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)
There 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.
判断正误。正确(T)错误(F)
( ) 1. People type acronyms so that they can type them quickly.
( ) 2. “BTW, my puter is not working well.” means that the person is sad that his compute having problems.
( ) 3. If someone is an
gry, he may type “LOL” or “BRB”.
( ) 4. E-talk will probably be used by people on the telephone.
( ) 5. The best title for this passage is E-talk
Live Music --- Late Night Jazz
Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davie, the famous trumpet player. He is known to play well into the early hours, so don’t want to get much sleep.
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Scottish Dancing
Scottish dancing is nice and easy to learn. The fantastic dance from England will be given.
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Shows—Anhui Museum
There are 12,000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history.
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Hotel information
Your pen pal is coming from Australia to your city for a holiday. You send him this e-mail to tell him something about the hotel. TEL: 4686788 E-mail: Li Hong @ 163.com.
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( ) 1. If you want to watch dancing, you can call ___________.
A. 4668736 B.4021877 C.4886888 D. 468788
( ) 2. You can see the whole of Chinese history
at ______ in April in Anhui Museum
A. 3:00 pm every day B. 9:00 pm from Monday to Friday
C. 7:00 am at weekends D. 7:00 pm every day
( ) 3.You can enjoy______at Jack Stein’s.
A. American jazz B. Scottish dancing
C. 12,000 pieces of show D. yourself all right
( ) 4. Sun Hotel and Rose Hotel are open for ______ months of the year.
A. nine B. ten C. eleven D. twelve
( ) 5. You have $14.8, and you can ________ in March.
A. listen to jazz B.watch Scottish dancing
C. go to Anhui Museum D. stay in Sun Hotel for a night.