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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.
Justisusedtomakeastatementorcommandstronger,meaninginChinese“只是,仅仅”。
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寒暄,这就够了。
Example:
ButIbettheyworktoohard.Justthinkofalltheymiss.
Sometimesitcantakealittlebitlonger,butsowhat?
3.(Para.5)Ifyouscheduleameetingforanhourfromnowandsendane-mailtoeachparticipant,thechancethatalltheparticipantswillreadthatmessagewithinthehourwillbeprettysmall.
Analysis:
Thisisacomplexsentence.Thesubjectandthepredicateofthemainclause