Unit2E-mail市公開課一等獎省賽課微課金獎?wù)n件

It’snounderstatementtosaythate-mailhashadaprofoundeffectonourprofessionalandpersonallives.Peoplethousandsofmilesawayfromeachothercansendandreceivedetaileddocumentswithinmereseconds.Thisallowsustotakeonprojectsthatwouldn’thavebeenpracticalorpossibleonlyafewyearsago.Ithasbecomeroutineforustocorrespondandexchangefileswithpeopleoverseas.Theonlyobstacleisthedifferenceintimezones.Butontheotherhand,e-mailcaneatupasubstantialportionofourworkday.Mostofthetimeandeffortinvolvedisgoingthroughunsolicitedmessagesandseparatingthegoodfromthebad.Butnotallunsolicitedmessagesarespam.SECTIONIVMaintainingaSharpEyeInformationRelatedtotheReadingPassageBack1/27PASSAGEIE-mail,aBlessingandAnnoyanceFortheblessing:E-mailisaconversationthatdoesnotrequireanimmediateresponse(likeatelephone).Ifsomeonecallsyouonthetelephone,youpickitup(unlessyouhaveananswering

machine,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.12Unit|Two2/27Nowforthe

annoyance: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.34Unit|Two3/271.(Para.3)

Ifahundredpeoplesendyoue-mailinoneday,sowhat?Analysis:sowhat?isaninformalexpression,whichmeans“WhyshouldIcare?”Translation:假如在一天內(nèi)有一百個人給你發(fā)郵件，那又怎么樣呢？Example:Sometimesitcantakealittlebitlonger,butsowhat?LanguagePoints1ExplanationofDifficultSentencesBack4/27LanguagePoints1ExplanationofDifficultSentences2.(Para.3)

Justthinkofallthehellos,good-byesandotherunnecessarychit-chatyoucanavoid.Analysis:Justisusedtomakeastatementorcommandstronger,meaninginChinese“只是，僅僅”。Translation:只要想想看，你能省掉全部“你好”、“再見”以及其它一些沒有必要

寒暄，這就夠了。Example:ButIbettheyworktoohard.Justthinkofalltheymiss.Back5/27LanguagePoints1ExplanationofDifficultSentences3.(Para.5)

Ifyouscheduleameetingforanhourfromnowandsendane-mailtoeachparticipant,thechancethatalltheparticipantswillreadthatmessagewithinthehourwillbeprettysmall.

Analysis:Thisisacomplexsentence.Thesubjectandthepredicateofthemainclausearethechanceandwillbeprettysmall,withathat-clausetomodifythechance;Ifyouscheduleameetingforanhourfromnowandsendane-mailtoeachparticipantisanadverbialclauseofcondition.Translation:假如你計劃從現(xiàn)在起一小時后開一個會，然后給每一位與會人

發(fā)一封電子郵件，全部與會人都能在一小時內(nèi)讀到該郵件機(jī)率

是很小。Example:Ifwedecidetoworkovertimethisevening,thechancethatwewillgotothecinemawillbeverysmall.Back6/274.(Para.6)

Referringbacktotheexampleinthepreviousparagraph,youcouldchecktoseewhohascheckedtheire-mailbeforethemeetingandthentelephonethosewhohavenotreadit.

Analysis:

Referringbacktoisapresentparticiplephraseusedasanadverbialofcondition.Translation:回到上一段中提到例子來說，你能夠復(fù)核一下，了解誰在會議

開始前檢視過郵件，然后你能夠給沒有查看過郵件人打電話。Example:HavingplayedStarWarsonthecomputerforthreehours,Michaelcouldnotfinishhispaperintime.LanguagePoints1ExplanationofDifficultSentencesBackUnit|Two7/27LanguagePoints2ImportantWords1.blessing:

n.somethinggoodthatyouhaveorthathappensandimprovesyourlife,helpsyouinsomeway,ormakesyouhappy祝福，賜福e.g.

