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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寒暄,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电话.
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-mailsoftwareislikeallsoftwareinthatoccasionallythingsgowron