Task 13. For which of the following types of writing is it necessary to be brief?
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Task 12. Answer the questions.
1. What is e-mail for you? How often do you use it?
2. Do you imagine you life without the e-mail?
3. What major problems are there with the e-mail?
4. Are they opinions or facts?
5. Would it be a problem for you?
6. What do you think is the reason for the various bits of netiquette which are mentioned?
7. What is a flame? Have you ever been the target of the flame?
8. Is e-mail secure? How to make it so?
Instructions, love letters, news reports, business proposals, faxes, adverts, insurance claims, curriculum vitae, short stories, scientific reports, e-mail, poems.
Task 14. Complete these common phrases:
| AAMOF | as a m… of f… |
| AFAIK | as f… as I k… |
| FYI | for your i… |
| FYA | f… y… am… |
| IMO | in my o… |
| IOW | in o… words |
| NRN | not r… necessary |
| TTYL | talk to y… l… |
| FAQ | f… a… question(s) |
| BTW | by t… w… |
| LOL KHYF | la… o… loud k… ho… y… fe… |
| IMHO | in my h… o… |
| WYSIWYG | what y… see is w… y… g… |
| RTFM | read the f… m… |
Task 15. Study the following information and dictate the e-mail address to your partner.
E-mail messages usually have the following format:
To: (Name and e-mail address of recipient)
From: (Name and e-mail address of sender)
Subject: (Identification of main point of message)
Here is an example of an e-mail address:
smith@cup.ac.uk
Note that the symbol @ in e-mail address is read at that the full stops are read as dot. Thus the example address would be read as Smith at C – U – P dot A – C dot U – K.
The ac.uk in the example address tells you that the address is based at a university in the United Kingdom.
Do you know anyone with an e-mail address? If so, dictate it to other students in the class. If not, then your teacher will give you some addresses for dictation.
Task 16. E-mailers make use of symbols called smileys (or emoticons) which can be written using standard letters and signs.
:-) Your basic smiley. This is used to mean I'm happy.
;-) Winking smiley. I'm flirting or being ironic.
;-( Frowning smiley. I did not like something.
:-| I'm indifferent.
8-) I wear glasses.
:-{) I have a moustache.
:-˜) I have a cold.
C=:?) Head cook, chef-de-cuisine.
Q:?) Soldier, man with beret, boy scout.
*:O) Clown face; I'm feeling like a buffoon.
:?9 Licking the lips; very tasty or delicious.
ËËËËËË O: >? Snake (or to rake someone over the coals)
Match these smileys to their meanings listed below:
%-) (-: |-| :-Q :-@ :-D <:-| (:) [:-)
1. I'm a dunce.
2. I'm an egghead.
3. I'm asleep.
4. I'm laughing.
5. I'm left-handed.
6. I'm screaming.
7. I'm wearing a Walkman.
8. I'm sticking my tongue out at you.
9. I've been staring at this screen for too long.
Task 17. Discuss the following questions:
1. Do faxes, electronic mail and papers offer an escape from human interaction?
2. Could all these topography symbols such as e-smiles supplant the more emotive ingredients of two-way communication?
3. How can we balance the use of technology and real-life conversation?
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