1、Module 6Cultural CornerWhats this?Its a mobile phone.1.Do you have a mobile phone?2.Who do you often communicate with?Friends?Family?3.How do you communicate with your family and friends when using mobile phone?What ways do you use when you often use qq and wechat?Voice chat Video callWords 视频接通中视频接
2、通中When we use qq and wechat,we often use moticons.Do you often use text messages?How about ten years ago?1.Whats the passage about?Read the passage and then answer the questions.mobile phone text messages.2.Why do people use text messages?Text messages are cheaper.1.True or False statement.(1)Text m
3、essages are more expensive than talking on a mobile phone.()(2)We can shorten the messages by taking out the“unimportant”letters.()(3)We can use 2 instead of“ate”in a text message.()(4)Some punctuations can be avoid.()(5)If you want to tell a joke in a short message,you can follow it with a smiling
4、face.()FTFTTmuch cheaper“to”2=to,3=free,4=for,8=ate inverted commas2.How can we make the text messages cheaper?We can make it cheaper by shortening the words that we use.lTake out“unimportant”letterslUse numbers instead of words lAvoid using punctuationsWhat are the rules of shortening the words?1.4
5、ever forever 2.B4 before 3.B t w.By the way.4.J a m.Just a minute.5.S U L See you later.6.Gd lk.Good luck.7.Gld 2 s U.Glad to see you.8.I L U.I love you.9.I dt knw.I dont know.10.Lng tme n s.Long time no see.11.CSLcant stop laughingIm home now,why not give me a call?Where have you been?Ive been wait
6、ing hours for a call.(1)Im hm nw,why nt gv me a cll?(2)Whr hv U bn?Iv bn wtng hrs fr a cll.(3)Do U wnt 2 g 2 th cnma tnite?Do you want to go to the cinema tonight？(4)I gt txt mssage frm my frnd.Shes hvng a prty on strdy.Do U wnt 2 cm?I got a text message from my friend.Shes having a party on Saturda
7、y.Do you want to come?(5)Why nt gv me a cll?Iv bn wtng fr a lng tme?Im so sd.Why not give me a call?Ive been waiting for a long time.Im so sad.3.What are the emoticons?Emoticons are a series of symbols to show how people feel.Emoticon表情符号Emotion感情Icon符号Many different kinds of colorful emoticons To r
8、ead an emoticon,we have to look at it sideways.:-):-(:-:-v:-o 8-I-Ohappy/laughingsadreally sadasleepshoutingshockedsurprisedboredA few simple emoticonsDear Miss Gu,How are you?Im happy that my English is great.By the way,when we get together,Tom always plays jokes,we cant stop laughing.We miss you v
9、ery much.Hope to see you!Dear Miss Gu,How R U?Im:-)that my English is gr8.BTW,when our class get together,Tom always plays jokes,we CSL.We miss U very much.Hope 2 CU!Talking on a mobile phone is expensivesend text messagesHow to make messages cheapershorten the words use emoticonsUse numbers instead
10、 of wordsAvoid using punctuationsTake out“unimportant”letters Talking on a mobile phone is_,so a lot of people send text_.Text messages are much_.You can make it even cheaper by_ the words you use.You can do this by taking_“unimportant”letters in the words and using_ instead of words.You can also_ u
11、sing punctuations.Mobile phone users have_ a series of _ to show how they feel.They are called_.To read an emoticon,we should look at it _.Blank-fillingexpensivemessagescheapershorteningoutnumbersavoiddevelopedsymbolsemoticonssidewaysWork in groups of three or four.Discuss the following questions.Wh
12、at are the advantages of having a mobile phone?What are the disadvantages?GroupScores1234Homework Read the passage and try to get familiar with it.Finish this part in your exercise book.Language Points:1.Talking on a mobile phone is expensive (P优优化化74)2.using numbers instead of wordsinstead of/inste
13、ad I dont like this one;give me that instead.He wont go to Beijing,instead,he will go to Shanghai.Instead of playing basketball,he stayed at home.I have come instead of Mary.She is ill.shorten the wordsTake out“unimportant”letters Use numbers instead of wordsAvoid using punctuationsWho do you often
14、communicate with?How much do you spend in using it every month？shorten the wordsTake out“unimportant”letters Use numbers instead of wordsAvoid using punctuationscredit cardinternal callinternational callmobile phonetext messagevideo cameraThey are all closely They are all closely related to our dail
15、y liferelated to our daily lifeWhats this?Its a mobile phone.Do you know the development of mobile phone?Whats the oldest phone like?And the mobile phone in the future?Mobile phone is developing fast,also the number of mobile phone users is increasing.Lets see the number of mobile phone users in Chi
16、na in 2002 and 2007.Read the short passage P57.Then answer:In 2002In 2007So the number of mobile phone users in China has greatly increased.167 million500 million1.How many people in our class have a mobile phone?2.How often do you use them?3.What do you mainly use them for?Text messages?Calls?Takin
17、g photographs?4.Who do you communicate with most frequently?Friends?Family?How much do you spend in using mobile phone every month？To read an emoticon,we have to look at it sideways.:-):-(:-:-v:-o8-Ihappysadreally sadshoutingshockedsurprised1.How many people in our class have a mobile phone?2.How of
18、ten do you use them?3.What do you mainly use them for?Text messages?Calls?Taking photographs?4.Who do you communicate with most frequently?Friends?Family?3.How do you communicate with your family and friends when using mobile phone?3.How do you communicate with your family and friends when using mob
19、ile phone?4.How much money do you spend in using mobile phone every month？3.How do you communicate with your family and friends when using mobile phone?:-):-(:-:-v-:O 8-Olaughingsadreally sadshoutingasleepshockedsurprisedbored :-):-(:-:-v-:O 8-Olaughingsadreally sadshoutingasleepshockedsurprisedbore
20、d1.True or False statement.(1)Text messages are more expensive than talking on a mobile phone.()(2)We can shorten the messages by taking out the“unimportant”letters.()(3)We can use 2 instead of“ate”in a text message.()(4)Some punctuations can be avoid.()(5)If you want to tell a joke in a short messa
21、ge,you can follow it with a smiling face.()FTFTTmuch cheaper“to”2=to,3=free,4=for,8=ate inverted commas2.How can we make the text messages cheaper?We can make it cheaper by shortening the words that we use.lTake out“unimportant”letterslUse numbers instead of words lAvoid using punctuationsWhat are t
22、he rules of shortening the words?Give the Chinese meaning of the words and phrasesshortenvowelequalpunctuationemoticona series ofsymbolsidewaysshocked缩短缩短元音元音等于，等于，=标点标点表情符号表情符号一系列的一系列的符号，象征符号，象征横着地；斜着地横着地；斜着地inverted comma引号引号震惊的震惊的Explain some emoticons:=:-=:-)=colon (=eyes)colon+hyphen (=eyes and nose)colon+hyphen+close bracket=eyes and nose and happy mouth(=smiling)Explain some emoticons(删除这张幻删除这张幻灯？灯？):=:-=:-)=colon (=eyes)colon+hyphen (=eyes and nose)colon+hyphen+close bracket=eyes and nose and happy mouth(=smiling)
