1、,Unit | Two,E-mail,Unit Goals: What You Should Learn to Do 1. Chat online 2. Us e abbreviations and slangs in communicating online 3. Write an e-mailWhat You Should Know About 1. Surfing online for:informationshopping 2. Good or bad of chatting online 3. Noun clauses,Contents,Section Talking Face to
2、 Face,Imitating Mini-talks,Speak and Recite,Speak and Perform,Study and Imitate,Imitate and Perform,Acting out the Tasks,Studying Business Cards,Following Sample Dialogues,Putting Language to Use,Speak and Complete,Speak and Communicate,Speak and Translate,1) Talking about abbreviations used for onl
3、ine chattingMike: Hi, Hilary, who are you chatting with? Hilary: A boy from Hong Kong named “Run”. But I have no idea about the word “GNBLFY” he used.Mike: Neither do I. Lets make a guess. Hilary: Mm, let me see. Oh, it might mean “got nothing but love for you”.2) Talking about cyber slang used in e
4、-mailsMay: Hi, Susan! I am reading an e-mail from Tom. Susan: Are you? Anything exciting?May: I dont know the meaning of “planting strawberries”. Susan: Oh, it comes from the Taiwan campus, meaning “lovers kissing each other”.,SECTION I Talking Face to Face,Imitating Mini-talks,Speak and Recite,1 Wo
5、rk in pairs. Look at the picture and recite the following mini-talks for talkingabout something online.,Back,Unit | Two,3) Talking about experiences of chatting onlineAndy: How was your summer holiday? Jasmine: It was great. I surfed the Internet a lot.Andy: The Internet? So you were often online. J
6、asmine: True. I spent almost all my spare time surfing the Internet. Im absolutely a mouse potato. Its so exciting. 4) Talking about the experience of going online Diana: You really go online a lot, dont you? Every time I see you, youre in the middle of browsing the Internet. Jason: Yeah, I really l
7、ove browsing it. Diana: I am curious about this. Whats so exciting about it? Jason: What I love about it is that its so relaxing. Without going anywhere at all, you getto enter a completely different world. You can leave your own world behind, and go somewhere really virtual. 5) Talking about the ex
8、perience of surfing the Internet Mike: Chatting online seems like fun. Have you ever tried it?Lily: I recently have! Mike: How do you feel about it?Lily: I just love it. Its the most exiting thing Ive ever done.,Window on Key Words,网络俚语 草莓 冲浪；上 (网) 网虫 浏览 (计算机)虚拟的,Back,Speak and Perform,Acting out th
9、e Tasks,2 Work in pairs and act out the tasks by following the above mini-talks.,1 Task: Discuss your own experience of surfing the Internet.,2 Task: Discuss your own experience of chatting online.,3 Task: Discuss your own experience of going online.,4 Task: Discuss some slang words used in emails.,
10、5 Task: Talk about the meaning of a new slang youve come across in your e-mail messages.,Back, Refer to the Data Bank in the Workbook for more relevant expressions.,Studying E-mail Information on the Internet,Study and Imitate,3 Abbreviations are sometimes very useful in communicating online. Now le
11、ts read the abbreviations listed below and try to use them in your face-to-face talks.,Back,Back,1) Talking About Abbreviations Used Online Li Hong: What are you doing tonight?Mike: Chatting online. Li Hong: Again?Mike: Mm. I really enjoy chatting with friends online. Its such a good way to communic
12、ate with each other. Li Hong: Yes, but I am confused when I come across some abbreviations. I dont know what they all mean.Mike: I can tell you some. If someone writes “4ever”, it means “forever”; “BFN” means “bye for now”; “BS” means “big smile”; “FTTB” means “for the time being”; and so on. Li Hon
