Question

We use the Internet for many things: business, shopping, writing letters, talking to people, finding information and so on. In recent years, a new kind of English has grown on the Internet. There's no real word for it yet, so we'll call it e-talk. People don't like typing too much. To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters (called acronyms). Acronyms are often used in chat rooms(聊天室). Some of them are: BTW (by the way); BRB (be right back); LOL (laughing out loud); IMO (in my opinion).

People also use many abbreviations. They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations are: info (information); puter (computer); pic (picture); sec (second).

We usually don't see people when we communicate(交流）on the Net, so people have

new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keyboards to draw "feelings", such as:

:-)  (happy)     ;-)  (joking)       :-(  (sad)        :-O  (surprised)

These days, many forums (论坛) have picture feelings. For example:

 

(happy)            (sad)            (angry)             (cool)

There are even whole new words, like "newbies"(someone who is new on a chat board

or forum). When you write something bad about someone else, it's called "flaming" the

person. It takes time for people to get used to(适应) e-talk. Also, different groups on the Net

have their own special ways of communicating. Newbies sometimes have to ask other people

what they mean. As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.

判断正误。正确（T）错误（F）

(    ) 1. People type acronyms so that they can type them quickly.

(    ) 2. “BTW, my puter is not working well.” means that the person is sad that his compute having problems.

(    ) 3. If someone is angry, he may type “LOL” or “BRB”.

(    ) 4. E-talk will probably be used by people on the telephone.

(    ) 5. The best title for this passage is E-talk  

Answer 1

1T   2T   3F   4F   5T