Unit 2 E-mail.ppt

It snounderstatementtosaythate mailhashadaprofoundeffectonourprofessionalandpersonallives Peoplethousandsofmilesawayfromeachothercansendandreceivedetaileddocumentswithinmereseconds Thisallowsustotakeonprojectsthatwouldn thavebeenpracticalorpossibleonlyafewyearsago Ithasbecomeroutineforustocorrespondandexchangefileswithpeopleoverseas Theonlyobstacleisthedifferenceintimezones Butontheotherhand e mailcaneatupasubstantialportionofourworkday Mostofthetimeandeffortinvolvedisgoingthroughunsolicitedmessagesandseparatingthegoodfromthebad Butnotallunsolicitedmessagesarespam SECTIONIVMaintainingaSharpEye InformationRelatedtotheReadingPassage Back PASSAGEI E mail aBlessingandAnnoyance Fortheblessing E mailisaconversationthatdoesnotrequireanimmediateresponse likeatelephone Ifsomeonecallsyouonthetelephone youpickitup unlessyouhaveanansweringmachine voicemailoryouarejustplainrude andtheconversationbegins Thisisaninteractiveconversation Withe mail yousendamessageandthenwaitforaresponse Theresponsemaycomeinfiveminutesoritmaycomeinfivedays Eitherway it snotaninteractiveconversation Ifahundredpeoplesendyoue mailsinoneday sowhat Youdon thavetotalkwithallonehundred Justthinkofallthehellos goodbyesandotherunnecessarychit chatyoucanavoid Withe mail youonlydealwiththeirmessages whichusuallyomithellos goodbyesandsuch andyoudealwiththemonyourowntime That stheblessing Unit Two Nowfortheannoyance Toomanye mailusersassumethattheminutesomeonereceivesane mail thepersonwillreadit Badassumption Ifyouscheduleameetingforanhourfromnowandsendane mailtoeachparticipant thechancethatalltheparticipantswillreadthatmessagewithinthehourwillbeprettysmall Ontheotherhand ifyouschedulethemeetingforthenextday thechancethattheywillreadthemessagewillbeprettyhigh Remember e mailisnotdesignedforimmediateresponse that swhyyouhaveatelephone it sdesignedforconvenience Some notall e mailsystemshavefeaturesthattrytocombatthisproblem Thesefeatures usuallycalled notification willnotifyyouwhenapersonhasreceivedyoure mailandmayalsotellyouwhenthepersonhasreadit reallyallitcandoisassureyouthatthepersonhaslookedatthefirstscreenofthemessage ithasnowaytoknowifthepersonhasreadthemessagewordforword Referringbacktotheexampleinthepreviousparagraph youcouldchecktoseewhohascheckedtheire mailbeforethemeetingandthentelephonethosewhohavenotreadit Unit Two 1 Para 3 Ifahundredpeoplesendyoue mailinoneday sowhat Analysis sowhat isaninformalexpression whichmeans WhyshouldIcare Translation 如果在一天内有一百个人给你发邮件 那又怎么样呢 Example Sometimesitcantakealittlebitlonger butsowhat LanguagePoints 1ExplanationofDifficultSentences Back LanguagePoints 1ExplanationofDifficultSentences 2 Para 3 Justthinkofallthehellos good byesandotherunnecessarychit chatyoucanavoid Analysis Justisusedtomakeastatementorcommandstronger meaninginChinese 只是 仅仅 Translation 只要想想看 你能省掉的所有 你好 再见 以及其他一些没有必要的寒暄 这就够了 Example ButIbettheyworktoohard Justthinkofalltheymiss Back LanguagePoints 1ExplanationofDifficultSentences 3 Para 5 Ifyouscheduleameetingforanhourfromnowandsendane mailtoeachparticipant thechancethatalltheparticipantswillreadthatmessagewithinthehourwillbeprettysmall Analysis Thisisacomplexsentence Thesubjectandthepredicateofthemainclausearethechanceandwillbeprettysmall withathat clausetomodifythechance Ifyouscheduleameetingforanhourfromnowandsendane mailtoeachparticipantisanadverbialclauseofcondition Translation 如果你计划从现在起的一小时后开一个会 然后给每一位与会的人发一封电子邮件 所有与会的人都能在一小时内读到该邮件的机率是很小的 Example Ifwedecidetoworkovertimethisevening thechancethatwewillgotothecinemawillbeverysmall Back 4 Para 6 Referringbacktotheexampleinthepreviousparagraph youcouldchecktoseewhohascheckedtheire mailbeforethemeetingandthentelephonethosewhohavenotreadit Analysis Referringbacktoisapresentparticiplephraseusedasanadverbialofcondition Translation 回到上一段中提到的例子来说 你可以复核一下 了解谁在会议开始前检视过邮件 然后你可以给没有查看过邮件的人打电话 Example HavingplayedStarWarsonthecomputerforthreehours Michaelcouldnotfinishhispaperintime LanguagePoints 1ExplanationofDifficultSentences Back Unit Two