

Passage1:

InformationRelatedtotheReadingPassage

It’snounderstatementtosaythate-mailhashadaprofoundeffectonourprofessionalandpersonallives.Peoplethousandsofmilesawayfromeachothercansendandreceivedetaileddocumentswithinmereseconds.Thisallowsustotakeonprojectsthatwouldn’thavebeenpracticalorpossibleonlyafewyearsago.Ithasbecomeroutineforustocorrespondandexchangefileswithpeopleoverseas.Theonlyobstacleisthedifferenceintimezones.

Butontheotherhand,e-mailcaneatupasubstantialportionofourworkday.Mostofthetimeandeffortinvolvedisgoingthroughunsolicitedmessagesandseparatingthegoodfromthebad.Butnotallunsolicitedmessagesarespam.

TextE-mail,aBlessingandAnnoyance

Fortheblessing:

E-mailisaconversationthatdoesnotrequireanimmediateresponse（likeatelephone）.Ifsomeonecallsyouonthetelephone,youpickitup（unlessyouhaveanansweringmachine,voicemailoryouarejustplainrude）andtheconversationbegins.Thisisaninteractiveconversation.

Withe-mail,yousendamessageandthenwaitforaresponse.Theresponsemaycomeinfiveminutesoritmaycomeinfivedays.Eitherway,it’snotaninteractiveconversation.

Ifahundredpeoplesendyoue-mailsinoneday,sowhat?

Youdon’thavetotalkwithallonehundred.Justthinkofallthehellos,goodbyesandotherunnecessarychit-chatyoucanavoid.Withe-mail,youonlydealwiththeirmessages（whichusuallyomithellos,goodbyesandsuch）andyoudealwiththemonyourowntime.That’stheblessing.

Nowfortheannoyance:

Toomanye-mailusersassumethattheminutesomeonereceivesane-mail,thepersonwillreadit.Badassumption.

Ifyouscheduleameetingforanhourfromnowandsendane-mailtoeachparticipant,thechancethatalltheparticipantswillreadthatmessagewithinthehourwillbeprettysmall.Ontheotherhand,ifyouschedulethemeetingforthenextday,thechancethattheywillreadthemessagewillbeprettyhigh.Remember,e-mailisnotdesignedforimmediateresponse（that’swhyyouhaveatelephone）,it’sdesignedforconvenience.

Some（notall）e-mailsystemshavefeaturesthattrytocombatthisproblem.Thesefeatures（usuallycalled“notification”）willnotifyyouwhenapersonhasreceivedyoure-mailandmayalsotellyouwhenthepersonhasreadit（reallyallitcandoisassureyouthatthepersonhaslookedatthefirstscreenofthemessage—ithasnowaytoknowifthepersonhasreadthemessagewordforword）.Referringbacktotheexampleinthepreviousparagraph,youcouldchecktoseewhohascheckedtheire-mailbeforethemeetingandthentelephonethosewhohavenotreadit.

Attachment:

Smilies

Sincetherearenofacialandvoicecuestohelpe-mail,usershavecomeupwithsomethingcalled“smilies”.Theyaresimpleseriesofsymbolsthatarepiecedtogetherinthee-mailtexttohelpexpressthewriter’sfeelings.Themostcommonexampleis:

-）（asmilingface）.Herearesomemoreexamples.

Theyaretypicallyfoundattheendofsentencesandwillusuallyreferbacktothepreviousstatement.

LanguagePoints

1ExplanationofDifficultSentences

1.（Para.3）Ifahundredpeoplesendyoue-mailinoneday,sowhat?

Analysis:

sowhat?

isaninformalexpression,whichmeans“WhyshouldIcare?

”

Translation:

如果在一天内有一百个人给你发邮件，那又怎么样呢？

2.（Para.3）Justthinkofallthehellos,good-byesandotherunnecessarychit-chatyoucouldavoid.

Analysis:

Justisusedtomakeastatementorcommandstronger,meaninginChinese“只是，仅仅”。

Translation:

只要想想看，你能省掉的所有“你好”、“再见”以及其他一些没有必要的应酬，这就够了。

Example:

ButIbettheyworktoohard.Justthinkofalltheymiss.

Example:

Sometimesitcantakealittlebitlonger,butsowhat?

3.（Para.5）Ifyouscheduleameetingforanhourfromnowandsendane-mailtoeachparticipant,thechancethatalltheparticipantswillreadthatmessagewithinthehourwillbeprettysmall.

Analysis:

Thisisacomplexsentence.Thesubjectandthepredicateofthemainclausearethechanceandwillbeprettysmall,withathat-clausetomodifythechance;Ifyouscheduleameetingforanhourfromnowandsendane-mailtoeachparticipantisanadverbialclauseofcondition.

Translation:

如果你计划从现在起的一小时后开一个会，然后给每一位与会的人发一封电子邮件，所有与会的人都能在一小时内读到该邮件的机率是很小的。

Example:

Ifwedecidetoworkovertimethisevening,thechancethatwewillgotothecinemawillbeverysmall.