13、g: Oh, I see. How interesting! Now I can guess what these abbreviations might mean.Mike: I know quite a lot of these abbreviations. If you like, I can tell you more. Li Hong: Yes, I will be grateful if you can tell me more.Mike: “CWYL” means “chat with you later”; “LTNS” means “long time no see”; “I
14、YSS” means “if you say so”; “NOYB” means “None of your business”. Li Hong: Oh, really. I remember I once ran into “TTYL” while chatting with somebody online. Let me have a guess. Does it mean “talk to you later”?Mike: Thats right. You are really smart.,Following Sample Dialogues,Imitate and Perform,
15、4 Read the following sample dialogues and try to perform your own tasks.,Back,Unit | Two,2) New Slang Joins Campus Internet TalkLi Li: Anything interesting in the paper today? Paul: Let me have a look. Well, there is one article about new slang.Li Li: Really? What does it say? Paul: New slang has be
16、en invented in recent years by students, especially as they get access to the Internet and chat online.Li Li: What are the details? Paul: Chinese students often use “Jituo” (寄托) or “GT”, meaning spiritual matteron campus or after graduation. Here “G” implies “GRE” and “T” implies “TOEFL”.Li Li: How
17、interesting! Go on please. Paul: From the Internet influence comes “ group” or “net worm”, a way to describe the Internet addicts.Li Li: Thats quite vivid. Paul: “Goodbye” is usually put into “886” in the Chinese pronunciation or “3166” asthe Japanese Bye-bye.Li Li: I think this sort of slang also s
18、hows our attitude toward society and how our lives are influenced by it. Paul: Absolutely.,Back,Unit | Two,Putting Language to Use,Speak and Complete,5 Imagine you are talking with Mike, a student from England. Complete the following conversation with him by filling in the blanks.,You: What are you
19、going to do this evening, Mike? Mike: Chatting online.You: But 1 _ when I come across some abbreviations. I dont know 2 _. Mike: I 3 _. If someone writes “BTW”, it means “By the way”; “DBEYR” means “Dont believe everything you read”; “NM” means “Never mind”; “NP” means “No problem”, etc.You: Oh, I s
20、ee. 4 _! Now I know what these abbreviations mean.,I am confused,what they all mean,can tell you some,How interesting,Back,Putting Language to Use,Speak and Complete,5 Imagine you are talking with Mike, a student from England. Complete the following conversation with him by filling in the blanks.,Mi
21、ke: I know a lot of this sort of abbreviations. If you like, I can tell you more.You: Do please. 5 _ if you can tell me more. Mike: “OT” means “Off topic”; “OTOH” means “On the other hand”; “RN” means“Right now”; “WB” means “Welcome back”. You: Oh, really. I remember I 6 _ “WDYT” while chatting with
22、 somebody online. Let me make a guess. 7 _ “What do youthink?” Mike: Thats right. How clever you are!,Back,Does it mean,Ill be grateful,came across,Unit | Two,You: 1_ ? (网上聊天似乎很有趣，你试过吗？) Jane: I recently have!You: 2 _? (你觉得怎么样？) Jane: I just love it. Its the most exciting thing Ive ever done.You: 3
23、_? (噢，真的吗？怎么有趣？) Jane: By chatting with keypals (网络笔友), you can know a lot of new friends.Also, you can learn many funny abbreviations.You: 4 _? (哇，你能列举一些吗？) Jane: For example, “YTTT” means “You are telling the truth?”, “YNK” means “You never know,” “YOYO” means “Youre on your own.”You: 5 _.(真有趣！我应该
24、找时间试试。) Jane: Yes, you should.,Speak and Translate,6 Imagine you and Jane from the UK are classmates. You are talking about chatting online. Fill in the blanks according to the Chinese version provided.,Back,How interesting! I should find some time to try it,Chatting online seems like fun. Have you
25、ever tried it,How do you feel about it,Oh, really? Whats the fun of it,Wow, can you name some of them,Unit | Two,Speak and Communicate,7 Imagine you and Walter are studying in the same university. You are meeting him on campus and you are talking about the Internet. Play your role according to the c
