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Unit 6 Netiquette

Note on the Topic

Learning Objectives

1.Gain a full comprehension of the way how the Internet has

become a dominant means of communication, replacing the

written letter and even the telephone;

2.Reflect on how effectively and politely you communicate via email

and think about some dos and don’ts relating to email protocol and clarity;

3.Express agreement or disagreement using conversational gambits

and respond to a passage by creating statements about

telecommunication using alliteration.

Before You Read

1.Watch the following video and discuss the following questions with

a partner.

2.Discuss the following questions with a partner.

1.In the first scene, what’s the man’s auto-response?

I'll be on vacation from Tuesday, June 27th until 2 days ago.

2. What does ASAP mean?

As soon as possible.

3. What’s Tripp Crosby’s job title?

Regional Sales Manager.

4. In the Email, w hat video does the man’s mother ask him to watch? The video of a cat sleeping on a horse.

5. What’s your opinion on the email Johnson Emmanuel wrote to Tripp, in which he said he would be the next heir to the throne in Nigeria and wanted to offer him a large sum of money? Is it true?

It is a phishing scam.

Reading

Saying the Right Things in Emails

Email is one of the fastest, most convenient and cheapest means of communication in the world —but that doesn’t mean that it’s the easiest to get right. In fact, it can be quite difficult to achieve appropriate tone (polite or intimate) and style (formal or informal) in an email. This difficulty is caused by the fact that emails have some of the features of written language and some of the features of the spoken form.

Key words:

tone: the way voice goes up and down as a person speaks

intimate: relating to very private or personal things

参考译文：

电子邮件是现有的最快、最便捷也是最便宜的通讯方式之一。但这不代表写电子邮件是最容易做好的事情。事实上，写电子邮件时，想用恰当的语调(礼貌的还是亲密的)和风格(正式还是非正式)是十分困难的。之所以这么难是因为电子邮件兼具书面语的某些特征和口头语的某些特征。

Reading

In speech, we use voice inflection and also gestures and eye contact to communicate what we are feeling. We cannot, of course, use these features in emails. So, instead, some emailers use special symbols to communicate th eir feelings. These symbols are called “emoticons”e.g.

= happy and ^0^ = worried.

Another way of putting emotions into emails is to put special words in brackets followed by an exclamation mark:

Sorry my essay is late (groan!) but I’ve had a lot to do lately (phew!)—I’ll be able to hand it in on Friday (finally!).