【话匣子英语】发邮件（2）

邮件或者群消息太多，你是否会出现回复错人的情况。来看看发生在苏珊身上的糗事吧。

Suzanne: I do. I use Facebook Messenger¹ a lot, exactly the same way. If I’m going to set up a meeting with one person, I might email them, but if I need to set up, maybe, a weekend getaway with a group of friends to go to a chalet in Quebec², maybe, or a ski³ trip or something, we’ll do a group message. And this way, we all can be chatting at the same time and giving input⁴ as far as what we want to bring, activities we’d like to do, or the menu, maybe, the food we want to buy at Costco; sometimes we go there.

 

Andrew: Yeah, that’s great.

 

Suzanne: But the bad thing is that, for example, when you get a response on Facebook Messenger, it pops up to the top of your Messenger, and if you’re not careful, you can reply to the wrong message group.

 

Andrew: OK. I see, I see.

 

Suzanne: So, for example, I was planning a surprise party with another girlfriend of mine for a third girlfriend. And we had three couples, so my boyfriend and I, my friend—we’ll call her Dee—and her boyfriend, and then the girl whose surprise party it was, and her boyfriend, all in this group chat.

 

Andrew: OK.

 

Suzanne: OK. And because we were planning a brunch… Also, D and I had a second email—or Messenger, I should say—open, where we were planning this surprise party. And instead of replying to just D, I replied to the big… Andrew: The group. Yikes.

 

Suzanne: The group message. And I said, OK, I’m so excited for seeing you on Saturday and then we can talk about [Marlene’s] special weekend, blah, blah, blah.

 

Andrew: You gave away the secret?

 

Suzanne: Yeah. And the girl messaged back: Well, I think you should ask me first which weekend I am available. And I had realized I had ruined the surprise. I completely⁵ ruined the surprise. Well, she doesn’t know what we’re going to do, but she does know that…

 

Andrew: Oh, it hasn’t happened yet?

 

Suzanne: The weekend for Marlene’s party has not happened yet, but she does know something is happening now.

 

Andrew: OK. So this is a good word of warning⁶.

1 messenger   

n.报信者，先驱

参考例句：

• By the time the messenger reached him,the damage had been done.送信人赶到他那儿时，损失已经造成了。
• I'll order a special messenger to deliver the document.我会派专人把文件送去。

2 Quebec   

n.魁北克[加拿大省名]

参考例句：

• Quebec is a good place to enjoy French cuisine.魁北克是品尝法国风味的好地方。
• After roaming around nearly half his life,he finally settled down in Quebec.他过了半辈子的流浪生活，最后在魁北克定居了下来。

3 ski   

n.滑雪橇，滑雪板；vi.滑雪

参考例句：

• The ski is wooden.这滑雪板是木制的。
• Do you have the skill to ski such a difficult slope?你有沿着这样一个陡坡滑雪的本事吗？

4 input   

n.输入(物)；投入；vt.把(数据等)输入计算机

参考例句：

• I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.我将永远感激他的大量投入。
• All this information had to be input onto the computer.所有这些信息都必须输入计算机。

5 completely   

adv.完全地，十分地，全然

参考例句：

• She never completely gave up hope.她从不完全放弃希望。
• I feel completely in the dark on this question.这件事使我感到茫然。

6 warning   

n.警告，告诫，训诫，警戒，警报

参考例句：

• The other side paid no attention to our warning.对方不重视我方的警告。
• He realized that his doctor was warning him off drink.他意识到医生在告诫他戒酒。