新编实用英语综合教程2 -Unit 2 Communication by Email教案

Unit 2 Communication by Email

Unit Goals

What you should learn to do 1. Chat online

2. Use abbreviations and slangs in communicating online 3. Write an email

What you should know about 1. Surfing online for: Information Shopping

2. Good or bad of chatting online 3. Noun clauses

Section I Talking Face to Face 1. Imitating Mini-Talks 2. Acting out the Tasks

3. Studying Email Information on the Internet 4. Following Sample Dialogues 5. Putting Language to Use Section II Being All Ears

1. Learning Sentences for Workplace Communication 2. Handling a Dialogue

3. Understanding a Short Speech / Talk Section III Trying your Hand 1. Practicing Applied Writing

2. Writing Sentences and Reviewing Grammar Section IV Maintaining a Sharp Eye Passage 1 :

Information Related to the Reading Passage

It’s no understatement to say that e-mail has had a profound effect on our professional and personal lives. People thousands of miles away from each other can send and receive detailed documents within mere seconds. This allows us to take on projects that wouldn’t have been practical or possible only a few years ago. It has become routine for us to correspond and exchange files with people overseas. The only obstacle is the difference in time zones.

But on the other hand, e-mail can eat up a substantial portion of our workday. Most of the time and effort involved is going through unsolicited messages and separating the good from the bad. But not all unsolicited messages are spam. Text E-mail, a Blessing and Annoyance For the blessing:

E-mail is a conversation that does not require an immediate response (like a telephone). If someone calls you on the telephone, you pick it up (unless you have an answering machine, voice mail or you are just plain rude) and the conversation begins. This is an interactive conversation.

With e-mail, you send a message and then wait for a response. The response may come in five minutes or it may come in five days. Either way, it’s not an interactive conversation.

If a hundred people send you e-mails in one day, so what? You don’t have to talk with all one hundred. Just think of all the hellos, goodbyes and other unnecessary chit-chat you can avoid. With e-mail, you only deal with their messages (which usually omit hellos, goodbyes and such) and you deal with them on your own time. That’s the blessing.

Now for the annoyance:

Too many e-mail users assume that the minute someone receives an e-mail, the person will read it. Bad assumption.

If you schedule a meeting for an hour from now and send an e-mail to each

participant, the chance that all the participants will read that message within the hour will be pretty small. On the other hand, if you schedule the meeting for the next day, the chance that they will read the message will be pretty high. Remember, e-mail is not designed for immediate response (that’s why you have a telephone), it’s designed for convenience.

Some (not all) e-mail systems have features that try to combat this problem. These features (usually called “notification”) will notify you when a person has received your e-mail and may also tell you when the person has read it (really all it can do is assure you that the person has looked at the first screen of the message — it has no way to know if the person has read the message word for word). Referring back to the example in the previous paragraph, you could check to see who has checked their e-mail before the meeting and then telephone those who have not read it.

Attachment: Smilies

Since there are no facial and voice cues to help e-mail, users have come up with something called “smilies”. They are simple series of symbols that are pieced together in the e-mail text to help express the writer’s feelings. The most common example is :-) (a smiling face). Here are some more examples.

They are typically found at the end of sentences and will usually refer back to the previous statement. Language Points

1 Explanation of Difficult Sentences

1. (Para. 3) If a hundred people send you e-mail in one day, so what?

Analysis: so what? is an informal expression, which means “ Why should I care?” Translation: 如果在一天内有一百个人给你发邮件，那又怎么样呢？

2. (Para. 3) Just think of all the hellos, good-byes and other unnecessary chit-chat you could avoid.

Analysis: Just is used to make a statement or command stronger, meaning in Chinese

“只是，仅仅”。

Translation: 只要想想看，你能省掉的所有“你好”、“再见”以及其他一些没有必要的寒暄，这就够了。

Example: But I bet they work too hard. Just think of all they miss. Example: Sometimes it can take a little bit longer, but so what?

3. (Para. 5) If you schedule a meeting for an hour from now and send an e-mail to each participant, the chance that all the participants will read that message within the hour will be pretty small.

Analysis: This is a complex sentence. The subject and the predicate of the main clause are the chance and will be pretty small, with a that-clause to modify the chance ; If you schedule a meeting for an hour from now and send an e-mail to each participant is an adverbial clause of condition.

Translation: 如果你计划从现在起的一小时后开一个会，然后给每一位与会的人发一封电子邮件，所有与会的人都能在一小时内读到该邮件的机率是很小的。 Example: If we decide to work overtime this evening, the chance that we will go to the cinema will be very small.

4. (Para. 6) Referring back to the example in the previous paragraph, you could check to see who has checked their e-mail before the meeting and then telephone those who have not read it.

Analysis: Referring back to is a present participle phrase used as an adverbial of condition.

Translation: 回到上一段中提到的例子来说，你可以复核一下，了解谁在会议 开始前检视过邮件，然后你可以给没有查看过邮件的人打电话。 Example: Having played Star Wars on the computer for three hours, Michael could not finish his paper in time. 2 Important Words 1. blessing:

n. something good that you have or that happens and improves your life, helps you in some way, or makes you happy 祝福，赐福 e.g.

The dishwasher has been a real blessing! Has her IQ been a burden as much as a blessing? 2. plain

a. (informal) used to emphasize an adjective, usually one referring to a bad quality 完全（的）地，全然（的）地 e.g.

It’s just plain crazy to spend all your pay as soon as you get it. It was just plain stupid to give him your address 3. chit-chat

n. conversation about things that are not very important 闲谈，聊天 e.g.

Let’s take Elizabeth and her chit-chat club as an example. Got time? Can we have a little chit-chat? 4. schedule

v. to plan that something will happen at a particular time 安排时间 e.g.

Or if you miss exercising regularly, schedule a once-a-week power walk. Her first album is scheduled for release in September. 5. design

v. to plan or develop something for a specific purpose 设计 e.g.

These exercises are designed to strengthen muscles.

The book is designed as a reference manual. 6. feature

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