Unit 12

You’re supposed to shake

hands.

Reading

Free talk :

Do you write e-mails?

Do you write them in English?

If you are supposed to

write or type quickly,

you can use e-mail

English.

What does e-mail English look like?

Hi, how RU? Let’s meet 4 dinner and then c a movie 2night. …

is a new kind of written English that is

being used to save time.

ASAP  As soon as possible 尽快BTW By the way 随便说一下BBL Be back later 稍后回来CU See you 再见CUL See you later 下次再会FE For example 举例FTF Face to face 面对面… .

Some e-mail English:

emoticon

（由字符组成的图释）

You can use emoticon.

• :) happy• :( sad• :< really sad• :.V shouting• :O shocked

Let’s read and learn more about e-mail English .

Can you read these following expressions?How would you usually write them in English?

F2F

How R U?

C U!

BTW

CUL8r

face to face

How are you?See you!

By the way.

See you later!

Section 1 Before You Read

1b

IC

RUOK

THX

WBQ

VG

I see

Are you OK?

Thanks

Write back quickly

Very good

Please write more expressions like the ones above!

Before reading:

Let’s learn the new words.

New Wordsrubbish n.

seek v.

chatline n.

online adj.

type v.

mostly adv.

abbreviation n.

form v.

phrase n.

垃圾；废物寻找；探究聊天热线联机的；在线的打字多半；主要地；通常缩略词；缩写形式构成；组成短语；词组

homophone n.

combine v.

symbol n.

punctuation n.

mark n.

emotion n.

emoticon n.

colon n.

bracket n.

beside prep.

同音异形异义词结合；组合象征；标志；符号标点符号记号；符号情感；感情由字符组成的图释冒号括号在……旁边

e-mail n.

v.

riddle n.

learn … by oneself

experiment v.

proper adj.

pleased adj.

queue n.

v.

normally adv.

whose pron.

电子邮件；发电子邮件谜语自学实验；试验合适的；适宜的高兴的；满意的一队人排队通常；正常地谁的

First Reading :Answer the following questions:

• 1.Why do many people use e-mail English?

• 2.When can we use e-mail English?

Because using e-mail English helps people write quickly.

When we are e-mailing a friend or sending a message to a friend on a mobile phone.

abbreviations homophones emoticons

Second reading :How many types does e-mail English use?What are they?

.

Third Reading :

Read and complete the table.

What e-mail

English is

It’s a new kind of written

English that is being used to

(1) __________.

Where a lot of

e-mail English

words come

from

They come from a computer

program called (2) _____.

save time

ICQ

Which two types of word e-mail English mostly uses

The first is (3) ____________.

The second is (4) ___________.

When we use e-mail English

When we e-mail a friend or send a message to a friend on a (5) _____________.

abbreviation

homophone

mobile phone

After You Read:3a Give an example of each from the

reading.

1.abbreviations

2.homophone

3.emoticons

BTW, CSL

gr8, CUL8r

:)

3b Make choices.

1. E-mail English is used

a) to have fun b) to save time

c) to study faster

2. WBQ would mean

a) with best wishes b) which queue

c) write back quickly

b

c

3.“Great” sounds most like

a) late b) get c) seat

4.In e-mail English, punctuation marks are

used

a) normally b) instead of

c) to show feelings

5.E-mail English is supposed to be used

a) on mobile phones b) in class

c) in tests

a

c

a

Do these two on your own:

My e-mail English ideas

1.I had a great weekend. And you?

2.Oh no! I am going to be late.

I had a gr8 weekend. & u?

O-no! I’m going 2BL8

Section 4 Go For It!

Do these two with a partner:

Our e-mail English ideas

3.I have seen that movie four times. It’s great.

4. Excuse me. Could you please help me?

I’ve Cn that movie 4XS, it’s gr8.

Xqz me, cd U pls help me?

Language Points:

1.e-mail n. 电子邮件； send an e-mail to sb v. 发电子邮件 e-mail sb

2.written English 书面英语 spoken English 英语口语

3.be+being+ 过去分词（现在进行时的被动语态）

4.seek v （ sought,sought) +n/pron 寻找，搜寻，寻求，征求seek for 寻找，寻求（相当 look for)eg:He is seeking for information. 他正在寻找资料。

• 5.type v. 打字• n. 种类，类型【 C 】

• 6.form v 构成，组成

• be formed by 由…… 组成

• 7.can’t stop doing sth

• =can’t help doing sth

• 忍不住做某事，禁不住做某事• eg:At last,he couldn’t stop telling me the

secret.

• 最后，他忍不住告诉我这个秘密密• 忍忍不住做某事，禁不住做某事• eg:At last,he couldn’t stop telling me the secret.

• 不住做某事，禁不住做某事• eg:At last,he couldn’t stop telling me 做某事• eg:At last,he couldn’t stop telling me the secret.

• 最后，他忍不住告诉我

• 8.be created by 由……组成• 9.combine v. 使结合，使混合• combine A with B 将 A 和 B 合并• combine A and B 将 A 和 B 混合起来• 10.make faces (make a face)

• 做鬼脸

11.learn…by oneself =teach oneself 自学

Eg:Can you learn English by yourselves?

=Can you teach yourselves English?

你能自学英语吗？12.experiment v. 做实验（多与 with/on 连用）

n. 实验，试验

make an experiment 做实验

13.pleased adj. 高兴的，满意的

be pleased to do sth 很高兴做某事

eg:I’m pleased to see you. 我很高兴见到你。

be pleased at/with +n 对……感到高兴满意

eg:Are you pleased at the good news? eg:He was very pleased with my work. 你对这个好消息感到高兴

吗 ?

他对我的工作很满意。

14.on one’s own 独立的，主动地，自愿地

eg:He is living on his own.

他现在自食其力。

of one’s own 属于某人自己的

eg:We have no house of our own.

我们没有自己的房子。