Unit2languagePeriod1WelcometotheunitEmoticonsorsmileysexplainedAnEmoticon(orSmiley)isasequenceofordinarycharactersyoucanfindonyourcomputerkeyboard
Emoticonsareusedine-mail,chat,SMS(短信)andotherformsofcommunicationusingcomputers
Themostpopularemoticonsarethesmilingfaces(smileysorsmilies)thatpeopleusetosay“don'ttakewhatIjustwrotetooseriously”
Ifyoudon'tseethatitrepresentsasmilingface,tipyourheadtotheleftandlookatitagain
Thecolonrepresentstheeyes,thedashrepresentsthenose,andtherightparenthesisrepresentsthemouth
ManypeopleuseMSNandYahoo,forthisreasonIaddedalistwithMSNandYahooemoticons
Whenusingtheseduringyourchatsession,theywillbeconvertedtorealicons
Emoticons(情感符)Emoticons(emotionalicons)areusedtocompensatefortheinabilitytoconveyvoiceinflections,facialexpressions,andbodilygesturesinw