4.（Para.6）Referringbacktotheexampleinthepreviousparagraph,youcouldchecktoseewhohascheckedtheire-mailbeforethemeetingandthentelephonethosewhohavenotreadit.

Analysis:

Referringbacktoisapresentparticiplephraseusedasanadverbialofcondition.

Translation:

回到上一段中提到的例子来说，你可以复核一下，了解谁在会议

开始前检视过邮件，然后你可以给没有查看过邮件的人打。

Example:

HavingplayedStarWarsonthecomputerforthreehours,Michael

couldnotfinishhispaperintime.

2ImportantWords

1.blessing:

n.somethinggoodthatyouhaveorthathappensandimprovesyourlife,helpsyouinsomeway,ormakesyouhappy祝福，赐福

e.g.

Thedishwasherhasbeenarealblessing!

HasherIQbeenaburdenasmuchasablessing?

2.plain

a.（informal）usedtoemphasizeanadjective,usuallyonereferringtoabadquality完全〔的〕地，全然〔的〕地

e.g.

It’sjustplaincrazytospendallyourpayassoonasyougetit.

Itwasjustplainstupidtogivehimyouraddress

3.chit-chat

n.conversationaboutthingsthatarenotveryimportant闲谈，聊天

e.g.

Let’stakeElizabethandherchit-chatclubasanexample.

Gottime?

Canwehavealittlechit-chat?

4.schedule

v.toplanthatsomethingwillhappenataparticulartime安排时间

e.g.

Orifyoumissexercisingregularly,scheduleaonce-a-weekpowerwalk.

HerfirstalbumisscheduledforreleaseinSeptember.

5.design

v.toplanordevelopsomethingforaspecificpurpose设计

e.g.

Theseexercisesaredesignedtostrengthenmuscles.

Thebookisdesignedasareferencemanual.

6.feature

n.apartofsomethingthatyounoticebecauseitseemsimportant,interesting,

ortypical特点，特写

e.g.

Airbagsareastandardfeatureinmostnewcars.

AnimportantfeatureofVanGogh’spaintingsistheirbrightcolors.

7.combat

v.totrytostopsomethingbadfromhappeningorgettingworse,used

especiallyinnewsreports反对，斗争

e.g.

Tocombatinflation,thegovernmentraisedinterestrates.

Chinahascompleteditspreparationstocombatbirdflu.

8.notify

v.toformallyorofficiallytellsomeoneaboutsomething通知

e.g.

Youwillbenotifiedofanychangesinthesystem.

InAugustwewerenotifiedthatourarticlehadbeenrejected.

notification:

n.informingbywords通知

e.g.

Youshouldreceivenotificationoftheresultswithinaweek.

WereceivedofficialnotificationthatHarrywasmissing.

9.assure

v.totellsomeonethatsomethingwilldefinitelyhappenorisdefinitely

truesothattheyarelessworried保证，确保

e.g.

Herdoctorhasassuredusthatshe’llbefine.

Iassureyouthatwouldneverhappenagain.

10.cue

n.anactionoreventthatisasignalforsomethingelsetohappen

暗示，信号

e.g.

Oursuccesswasthecueforothercompaniestopressaheadwithnew

investment.

Ithinkthat’smycuetoexplainwhyI’mhere.

Passage2:

InformationRelatedtotheReadingPassage

Theprotectionofe-mailfromunauthorizedaccessandinspectionisknownaselectronicprivacy.Incountrieswithaconstitutionalguaranteeofthesecrecyofcorrespondence,e-mailisequatedwithlettersandthuslegallyprotectedfromallformsofeavesdropping.

IntheUnitedStates,privacyofcorrespondenceisderivedfromtheFourthAmendmenttotheUnitedStatesConstitutionandthusrestrictedbytherequirementfora“reasonableexpectationofprivacy”.

InthememberstatesoftheCouncilofEurope,theprivacyofcorrespondenceisguaranteedexplicitlybyArticle8oftheEuropeanConventiononHumanRights.Nopublicauthoritycaninterferewiththeexerciseofthisrightexcept“asisinaccordancewiththelawandisnecessaryinademocraticsociety”.

TextPrivacy,AreYouKidding?

Stoprightwhereyouareandsetasideacoupleofbraincellsforthefollowingstatement:

thereisnosuchthingasprivatee-mail.Idon’tcarewhatanybodysays,states,swearsorwhatever;thereisjustnosuchthingasprivatee-mail.Thereason?

Keepreading.

Withsomee-mailsystems,thee-mailadministratorhastheabilitytoreadanyandalle-mailmessages.Ifthisisthecasewhereyouarelocated,you’dbetterhopethatthereisanhonestandrespectablepersoninthatposition.

Somecompaniesmonitoremployeee-mail（Iconsiderthisoneoftheworstformsofcensorship）.Thereasonsforthisunpleasantbehaviorarethatcompanymanagementwantstomakesurethatusersarenotwastingtimeonlittle-things-in-lifemessagesandthatcompanysecretsarenotbeingleakedtooutsidesources.

E-mailsoftwareislikeallsoftwareinthatoccasionallythingsgowrong.If