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Exercise 2

Exercise 3

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Session 1 Imagine you are meeting Mike, a student from England.

Complete the following conversation with him by filling out the blanks.  

You: What are you going to do this evening, Mike?

Mike: Chatting online.  

You: But _____________ when I come across some

abbreviations. I don’t know _________________.

I’m confused

what they all mean

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Mike: I _________________. If someone writes “BTW”, it

means “By the way”, “DBEYR” means “Don’t

believe everything you read”, “NM” means “Never

mind”, “NP” means “No problem”, etc.

You: Oh, I see. _________________! Now I know what

these abbreviations mean.

Mike: I know a lot of this sort of abbreviations. If you like, I

can tell you more.

You: Do please. ________________ if you can tell me more.

can tell you some

How interesting

I’ll be grateful

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Mike: “OT” means “Off topic”, “OTOH” means “On

the other hand”, “RN” means “Right now”,

“WB” means “Welcome back”.

You: Oh, really. I remember I ____________

“WDYT” while chatting with somebody

online., let me make a guess. _____________ “What

do you think?”

Mike: That’s right. How clever you are.

came across

Does it mean

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g about chatting online. Fill in the blanks according to the Chinese version provided.

You: _____________________________________

________________? ( 网上聊天似乎很有趣 , 你试过吗 ?)

Jane: I recently have!

You: _________________________? ( 你觉得怎么样 ?)

Jane: I just love it. It’s the most exciting thing I’ve

ever done.

Chatting online seems like fun. Have you

ever tried it

How do you feel about it

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You: ____________________________? ( 真的吗 ? 怎么有

趣 ?)

Jane: By chatting with keypals ( 键友 ), you can know a

lot of new friends. Also, you can learn many

funny abbreviations.

You: _______________________________? ( 你能列举一

些吗 ?)

Oh, really? What’s the fun of it

Wow, can you name some of them

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Jane: For example, “YTTT” means “You are telling the

truth?”, “YNK” means “You never

know,” “YOYO” means “You’re on your own.

You: __________________________________________.

( 真有趣 ! 我应该找时间试试。 )  

Jane: Yes, you should.  

How interesting! I should find some time to try it

Exercise 2

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Session 1 Imagine you and Walter are studying in the same

university. You are meeting him on the campus

and talking with him about the Internet. Play your

role according to the clues given in the brackets.  

Exercise 3

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A: ( 询问对方是否真的经常上网。 )

______________________________________

Every time I see you, you’re in the middle of browsing

Internet.  

B: Yeah, ( 表示真的很喜欢上网。 )

 _____________________________________________.

A: I am curious about this. What’s so exciting about it?  

You really go online a lot, don’t you?

I really do love browsing the Internet

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Session 1B: ( 说明上网可以使你进入一个完全不同的世界 ) ______________

__________________________________

_________________.

A: What can you do with the Internet then?  

B: Well, you can do many things. ( 说明最有趣的是可以网上购物。）

_________________________________________________

__.

A: That’s exciting.  

You get to enter a completely different world without going anywhere at all

The most interesting thing is that you can do shopping online

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B: (说明最有趣的例子是虚拟汽车展厅。 ) ________________________________ __________.

A: (询问人们能在那里做些什么。 )   ______________________ ?B: Using the computer, you can even simulate- rid

e the new car you want to buy, experience driving it and then buy it.  

The most stimulating example is the virtual car showrooms

So what can people do there

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Some pairs of students are asked to role play making

conversations on chatting online with each other, and the

other students listen carefully and are required to make

comments on the speakers’ performances. This activity

can be continued so that other groups may have a

chance to perform in class.

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