26、lues given in brackets.,1 You really go online a lot, dont you?2 I really do love browsing the Internet.3 You get to enter a completely different world without going anywhere at all.,A: 1 (询问对方是否真的经常上网。) Every time I see you, youre in the middle ofbrowsing Internet. B: Yeah, 2 (表示真的很喜欢上网。) A: I am c
27、urious about this. Whats so exciting about it? B: 3 (说明上网可以使你在原地进入一个完全不同的世界。),Back,Unit | Two,Speak and Communicate,7 Imagine you and Walter are studying in the same university. You are meeting him on campus and you are talking about the Internet. Play your role according to the clues given in brack
28、ets.,4 The most interesting thing is that you can do shopping online.5 The most stimulating example is the virtual car showrooms.6 So what can people do there?,Back,A: What can you do with the Internet then? B: Well, you can do many things. 4 (说明最有趣的是可以网上购物。) A: Thats exciting. B: 5 (说明最有趣的例子是虚拟汽车展厅
29、。) A: 6 (询问人们能在那里做些什么。) B: Using the computer, you can even simulate-ride the new car you want to buy, experience driving it and then buy it.,Unit | Two,SECTION II Being All Ears,Learning Sentences for WorkplaceCommunication,Listen and Repeat,Listen and Match,Listen and Translate,Handling a Dialogue
30、,Listen and Decode,Understanding a Short Speech / Talk,Listen and Complete,Listen and Match,Listen and Answer,Listen and Complete,Listen and Answer,SECTION II Being All Ears,Learning Sentences for Workplace Communication,Listen and Repeat,1 Listen to ten topic-related English sentences for workplace
31、 communication cross-referenced with their Chinese translation and try to remember them.,Back,Window on Key Words,confused 困惑的 abbreviation 缩写,Back,Listen and Match,2 Listen again to the above sentences rearranged in sequence, and then match them with their Chinese translation.,1) a. 我花了很多时间上网。 2) b
32、. 最近几年，学生们发明了很多新的网络俚语，特别是在他们上网和在 线聊天的时候。 3) c. 咱们猜一猜吧。 4) d. 你不需要去任何地方就可以进入一个完全虚拟的世界。 5) e. 这是一个彼此交流的很好方式。 6) f. 当我遇到一些缩写的时候，会感到很困惑。我不知道它们都是什么意思。 7) g. 这是我所做过的最令人兴奋的事情。 8) h. 你在和谁聊天？ 9) i. 我几乎把所有的空闲时间都用来上网了。我完全是个网虫。 10) j. 你是不是经常上网？,j,c,a,i,h,d,g,e,f,b,Back,Unit | Two,Listen and Translate,3 Listen t
33、o ten topic-related English sentences for workplace communication and translate them into Chinese orally.,Back,1) 我的确喜欢在网上和朋友聊天。2) 如果有人写“4ever”，意思就是“forever”。3) 现在我能猜出这些缩写可能表示什么意思了。4) 如果你愿意，我可以告诉你更多的东西。5) 由因特网产生了“网群”或“网虫”，这是一个用来描述网络瘾君子的术语。6) 我认为这些网络俚语也表明了我们日常生活受网络的影响有多大。7) 我喜欢网络是因为它让我放松。8) 我不知道他用的“G
34、NBLFY”这个词的意思。9) 每次我看到你，你都在浏览网页。 10) 我正在看汤姆发来的电子邮件。,1) I really enjoy chatting with friends online.2) If someone writes “4ever”, it means “forever”.3) Now I can guess what these abbreviations might mean.4) If you like, I can tell you more.5) From the Internet comes “ group” or “net worm”, a term to d
35、escribe the Internet addicts.6) I think the Internet slang also shows how much our daily life is influenced by the Internet.7) What I love about the Internet is that it is relaxing.8) I have no idea about the word “GNBLFY” he used.9) Every time I see you, youre in the middle of browsing the Internet
36、. 10) I am reading an e-mail from Tom.,Script:,Back,Lin Da and John are talking about College 1 BBS, BBC, SBS , which is an open forum for registered 2 users, keepers, workers to freely express their opinions and ideas. This seems to be a good 3 channel, way, method of information exchange among Chi
37、nese university students. But the newspaper says that there is one problem for BBS 4 users, keepers, holders . Sometimes arguments and debates online are reduced to 5 personal, fixed, physical attacks and meaningless quarrels.,Handling a Dialogue,Listen and Decode,4 Listen to a dialogue and decode t
