You'resupposedtowritequickly!Section1Section4Section2Section3Section2HiMin:HowRU?Ihadaverygr8nightyesterday.Igotmanypresentsbecauseyesterdaywasmybirthday.I’mveryhappy!:)Imissyouverymuch,IreallywanttotalkwithyouF2F.Haveaniceday!CU!Canyoureadthesefollowingexpressions?F2FHowRU?CU!BTWCUL8rfacetofaceHowareyou?Seeyou!Bytheway.Seeyoulater!Section1BeforeYouRead4242：是啊是啊

7456：氣死我了

886，88：再見(jiàn)

847：別生氣

987：就不去，就不去

55555：哭

:)happy:(sad:<reallysad:.Vshouting:OshockedSection1BeforeYouRead1.Whydomanypeopleusee-mailEnglish?2.Howmanytypesdoese-mailEnglishuse?Whatarethey?3.Whencanweusee-mailEnglish?4.Canweuseitinclassorinatest?Why?Whencanweuseitthen?Section2CanyouwriteinEnglish?Andcanyoualsowritee-mailEnglish?Maybenot.e-mailEnglishisanewkindofwrittenEnglishthatisbeingusedtosavetime.WhileYouReadSection2…ThisisbecausetheycomefromacomputerprogramcalledICQ,whichmeansIseekyou.ICQisane-mail“chatline”thatpeopleusetohaveonlineconversationswithfriends.OneCanadianteachersays,“Peoplecanusetheircomputerstotalktoeachother.Butyouaresupposedtotypequicklysotheotherpersondoesn’tgetbored,sousinge-mailEnglishhelpsyouwritequickly.”WhileYouReadSection2

…Thefirstare“abbreviations”.Theseareformedbyusingthefirstletterofeachwordinthephrase.Forexample,BTWmeans“bytheway”,andGSLmeans“can’tstoplaughing”.Thesecondkindofwordisa“homophone”-it’screatedbycombininglettersandsymbols,ornumbers,tosoundlikeotherwords.Anexampleofthiswouldbetowrite“great”as“gr8”,ortowrite“seeyoulater”as“CUL8r”.WhileYouReadSection2Whenyouwritee-mailEnglishyoudonotneedtousepunctuationmarksonlyinthetraditionalway.Youarealsosupposedtousethemtoshowtheemotionyouarefeeling.Thesearecalled“emotions”.Theadvantageorusingpunctuationmarksisthatyoucanmakefaceswiththem.Themostcommononeisthehappyface-itlookslikethis:)

Anditismadewithacolonandarightbracketbesideit.WhileYouReadSection2

E-mailEnglishisfun-it’salmostlikewritingriddles.YouCanlearniteasilybyyourselves,andexperimentwithyourownideas.Itisnotrudetowritee-mailEnglish,butitisimportanttouseitonlyatthepropertime-whenyouaree-mailingafriend,orsendingamessagetoafriendonmobilephone.Butyoushouldn’tuseitinclass,andrememberyourteacherswillnotbepleasedifyouwritee-mailEnglishinatest!WhileYouReadSection3AfterYouRead3typesofe-mailEnglishatthetopofeachcolumn.Giveaexample.abbreviations2.homophone3.emoticonsBTW,CSLgr8,CUL8r:)Section3AfterYouReadE-mailEnglishisusedtohavefunb)tosavetimec)tostudyfasterWBQwouldmeanwithbestwishesb)whichqueuec)writebackquickly“Great”soundsmostlikelateb)getc)seatIne-mailEnglish,punctuationmarksareusednormallyb)insteadofc)toshowfeelingsE-mailEnglishissupposedtobeuseda)onmobilephonesb)inclassc)intestsSection4GoForIt!Dothesetwoonyourown:Ihadagreatweekend.Andyou?2.Ohno!Iamgoingtobelate.Mye-mailEnglishideasDothesetwowithapartner:Ihaveseenthatmoviefourtimes.It’sgreat.