Module 6 The Internet and Telecommunications Section Ⅳ Other Parts of the Module [原文呈现]Talking on a mobile phone is expensive, so a lot of people send text messages①. Text messages are much cheaper② than talking on a mobile phone, and you can make it even cheaper by③shortening the words that you use④. You can do this by taking out⑤ “unimportant” letters⑥ in the words (usually vowels⑦) and using numbers instead of⑧ words (2＝to, 3＝free, 4＝for, 8＝ate, so h8＝hate, etc.). You can also avoid using⑨ punctuation⑩ like inverted commas⑪. Here is an example: Im hm nw, why nt gv me a cll? (I’m home now, why not give me a call ？ ⑫) What do you think these text messages mean? ⑬Whr hv U bn? Iv bn wtng hrs fr a cll.Do U wnt 2 g 2 th cnma tnite?I gt a txt mssge frm my frnd. Shes hvng a prty on Strdy. Do U wnt 2 cm?Mobile phone users have developed⑭ a series of⑮ symbols to show how they feel. They are called emoticons⑯， and there are some examples below. To read an emoticon, you have to look at it sideways⑰.For example, if you say something in a text message which is a joke ⑱ ， you can follow it with a smiling face. Like this：Why didt u call me? I’m so sad. ∶)Here are some others. Can you think of text messages where you could use them ⑲ ？∶) laughing ∶(sad ∶< really sad[读文清障]①text message 短信Talking ... 为动名词短语作主语。②much cheaper 便宜得多③by doing sth.通过做某事④shorten/’ʃɔ：tn/vt.缩短that 引导定语从句修饰 words。⑤take out 取出，把……拿出来⑥letter n．字母⑦vowel n．元音⑧instead of 代替；而不是，为介词短语，而 instead 为副词。⑨avoid doing sth.避免做某事⑩punctuation n．标点符号⑪inverted comma 引号⑫why not do ... ？是一个表示建议的句型。⑬What do y...
