II. Discussion

　Have you ever sent text messages to your friends?

　Can you guess the meaning of the following message?

　Wy nt gv me a cll? Iv bn wtng fr a lng tme? I'm so sd.

　_________________________________________________________

　Can you think of some other text messages?

Step Three: Reading

阅读CULTURAL CORNER的文章,回答下列问题.

1. Why do people prefer to use text messages instead of talking on the phones?

A. They want to keep secret. B. They want to save money.

C. They want to make jokes. D. They want to play word games.

2. If you want to understand the emoticon, you'd better look at_________.

A. upside down B. in the face C. from the upside D. from the side

3. The passage is mainly about _______.

A. how to make your phone call cheaper B. text message and emoticons

C. how to read text message and emoticonD.how to shorten your text message

4. From the passage, we know that ________

A. it is easy to understand some short messages if you are a Chinese.

B. it is hard to understand the emoticons if you don't know English.

C. the short message cannot be made by Chinese.

D. short messages sometimes make us puzzled.

Step Four: While-reading

1. Find out the following phrases in the passage.

1) 许多人 _____________ 2) 缩短单词_________________

3) 使得......更便宜_______________4) 去掉; 减去____________________

5) 代替;而不......________________6) give sb. A call___________________

7)一系列________________________8) 其他一些_____________________

2. Points:

　　1) shorten v. 缩短;(使)变短

　　 ①--en 作后缀,表示"使成为,引起"

Eg. quick---quicken weak---weaken soft---soften hard---harden

②en-作前缀, 表示"使处于......状态"

Eg. able---enable rich---enrich danger---endanger large---enlarge

2) invert v. 倒置, 翻转, 颠倒----n. inversion

3) emotion n.情感; 情绪

eg. Love, hate and fear are emotions.

He is a man of strong emotions.

express/ control one's emotion表达/控制感情

4) take out 拿出；去掉

eg. Please take out your books.

This word is unnecessory in the sentence. Take it out.

5) inetead of 代替; 而不......

eg. I can't go. She'll go instead of me.

She went to school instead of staying at home.