38、he message by finding out the correct choices in the brackets according to what you have heard.,Script,Back,Unit | Two,Lin Da: Is there anything new in the paper today?John: Yes. Here is an interesting article about College BBS. Lin Da: Whats that?John: BBS, a short form for Bulletin Board System. L
39、in Da: Whats that for?John: College BBS is an open forum for registered users to freely express their opinions and ideas. Lin Da: That sounds a very good way for students to exchange information.John: Yes, but the newspaper says that there is one problem for BBS keepers. Lin Da: What is that?John: S
40、ometimes arguments and debates online are reduced to personal attacks and meaningless quarrels. Lin Da: Oh, thats too bad. Is there any solution to this problem?John: Yes, thats what the article really wants to show. Lin Da: What might be the solution?John: Well, it suggests some universities requir
41、e the users to provide real names and carry out stricter watch over the content of BBSinformation.,Script:,Back,Unit | Two,Listen and Answer,5 Listen to the dialogue again and then answer the following questions orally.,Back,1) Whats the article about in the newspaper?2) What does BBS stand for?3) W
42、hat is BBS good for?4) What problem does the newspaper think the BBS has?5) Whats the suggestion for solving the problem?,Its about College BBS.It stands for Bulletin Board System.Its a good way for college students to exchange information.Sometimes arguments and debates online are reduced to person
43、al attacks and meaningless quarrels.It is suggested that the users provide real names and more strict watch be carried out over the content of BBS information.,Unit | Two,Lin Da: Is there anything new in the paper today?John: Yes. 1 _. Lin Da: Whats that?John: BBS. It is 2 _. Lin Da: Whats that for?
44、John: College BBS is an open forum for registered users to freely express their opinions and ideas. Lin Da: 3 _.John: Yes, but the newspaper says that there is one problem with BBS keepers.,Listen and Complete,6 Listen to the dialogue for the last time and fill in the blanks according to what you ha
45、ve heard.,That sounds a very good way for students to exchange information,Here is an interesting article about College BBS,the short form for Bulletin Board System,Back,Lin Da: Whats that?John: Sometimes arguments and debates online are reduced to personal attacks and meaningless quarrels. Lin Da:
46、Oh, thats too bad. 4 _?John: Yes, thats what the article really wants to show. Lin Da: What might be the solution?John: Well, it suggests some 5 _ and keep stricter watch over the content.,Listen and Complete,6 Listen to the dialogue for the last time and fill in the blanks according to what you hav
47、e heard.,universities require the web users to provide their real names,Is there any solution to this problem,Back,Understanding a Short Speech / Talk,Listen and Complete,7 Listen to a short speech twice and during the second listening, put back the missing words in the blanks.,We live online. We Go
48、ogle our questions, Twitter (博客网站) our thoughts, Flicker our 1 _ and even watch 2 _ on Hulu (视频网站). The Web has invented more than a few words in our 3 _: it has become part of our 4 _ routine. This change will lead to an opportunity that the music 5 _ hasnt seen since the rise of the CD.Now, as our
49、 lives move online, our listening 6 _ are following. The growth of online music websites such as iMeem, Pandora, and Last.fm is just the 7 _. We listen to music in a 8 _ because its convenient its where we do everything else. And we listen online because the Web 9 _ something the iPod cant: 10 _ music.,
