Section I Section II Session 1 Talking Face to Face Being All Ears Session 1

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Section I Section II Session 1 Lead in Warm-up Questions Information on Internet

Section I Section II Session 1 Lead in Warm-up Questions 1. What do the abbreviations stand for? YDKM STYS TYVM WYRN WDYS You Don't Know Me Speak To You Soon Thank you very much What is your real name? What Did You Say?

Section I Section II Session 1 Lead in Warm-up Questions 2.Do you often chat online? 3. How do you chat online? 4. What do you think of chatting online?

Section I Section II Session 1 Information on the Internet Abbreviations are sometimes very useful in communicating online. Now let’s try to use the abbreviations listed below to practice two short dialogues. Lead in BS NOYB 4 EVER TTYL BFN FTTB BIG SMILE NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS FOREVE TALK TO YOU LATER BYE FOR NOW FOR THE TIME BEING

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Section I Section II Session 1 Follow the Samples Warm-up Questions 1. Do you often chat online? 2. Do you use abbreviations while chatting online? A: What does the abbreviation “ LTNS ” stands for, Linda? B: Oh, it means “ Long Time No See. ”

Section I Section II Session 1 A: I don ’ t know the meaning of YDKM. B: It means “ You Don't Know Me. ” Follow the Samples Warm-up Questions A: Does “ STYSL ” means “ Speak To You Soon Later ” ? B: Exactly. How clever you are! A: I wonder if you could explain the abbreviation “ TYVM ” to me? B: Oh, that ’ s easy. It means “ Thank you very much ”.

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Section I Section II Session 1 Internet Shopping In only a few short years, 1 _____________, or “ e- commerce ”, has grown rapidly. Today it ’ s possible to book almost anything online. Books, CDs, cars, hotel rooms, airline tickets, clothing, you name it. Ten years ago, few people could have predicted how popular Internet shopping would become. Amazon.com is probably the world ’ s 2 _____________ Internet retailer. The Seattle-based company began selling books 3 _____ in 4 ____ and today it also sells CDs, 5 _____, DVDs and gifts. They were also one of the first to 6 _____________ unique Internet capabilities. Do you have a favorite author? One click of the mouse brings Listen and Read Internet shopping most popular online 1996 video make use of Script

Section I Section II Session 1 up a list of 7 ___________ he/she has ever written, and all are available right there 8 _______________. They’ll even send you an whenever he or she 9 ____________________. Not sure if you’ll like the CD? You can usually play a 10 ______ right through your computer to help you decide. Best of all, amazon.com has up to 11 __________ as many books as 12 _________________. Payment is made by 13 ______________, then the goods are mailed to your home. Amaon.com has been so successful that the value of 14 _________________ has increased over 100 times 15 _______________________. Listen and Read every book at the website publishes a new book sample ten times usual bookshops credit card its business in the past few years

Section I Section II Session 1 Script Internet Shopping In only a few short years, Internet shopping, or “e-commerce,” has grown rapidly. Today it’s possible to book almost anything online. Books, CDS, cars, hotel rooms, airline tickets, clothing, you name it. Ten years ago, few people could have predicted how popular Internet shopping would become. Amazon.com probably the world’s most popular Internet retailer. The Settle-based company began selling books online in 1996, and today it also sells CDs, videos, DVDs and gifts. They were also one of the first to make use of unique Internet capabilities. Do you have a favorite author? One click of the mouse brings up a list of every book he/she has ever written, and all are available right there at the website. They’ll even send you an whenever he or she publishes a new book. Not sure if you’ll like the CD? You can usually play a sample right through your computer to help you decide. Best of all, Amazon.com has up to ten times as many books as usual bookshops. Payment is made by credit card, then the goods are mailed to your home. Amazon.com has been so successful that the value of its business has increased over 100 times in the past few years.

Section I Section II Session 1 Some pairs of students are asked to role play making conversations on chatting online with each other, and the other students listen carefully and are required to make comments on the speakers’ performances. This activity can be continued so that other groups may have a chance to perform in class. Assignment for This Session