Virtual Life & Cyber Romance

Vocabulary Laptop Desktop computer Software Hard drive Floppy disk CD-ROM Terminal USB-disk

Phrases To send / receive / read e-mails To surf on (cyberspace / the Web / the Internet) To download … from (web sites) To upload…

网络英语缩略语1. 首字母缩略法2. 谐音代替法

3. 首字母+ 谐音+ 首字母缩略法4. 节略法

1. 首字母缩略法AFAIK ASAP AYSOS BF GF BTW BBL BRB DIIK DLTM as far as I know as soon as possible Are you stupid or something? boyfriend girl friend By the way Be back later Be right back Damned if I known Don’t lie to me.

1. 首字母缩略法FE FTF FYI FT IAE ILY IMO IMHO IOW LOL NRN For example Face to face For your information faint In any event I love you In my opinion In my humble opinion In other words laughing out loudly No reply necessary

1. 首字母缩略法PEM RSVP SP TIA TTUL TYVM VG WRT Privacy enhanced mail 保密邮件 Reply if you please support Thanks in advance Talk to you later Thank you very much. very good With respect to 关于

WYMM

Will you marry me?

2. 谐音代替法IC I see

OICCU R RUOK 4 4ever L8ly

Oh, I seesee you are Are you ok? four forever lately

2night2B or not 2B B4 OF COZ ICQ

tonightto be or not to be before of course I seek you

3. 首字母+ 谐音或谐音+ 首字母缩略法

F2F / FTF CUL / CUL8R B4N / BFN

face to face see you later bye for now

4. 节略法Ur BR TNX gz your bedroom thanks Geeze (表惊讶)

Part 1 Introduction

Introduce your favorite website to us. And let’s share the information together.

Part 2 Pair work1. 2. Please introduce what you like to do on the Internet. When you are in a chat room, what would you like to talk with your friends on the Internet?

Surf on the Internet Communicating with people, shopping, reading, entertainment, education, working, publishing, etc.

Group work---topic 1What do you think about cyber romance?

Cyber dating/romance You never know where you might meet the love of your life! It could be in the street; it might be in the classroom; or it might be, just might be, on the Internet! It’s so easy to just type in all the qualities you desire in a person and then, right before your very eyes, several matches from all over the world may appear. It’s crazy, but true! Technology is changing everything these days. How is it changing you?

Pair-work-----Cyber dating/romance Have you ever had the experience of logging onto the Internet? Do you make friends in “chat rooms”? If someone were to tell you that people not only make friends, but also fall in love in “chat rooms”, what would you say? Would you believe them? What does dating on the Internet mean to you? What is the difference between meeting someone online and meeting him/her in real life?