初中英语山东版九年级--Unit 7

You're supposed to write quickly!
[00:06.84]Section 1 Before You Read
[00:11.62]PAIRWORK
[00:13.77]1a Can you read the following expressions?
[00:20.09]How would you usually write them in English?
[00:24.16]Example:F2F--face to face
[00:31.52]How R U?
[00:35.86]CU!  BTW   CUL8r
[00:47.28]1b Write any more expressions like the ones
[00:52.33]above.
[00:53.74]Section 2 While You Read
[00:58.14]You're supposed to write quickly!
[01:01.74]Can you write in English?
[01:03.78]And can you also write e-mail English?
[01:06.95]Maybe not.
[01:08.52]E-mail English is a new kind of written English
[01:11.75]that is being used to save time.
[01:15.32]A lot of e-mail English words might look
[01:18.27]unfamiliar to us- many look like rubbish!
[01:21.80]This is because they come from a computer
[01:24.42]program called ICQ,which means¹ I seek you.
[01:29.80]ICQ is an e-mail "chatline" that people use to
[01:33.93]have online conversations with friends.
[01:37.17]One Canadian teacher says,
[01:39.38]"People can use their computers to
[01:41.32]talk to each other.
[01:43.14]But you are supposed to type quickly
[01:45.23]so the other person doesn't get bored,
[01:48.15]so using e-mail English helps you write quickly.
[01:51.45]E-mail English mostly uses two types of word.
[01:55.45]The first is "abbreviation²".
[01:57.91]This is formed by using the first letter
[02:00.48]of each word in the phrase³.
[02:03.27]For example, BTW means "by the way",
[02:07.93]and CSL means "can't stop laughing".
[02:11.83]The second kind of word is a "homophone"
[02:15.55]it's created by combining letters and symbols
[02:18.91]or numbers to sound like other words.
[02:22.03]An example of this would be to write "great"
[02:25.47]as "gr8", or to write "see you later" as "CUL8r"
[02:33.80]When you write e-mail English you do not use
[02:37.62]punctuation⁴ marks only in the traditional way.
[02:40.62]You are also supposed to use them
[02:42.35]to show the emotion you are feeling.
[02:44.91]These are called "emotions".
[02:47.81]The advantage of using punctuation marks
[02:50.18]is that you can make faces with them.
[02:52.92]The most common one is the happy face
[02:55.57]it looks like this:and it is made with a colon⁵
[02:59.01]and a right bracket⁶ beside it.
[03:02.13]E-mail English is fun
[03:04.16]it's almost like writing riddles⁷.
[03:06.48]You can learn it easily by yourselves,
[03:08.86]and experiment with your own ideas.
[03:11.29]It is not rude to write e-mail English,
[03:14.47]but it is important to use it
[03:16.26]only at the proper time
[03:18.25]when you are e-mailing a friend,
[03:20.17]or sending a message to a friend
[03:21.92]on a mobile⁸ phone.
[03:23.45]But you shouldn't use it in class,
[03:25.90]and remember your teachers will not be pleased
[03:28.89]if you write e-mail English in a test!
[03:32.69]Section 3 After You Read
[03:36.39]3a Write the names of the three types of e-mail
[03:41.77]English at the top of each column⁹.
[03:45.48]Then write an example of each from the reading.
[03:51.24]3b Scan¹⁰ the reading to answer these questions.
[03:56.88]Section 4 Go For It!
[04:00.75]Complete the chart.
[04:03.27]Then consider the questions below.
[04:06.68]Choose your answers.
[04:09.41]Discuss your answers with a partner.
[04:13.69]Do these two on your own:
[04:16.90]1.I had a great weekend.And you?
[04:22.45]2.Oh no!I am going to be late.
[04:27.93]Do these two with a partner:
[04:31.87]3.I have seen that movie four times.
[04:35.92]It's great.
[04:38.52]4.Excuse me.Could you please help me?
[04:43.73]My e-mail English ideas
[04:47.40]Our e-mail English ideas
[04:50.88]If you have time!
[04:54.26]Write a note to some friends using e-mail
[04:57.72]English or practice typing e-mail English
[05:01.21]messages on a computer.
[05:02.18]

1 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

2 abbreviation   

n.（用词首字母组成的）缩写

参考例句：

• A.D.is the abbreviation for"advertisement".A.D.是advertisement的缩写。
• The postal abbreviation for Kansas is KS.堪萨斯州的邮政缩写是KS。

3 phrase   

n.短语，词组；成语，习语

参考例句：

• The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
• That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。

4 punctuation   

n.标点符号，标点法

参考例句：

• My son's punctuation is terrible.我儿子的标点符号很糟糕。
• A piece of writing without any punctuation is difficult to understand.一篇没有任何标点符号的文章是很难懂的。

5 colon   

n.冒号，结肠，直肠

参考例句：

• Here,too,the colon must be followed by a dash.这里也是一样，应当在冒号后加破折号。
• The colon is the locus of a large concentration of bacteria.结肠是大浓度的细菌所在地。

6 bracket   

n.托架，括号，等级；vt.套以括号，放在一起

参考例句：

• The bracket came loose.托架松了。
• Don't bracket me with him just because we work for the same company.别因为我和他在一家公司工作而把我们相提并论。

7 riddles   

n.谜（语）( riddle的名词复数 )；猜不透的难题，难解之谜

参考例句：

• Few riddles collected from oral tradition, however, have all six parts. 但是据收集的情况看，口头流传的谜语很少具有这完整的六部分。 来自英汉非文学 - 民俗
• But first, you'd better see if you can answer riddles. 但是你首先最好想想你会不会猜谜语。 来自辞典例句

8 mobile   

adj.可移动的，易变的，机动的；n.运动物体

参考例句：

• The old lady sits on a mobile chair every morning.那位老妇人每天上午坐在一把可携带使用的椅子上。
• She's much more mobile now that she's bought a car.自从她买了汽车后，活动量就大多了。

9 column   

n.列，柱形图；专栏；圆柱；纵队

参考例句：

• I often read his column in the local paper.我经常在当地的报纸上看到他的专栏文章。
• A column of soldiers marched down the highway.一个士兵纵队沿着公路行进。

10 scan   

n.审视，浏览，扫描，押韵，细查；vt.细看，浏览，扫描，详细调查，信件扫描（指BBS处理直递邮件或会议邮件时，对所有或特定信区做检查的动作）

参考例句：

• The first scan was bad, so I had to do it again.第一次扫描不好，所以我得重做。
• A scan determines the position of the baby in the womb.扫描可以确定胎儿在子宮中的位置。