Thedishwasherhasbeenarealblessing!HasherIQbeenaburdenasmuchasablessing?Back8/27LanguagePoints2ImportantWords2.immediate

a.verycloseorconnectedinspaceortime;

performedwithlittleornodelay馬上

e.g.My

immediatereactionwasjustdisgustThesetragicincidentshavehadanimmediate

effectBack9/27LanguagePoints2ImportantWords3.plain

a.(informal)usedtoemphasizeanadjective,usuallyonereferringtoabadquality完全（）地，全然（）地

e.g.It’sjustplaincrazytospendallyourpayassoonasyougetit.Itwasjustplainstupidtogivehimyouraddress.Back10/27LanguagePoints2ImportantWords4.interactive

adj.capableofactingonorinfluencingeachother互動e.g.

Thiswillmakevideogamesmoreinteractivethanever.Thepsychotherapyiscarriedoutinsmallinteractivegroups.Back11/27LanguagePoints2ImportantWords5.chit-chat

n.conversationaboutthingsthatarenotveryimportant閑談，聊天e.g.

Let’stakeElizabethandherchit-chatclubasanexample.Gottime?Canwehavealittlechit-chat?Back12/27LanguagePoints2ImportantWords6.annoyance

v.angerproducedbysomeannoyingirritation煩惱

e.g.Ifeltannoyanceatbeingteased.WhydoyoualwaystakeyourannoyanceoutonmeBack13/27LanguagePoints2ImportantWords7.assumption

n.ahypothesisthatistakenforgranted.假設(shè)e.g.

YourassumptioniswrongHisassumptionprovedtobewrongBack14/27LanguagePoints2ImportantWords8.schedule

v.toplanthatsomethingwillhappenataparticulartime安排時間e.g.

Orifyoumissexercisingregularly,scheduleaonce-a-weekpowerwalk.HerfirstalbumisscheduledforreleaseinSeptember.Back15/27LanguagePoints2ImportantWords9.design

v.toplanordevelopsomethingforaspecificpurpose設(shè)計

e.g.Theseexercisesaredesignedtostrengthenmuscles.Thebookisdesignedasareferencemanual.Back16/27LanguagePoints2ImportantWords10.

participant

n.someonewhotakespartinanactivitye.g.

Sheisanactiveparticipantinthisactivity

Youareexpectedtobeanactiveparticipant

Back17/2711.conveniencen.thestateofbeingsuitableoropportune方便e.g.Comebytopickmeupatyour

convenience.Pleasereplyatyourearliestconvenience.LanguagePoints2ImportantWordsBack18/2712.featuren.apartofsomethingthatyounoticebecauseitseemsimportant,interesting,ortypical特點，特寫e.g.Airbagsareastandardfeatureinmostnewcars.AnimportantfeatureofVanGogh’spaintingsistheirbrightcolors.LanguagePoints2ImportantWordsBack19/27LanguagePoints2ImportantWords13.combat

v.totrytostopsomethingbadfromhappeningorgettingworse,usedespeciallyinnewsreports反對，斗爭e.g.Tocombatinflation,thegovernmentraisedinterestrates.Chinahascompleteditspreparationstocombatbirdflu.Back20/27LanguagePoints2ImportantWords14.notify

v.toformallyorofficiallytellsomeoneaboutsomething通知e.g.Youwillbenotifiedofanychangesinthesystem.InAugustwewerenotifiedthatourarticlehadbeenrejected.notification:

n.informingbywords通知e.g.Youshouldreceivenotificationoftheresultswithinaweek.WereceivedofficialnotificationthatHarrywasmissing.Back21/27LanguagePoints2ImportantWords15.assure

v.totellsomeonethatsomethingwilldefinitelyhappenorisdefinitelytruesothattheyarelessworried確保，確保e.g.Herdoctorhasassuredusthatshe’llbefine.Iassureyouthatwouldneverhappenagain.Back22/271)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.ReadandThink1Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtothepassage.Back23/27ReadandComplete2Fillintheblankswithoutreferringtothepassage.E-mailisaconversationthatdoesnotrequirean1___________response(likeatelephone).Ifsomeonecallsyou2_________________,youpickitupandtheconversationbegins.Thisisan3___________conversation.Withe-mail,yousendamessageandthen4___________aresponse.Theresponsemaycomeinfiveminutesoritmaycomein5___________.Either