Today we can use the Internet for many things: shopping, business, writing letters, talking to people, getting information and so on. In recent years, a new kind of English has grown on the Internet. There's no real word for it yet, so we call it e-talk.
People don't like typing too much. To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters， acronyms(首字母縮略詞). Acronyms are often used in chat rooms. Some are as follows:
BRB (be right back), BTW (by the way), LOL (laughing out loud), IMO (in my opinion)
People also use many abbreviations. They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations include info (information), pic (picture), puter (computer), sec (second), etc.
We usually don't see people when we communicate on the Net, so people have new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keyboards to draw "feelings", such as:
:-)  (happy)     ;-)  (joking)       :-(  (sad)        :-O  (surprised)
These days, many public discussions have picture feelings, for example:
    
(happy)           (sad)            (angry)           ( (cool)
There are even whole new words, like "newbies"(someone who is new on a chat board or forum). When you write something bad about someone else, it's called "burning" the person.
It takes time for people to get used to e-talk. Also, different groups on the Net have their own special ways of communicating. Newbies sometimes have to ask other people what they mean. As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.
【小題1】Why do people type acronyms?

判斷正誤，正確（T）, 錯(cuò)誤（F）

We use the Internet for many things: business, shopping, writing letters, talking to people, finding information and so on. In recent years, a new kind of English has grown on the Internet. There's no real word for it yet, so we'll call it e-talk. People don't like typing too much. To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters (called acronyms). Acronyms are often used in chat rooms(聊天室). Some of them are: BTW (by the way); BRB (be right back); LOL (laughing out loud); IMO (in my opinion).

People also use many abbreviations. They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations are: info (information); puter (computer); pic (picture); sec (second).

We usually don't see people when we communicate(交流）on the Net, so people have

new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keyboards to draw "feelings", such as:

:-)  (happy)     ;-)  (joking)       :-(  (sad)        :-O  (surprised)

These days, many forums (論壇) have picture feelings. For example:

(happy)            (sad)            (angry)             (cool)

There are even whole new words, like "newbies"(someone who is new on a chat board

or forum). When you write something bad about someone else, it's called "flaming" the

person. It takes time for people to get used to(適應(yīng)) e-talk. Also, different groups on the Net

have their own special ways of communicating. Newbies sometimes have to ask other people

what they mean. As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.

1  People type acronyms so that they can type them quickly.

2  “BTW, my puter is not working well.” means that the person is sad that his compute having problems.

3  If someone is angry, he may type “LOL” or “BRB”.

4  E-talk will probably be used by people on the telephone.

5  The best title for this passage is E-talk  

閱讀下面文章，并根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容判斷文后句子的正誤。正確的用（T），錯(cuò)誤的用（F）。

   Today sending text messages（短信） is part of our lives. According to a survey, a third of the U. S. children send more than 100 text messages a day. Sending text messages is becoming more and more popular among young people in China, too. Children prefer text-messaging to communicate with friends no matter where they are, even under the noses of parents and teachers.  It seems that some children are "addicted （上癮）" to texting. Actually sending too much is bad for their lives, health and study.

However, sending text messages isn't all bad. It helps to improve our lives in some ways. Today many children greet each other on holidays by sending text messages instead of writing paper cards. During the last: Spring Festival, more than 14 billion text messages were sent in China. "Sending text messages helps save my pocket money," said Wu Qing, a friend of mine, "and it saves paper, too." Many parents send their kids texts instead of giving orders by mouth. It sounds more friendly. And children can accept them easily.

1．Sending text messages is popular among young people.

2．Sending too much is only bad for kids' study.

3．A text message costs a lot.

4．During the last Spring Festival, people sent fewer text messages than before.

5．Teenagers can easily accept the text messages because they think text messages are more friendly.