15.( ) The passage is
probably from a newspaper.
(D)
We
use the Internet for many things: business, shopping, writing letters, talking
to people,
finding information and so on. In recent years, a new kind of
English has grown on the
Internet. There's no real word for it yet, so we'll call it
e-talk.
People don't like typing too much. To save time, they turn phrases into
a few letters
(called acronyms). Acronyms are often used in chat rooms(聊天室). Some of them are:
BTW
(by the way)
BRB (be right back)
LOL
(laughing out loud)
IMO (in my opinion)
People also use many abbreviations. They are shortened forms of words.
Some common
abbreviations are:
info (information)
puter (computer)
pic
(picture)
sec (second)
We
usually don't see people when we communicate(交流) on the Net, so people
have
new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keyboards to draw
"feelings", such as:
:-) (happy) ;-)
(joking) :-( (sad)
:-O (surprised)
These days, many forums (论坛) have picture feelings. For example:
(happy)
(sad)
(angry)
(cool)
T
here are even whole
new words, like "newbies"(someone who is new on a chat board
or forum). When you write something bad about someone else, it's
called "flaming" the
person.
It takes time for people to get used to(适应) e-talk. Also, different groups on the Net
have their own special
ways of communicating. Newbies sometimes have to ask other people
what they mean. As the
Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.