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Reading You're supposed to write quickly!
阅读 你应该快点写！
Can you write in English?
你会用英语写作吗？
And can you also write e-mail English?
你会用电子邮件英语吗？
Maybe not.
或许不会。
E-mail English is a new kind of written English that is being used to save time.
电子邮件英语是一种用于节省时间的新的书面英语写作方式。
A lot of e-mail English words might look unfamiliar to us- many look like rubbish!
许多电子邮件英语中用的单词看上去可能是新奇的——许多像是在胡言乱语！
This is because they come from a computer program called ICQ, which means I seek you.
这是因为他们来自于一个叫ICQ的电脑程序，它的意思是“我寻找你”。
ICQ is an e-mail "chatline" that people use to have online conversations with friends.
ICQ是人们用来与朋友网上交谈的聊天热线。
One Canadian teacher says, "People can use their computers to talk to each other.
一位加拿大老师说：人们可以利用电脑与别人交谈。
But you are supposed to type quickly so the other person doesn't get bored, so using e-mail English helps you write quickly."
但你要打字快些才能使对方不感到厌倦，因此电子邮件英语可以帮助你写得更快。
E-mail English mostly uses two types of word.
电子邮件英语大多数用两种类型的文字。
The first are "abbreviations".
第一种是“缩略词”。
These are formed by using the first letter of each word in the phrase.
它是由词组中每个单词的首字母组成。
For example, BTW means "by the way",and CSL means "can't stop laughing".
例如，BTW意为“顺便说”，CSL意为“止不住大笑”。
The second kind of word is a "homophone"- it's created by combining letters and symbols,or numbers, to sound like other words.
第二种是“同音词”，它是由字母符号、数字组成的，听起来像别的单词。
An example of this would be to write "great" as "gr8",or to write" see you later" as "CUl8r".
例如，“great”可以写成“gr8”，“see you later”可以写成“CUL8r”。
When you write e-mail English you do not need to use punctuation marks only in the traditional way.
当你写英文电子邮件时你不需要按传统方式使用标点。
You are also supposed to use them to show the emotion you are feeling.
你也可以用来表达你的感情。
These are called "emoticons".
它们被叫做“情感符号”。
The advantage of using punctuation marks is that you can make faces with them.
用标点的优点是你可以用它们来做鬼脸。
The most common one is the happy face- it looks like this :)and it is made with a colon and a right bracket beside it.
最常见的是笑脸，它看起来像这样：），它由一个冒号和它旁边的一个右括弧组成。
E-mail English is fun -it's almost like writing riddles.
电子邮件英语很有趣的，它几乎像是写谜语。
You can learn it easily by yourselves, and experiment with your own ideas.
你能自己轻松地掌握它并尝试你自己的想法。
It is not rude to write e-mail English, but it is important to use it only at the proper time-when you aree-mailing a friend, or sending a message to a friend on a mobile phone.
写电子邮件英语并非不无礼，但重要的是只能在合适的时间去写，当你给朋友发邮件或用手机给朋友发短信时。
But you shouldn't use it in class, and remember your teachers will not be pleased if you write e-mail English in a test!
但你不能在课堂上用，并且要记住如果你在考试中写电子邮件英语，你的老师会不高兴的。
