1、Module 6The Internet and TelecommunicationsCultural Corner必修一必修一Prediction:Whats the passage about?Mobile phone messages1.Why do people use text messages and emoticons?Text messages are cheaper.2.Do mobile phone users in China send text messages and use emoticons?(Open answers)Fast Reading 3.How can
2、 we make the text messages cheaper?You can make it cheaper by shortening the words that you use.Take out“unimportant”letters that you use.Use numbers instead of words.Avoid using punctuation like inverted commas.4.What are the emoticons?Emoticons are a series of symbols to show how they feel.1.What
3、do the sentences or phrases mean?Why nt gv me a cll?Iv bn wtng fr a lng tme?Im so sd.)Careful Reading5.B4 3.4ever 2.RU 4.ILY 6.GL Why not give me a call?Ive been waiting for a long time.Im so sad.Are you?foreverI love youbeforeGood Luck7.Explain some emoticons:=:-=:-)=colon (=eyes)colon+hyphen (=eye
4、s and nose)colon+hyphen+close bracket=eyes and nose and happy mouth (=smiling)8.What do they mean?if u wanna kno how much i miss u,try 2 catch raindrops the ones u catch is how much u miss me and the ones u miss is how i miss uWhen you want to know how much I miss you,try to catch raindrops.The ones
5、 you catch is how much I miss me,and the ones you miss is how I miss you.life is like a movie wen ur edy wen ur sad.tragedy wen u hav enemies.action&wen u look in the mirror.horror Life is like a movieWhen you are happycomedyWhen you are sadtragedyWhen you have enemiesactionAnd when you look in the
6、mirrorhorror!Language points1.Talking on a mobile phone is expensive,soa lot of people send text messages.此处为动词此处为动词ing 形式在前半句中作主语。形式在前半句中作主语。学好英语不容易。学好英语不容易。Learning English well is not easy.send text messages 发短信。发短信。我每天都给我父亲发短信。我每天都给我父亲发短信。I send text message to my father everyday.2.Text messages
7、 are much cheaper than talking on a mobile phone,and you can make it even cheaper by shortening the words that you use.(1)much(得多得多),even(更更)可以用来修可以用来修饰比较级饰比较级 by为介词后面接动词的为介词后面接动词的-ing 形式。形式。这栋房子比那一栋漂亮多了，你可以通这栋房子比那一栋漂亮多了，你可以通过装修使它更漂亮。过装修使它更漂亮。This house is much more beautiful than that one,and you c
8、an make it even more beautiful than decorating it.shorten:使使变短，使缩小变短，使缩小，反义词为反义词为lengthen The days shorten in the autumn.秋天白昼会变短秋天白昼会变短。She had her shirt shortened an inch.她请人把裙子改短了一英寸她请人把裙子改短了一英寸。that you use 为定语从句，来修饰前面的先为定语从句，来修饰前面的先行词行词 words.words.3.You can do this by taking out“unimportant”let
9、ters in the words(usually vowels)and using numbers instead of words.你可以通过去除单词中你可以通过去除单词中“不重要不重要”的字母通常的字母通常为元音和用数字而不用整个单词发短信。为元音和用数字而不用整个单词发短信。take out 把物拿出，把某人带出去把物拿出，把某人带出去 她从口袋里取出一条手帕。她从口袋里取出一条手帕。She took out a handkerchief from her pocket.我的男朋友今晚要带我去看表演。我的男朋友今晚要带我去看表演。My boyfriend is taking me ou
10、t to a show tonight.除去除去；拔牙等；去除；拔牙等；去除(污点污点)等等你必须拔掉那颗牙齿。你必须拔掉那颗牙齿。You will have to have the tooth taken out.取得取得,获得获得(权利、许可等权利、许可等)取得驾驶执照。取得驾驶执照。take out a drivers license.Instead of 的意思是的意思是“代替代替”、“而而不不”后面常跟名词、代词和动名词，后面常跟名词、代词和动名词，偶尔也跟复合结构。偶尔也跟复合结构。我代替我弟弟回家了，因为他生病了。我代替我弟弟回家了，因为他生病了。I have come inst
11、ead of my brother because he is ill.如果我未感冒我将会正在工作而不是躺在如果我未感冒我将会正在工作而不是躺在这里。这里。If I hadnt got a cold Id be working instead of lying here in bed.4.You can avoid using punctuation like inverted commas.你可以不用标点符号如引号。你可以不用标点符号如引号。avoid 逃避，避免逃避，避免 后面接动词的后面接动词的-ing 形式。形式。我尽量避免遇见他，因为他总是使我厌烦。我尽量避免遇见他，因为他总是使我厌
12、烦。I tried to avoid meeting him because he always bored me.接动名词的还有：接动名词的还有：look forward to,delay,enjoy,finish,imagine,mind,risk,suggest 等。等。Punctuation 标点符号标点符号5.Mobile phone users have developed a series of symbols to show how they feel.a series of 一系列的一系列的工人们想出了一系列的办法来解决这工人们想出了一系列的办法来解决这个难题。个难题。Wor
13、kers have came up with a series of methods to solve the problem.6.To read an emoticon,you have to look at it sideways.emoticon 情感符情感符=emotion+iconsideways 往（或向、从）一侧：往（或向、从）一侧：他斜着眼看她。他斜着眼看她。He looked sideways at her.侧着；侧面朝前侧着；侧面朝前她侧着坐在椅子上。她侧着坐在椅子上。She sat sideways on the chair.7.For example,if you sa
14、y something in a text message which is a joke,you can follow it with a smiling face.其中其中which is a joke 是一个定语从句，是一个定语从句，which在定语从句中作主语，修饰先行词在定语从句中作主语，修饰先行词a text message.8.Here are some others.some others 其余的其余的 9.Can you think of text messages where you could use them?此句中含有定语从句，此句中含有定语从句，where 在定语从句中在定语从句中作地点状语，先行词为作地点状语，先行词为text messages.HomeworkWork in groups,and prepare a postershowing the uses of the Internet.(P60 Task)