LanguagePoints 2ImportantWords 1 blessing n somethinggoodthatyouhaveorthathappensandimprovesyourlife helpsyouinsomeway ormakesyouhappy祝福 赐福e g Thedishwasherhasbeenarealblessing HasherIQbeenaburdenasmuchasablessing Back LanguagePoints 2ImportantWords 2 immediatea verycloseorconnectedinspaceortime performedwithlittleornodelay立即的e g MyimmediatereactionwasjustdisgustThesetragicincidentshavehadanimmediateeffect Back LanguagePoints 2ImportantWords 3 plaina informal usedtoemphasizeanadjective usuallyonereferringtoabadquality完全 的 地 全然 的 地e g It sjustplaincrazytospendallyourpayassoonasyougetit Itwasjustplainstupidtogivehimyouraddress Back LanguagePoints 2ImportantWords 4 interactiveadj capableofactingonorinfluencingeachother互动的e g Thiswillmakevideogamesmoreinteractivethanever Thepsychotherapyiscarriedoutinsmallinteractivegroups Back LanguagePoints 2ImportantWords 5 chit chatn conversationaboutthingsthatarenotveryimportant闲谈 聊天e g Let stakeElizabethandherchit chatclubasanexample Gottime Canwehavealittlechit chat Back LanguagePoints 2ImportantWords 6 annoyancev angerproducedbysomeannoyingirritation烦恼e g Ifeltannoyanceatbeingteased Whydoyoualwaystakeyourannoyanceoutonme Back LanguagePoints 2ImportantWords 7 assumptionn ahypothesisthatistakenforgranted 假设e g YourassumptioniswrongHisassumptionprovedtobewrong Back LanguagePoints 2ImportantWords 8 schedulev toplanthatsomethingwillhappenataparticulartime安排时间e g Orifyoumissexercisingregularly scheduleaonce a weekpowerwalk HerfirstalbumisscheduledforreleaseinSeptember Back LanguagePoints 2ImportantWords 9 designv toplanordevelopsomethingforaspecificpurpose设计e g Theseexercisesaredesignedtostrengthenmuscles Thebookisdesignedasareferencemanual Back LanguagePoints 2ImportantWords 10 participantn someonewhotakespartinanactivitye g SheisanactiveparticipantinthisactivityYouareexpectedtobeanactiveparticipant Back 11 conveniencen thestateofbeingsuitableoropportune方便e g Comebytopickmeupatyourconvenience Pleasereplyatyourearliestconvenience LanguagePoints 2ImportantWords Back 12 featuren apartofsomethingthatyounoticebecauseitseemsimportant interesting ortypical特点 特写e g Airbagsareastandardfeatureinmostnewcars AnimportantfeatureofVanGogh spaintingsistheirbrightcolors LanguagePoints 2ImportantWords Back LanguagePoints 2ImportantWords batv totrytostopsomethingbadfromhappeningorgettingworse usedespeciallyinnewsreports反对 斗争e g Tocombatinflation thegovernmentraisedinterestrates Chinahascompleteditspreparationstocombatbirdflu Back LanguagePoints 2ImportantWords 14 notifyv toformallyorofficiallytellsomeoneaboutsomething通知e g Youwillbenotifiedofanychangesinthesystem InAugustwewerenotifiedthatourarticlehadbeenrejected notification n informingbywords通知e g Youshouldreceivenotificationoftheresultswithinaweek WereceivedofficialnotificationthatHarrywasmissing Back LanguagePoints 2ImportantWords 15 assurev totellsomeonethatsomethingwilldefinitelyhappenorisdefinitelytruesothattheyarelessworried保证 确保e g Herdoctorhasassuredusthatshe llbefine Iassureyouthatwouldneverhappenagain Back 1 What sthedifferencebetweenane mailconversationandatelephoneconversation 2 What stheblessingofe mail 3 Whatise maildesignedfor 4 What stheannoyanceofe mail Ane mailconversationdoesnotrequireanimmediateresponse butatelephoneconversationdoes Withe mail youonlydealwithitsmessage andyoucandealwithitonyourowntime E mailisdesignedfortheconvenienceofconveyingmessages Toomanye mailusersmakeabadassumptionthattheminutesomeonereceivesane mail thepersonwillreadit Butallthee mailcandoisassureyouthatthepersonhaslookedatthefirstscreenofthemessage ithasnowaytoknowifthepersonhasreadthemessagewordforwordornot ReadandThink 1Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtothepassage Back ReadandComplete 2Fillintheblankswithoutreferringtothepassage E mailisaconversationthatdoesnotrequirean1 response likeatelephone Ifsomeonecallsyou2 youpickitupandtheconversationbegins Thisisan3 conversation Withe mail yousendamessageandthen4 aresponse Theresponsemaycomeinfiveminutes