Period3:ReadingandwritingObjectivesTolearntoreademailsandwritereplies●Procedures▇WarmingupbylearningaboutwhatemailisHello,class.Doyousendemails?Whatisit?E-mail(electronicmail)istheexchangeofcomputer-storedmessagesbytelecommunication.(Somepublicationsspellitemail;wepreferthecurrentlymoreestablishedspellingofe-mail.)E-mailmessagesareusuallyencodedinASCIItext.However,youcanalsosendnon-textfiles,suchasgraphicimagesandsoundfiles,asattachmentssentinbinarystreams.E-mailwasoneofthefirstusesoftheInternetandisstillthemostpopularuse.AlargepercentageofthetotaltrafficovertheInternetise-mail.E-mailcanalsobeexchangedbetweenonlineserviceproviderusersandinnetworksotherthantheInternet,bothpublicandprivate.E-mailcanbedistributedtolistsofpeopleaswellastoindividuals.Ashareddistributionlistcanbemanagedbyusingane-mailreflector.Somemailinglistsallowyoutosubscribebysendingarequesttothemailinglistadministrator.Amailinglistthatisadministeredautomaticallyiscalledalistserver.E-mailisoneoftheprotocolsincludedwiththeTransportControlProtocol/InternetProtocol(TCP/IP)suiteofprotocols.Apopularprotocolforsendinge-mailisSimpleMailTransferProtocolandapopularprotocolforreceivingitisPOP3.BothNetscapeandMicrosoftincludeane-mailutilitywiththeirWebbrowsers.Beforeyouread▇Pleasegooverthewordlistforthismodule,payingattentiontothepronunciationoftheword,therelationshipbetweenitspronunciationanditsspelling.Whileyouread▇Cut/thesentencesintothoughtgroups,blackenthepredicates,underlinetheusefulexpressionsanddarkentheconnectives.用心爱心专心Hi!Howareyou?Ihope/youandyourfamily/arewell.Ihaveafavour/toask.Nextweek,I'mgoingtoareception/attheChineseEmbassy/here/inLondon/andI'mreallylookingforwardtoit.I'mgoingtomeetsomeseniorhighschoolstudents/andtheirteachers.Theonlyproblem/isthatI'mnotverygood/atsmalltalk/withpeople/Idon’tknow–I’malwaysworriedaboutsayingthewrongthing/ormakingpeoplefeelbored.IneedtoknowwhatIcantalkabout/withtheChinesepeople/thatImeet.Iwonderifyouwouldbekindenough/toanswerthesequestions.Here/inEngland,therearecertainquestions/thatyoushouldn'treallyaskpeople/thatyoudon'tknow--"Howoldareyou?"forexample,and"Howmuchdoyouearn?"Arethereanyquestions/thatyoushouldn'taskpeople/inChina?WhatsortofthingsdoChineseteenagersliketalkingabout?Sport?Music?Films?Andwhatsortofthingsdotheyfindboring?Politics?Theweather?Lookingforwardtoyourreply.AlexAfteryouread▇CopyalltheusefulexpressionsintoyourExpressionBookandmakeyourownsentenceswiththem.haveafavourtoask,gotoareception,attheChineseEmbassy,inLondon,lookforwardto…,meetsomeseniorhighschoolstudents,goodatsmalltalkwith…,beworriedabout…,saythewrongthing,makepeoplefeelbored,bekindenoughtoanswerthequestions■Writingareply用心爱心专心Verynicetomeetyouagainhere.Iamhappytolearnthatnextweek,you’regoingtoareceptionattheChineseEmbassythereinLondon.Yousayyou’regoingtomeetsomeseniorhighschoolstudentsandtheirteachers.Thatisveryinteresting.TheonlyproblemisthatsomeoftheChinesearenotsogoodatEnglish.Dobeworriedaboutsayingthewrongthingormakingthemfeelbored.Theycometoyourcountrytolearnandtoshare.Youmayjustaskandansweranyquestionsyoulike.YoumaydosomepreparationbywatchingCCTVnewssothatyouknowwhatyoucantalkaboutwiththeChinesepeoplethatyoumeet.Iamsuretheywouldbekindenoughtoansweryourquestions.HereinChina,therearenoquestionsthatyoucouldn’treallyaskpeoplethatyoudon'tknow.Chineseteenagersliketalkingaboutmanythings,suchassport,musicandfilms.Theyevenfindpoliticsandtheweatherinteresting.LookingforwardtomeetyoufacetofacehereinChina.■Learningaboutthetipsofwritingeffectiveemails■Herearetentipsforwritingeffectiveemails.＊Writeameaningfulsubjectline.＊Keepthemessagefocusedandreadable.＊Avoidattachments.＊Identifyyourselfclearly.＊Bekind--don'tflame.＊Proofread.＊Don'tassumeprivacy.＊Distinguishbetweenformalandinformalsituations.＊RespondPromptly.＊ShowRespectandRestraint.用心爱心专心
