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Opener
Mary is thinking of getting a tattoo tomorrow afternoon. She asks Mel to join her, but Mel cannot because she has to work tomorrow. And then Mary invites Mel to go to a party tomorrow night. Mel hesitates at first, but finally decides to go with Mary. They will meet at eight o’clock. Abbreviation 1. TGIF 2. AMA 3. OMG 4. YOLO 5. FOMO 6. FYI 7. LOL 8. TBH 9. PPL 10. ETA Transcript:
Meaning
Thank God it’s Friday Ask me anything Oh my God!
You only live once
Fear of missing out
For your information Laugh out loud To be honest People
Estimated time of arrival
A: Hey, Mary. B: Hey, Mel. A: TGIF.
B: TGIF.
A: Mel, I need some advice on something. B: AMA
A: Yeah, thanks. I’m thinking of getting a tattoo. B: OMG! Really Are you serious A: Well, YOLO. B: That’s true. A: Well.
B: When are you going to do it
A: I’m thinking tomorrow afternoon. Do you want to come
B: Oh, I’d love to come, but I’ve got to work tomorrow. Oh, major
FOMO.
A: What a shame! B: Yeah,
A: Well, FYI, there’s a party tomorrow night. And if you are not
busy, you can come to that instead.
B: I’m not busy, but TBH I really need to take it easy this weekend. A: What That’s so not like you. B: LOL, that’s true.
A: Party is in Hackney Wick. It’s gonna be good, good music, good
PPL.
B: Oh, major FOMO again. Oh, what the hell Yes, why not I’ll go.
A: OK, well, OK. What do you wanna do Do you want to come to mine
first
B: Sounds good. A: And ETA
B: Eh eight o’clock A: Eight, eight o’clock B: Yeah. A: On the dot B: Won’t be late. A: OK. Cool. Later. B: See you later, bye. A: Bye.
Reading & Interacting
I. Understanding the Text 1. Text Organization Parts Paragraphs Subtitles Main Ideas The Internet is changing the way we communicate. Emoticons and emojis are the fastest growing “new language” in the world, Part One Paras. 1–(An 4 introduction) Part Two Paras. 5–What about 6 emoticons and emojis and the keyboards of the future will probably contain some of them. Part Three Paras. 7–How emojis add With images of facial 9 meaning expressions or objects, emoticons and emojis can be used to vividly describe mood, which is what the written word has lacked, and thus help avoid misunderstanding. Part Four Paras. 10–12 The web’s positive effects on writing The Internet is sharpening up writing skills, driving language to become more globalized and spawning new specialisms. Part Five Paras. 13–14 Are mobile People are influenced by devices and 140 the poorly constructed character content on their mobile limits changing devices and respond in the language same way, resulting in lowered language standards. Part Six Paras. 15–17 Part Seven Paras. 18–20 It’s all about It is still best to be context Why changing formal in the world of work. Language has a way of online language evolving and education will doesn’t matter need to change, too. 2. Comprehension Check Digging into detail
1) They are more concerned with getting their message across rather than grammar, spelling or sentence structure.
2) We are increasingly using more streamlined and concise language. 3) They can be used to describe the mood of communicators and clarify the real meaning of their message.
4) It is sharpening up writing skills. It shows the disparity between good and bad writing, and as a
result writers are becoming better educated and more aware of global grammatical standards.
5) Because of the Internet, many Americanisms such as “road trip” and “what’s up” have been
ingrained into “International English.”