If you've been joining in chat room conversations, or trading e-mail with Web pa

If you've been joining in chat room conversations, ortrading e-mail with Web pals, you have become one of the millions who write ina peculiarly short form of English.

And you've got a sense of humor about short forms likeSOHF(=sense of humor failure) to describe Internet newcomers who don'tunderstand you.

Across the globe, every night teenagers and theirelders are “talking” online—many of them are talking at the same time.

It's fast: try talking to six people at once. It'sbrief: three or four words per exchange. It takes wit, concentration, and quickfingers.

And it requires tremendous linguistic economy. There'sneither time nor space for explanations. Why consume precious key-strokestelling six friends you have to leave for a moment to take care of your littlebrother when BRB(=be right back) will do? Want to enter a conversation? Justtype PMFJI(=pardon me for jumping in).  Interested in whom you're talkingto? Type A/S/L, the nearly universal request to know your pal's age, sex andlocation. You may get 15/M/NY as a response from your pal.

If something makes you laugh, say you're OTF(=on thefloor),or LOL(=laughing out loud),or combine the two into ROTFL(=rolling on thefloor laughing).

And when it's time to get back to work or go to bed,you type GTG(=got to go) or TTYL(talk to you later).

People want to write as fast as possible, and theywant to get their ideas across as quickly as they can. Capital letters are leftin the dust, except when expressing emotion, as it takes more time to hold downthe “shift” key and capitals. Punctuation is going, too.?

1.In order to talk to several people at the same timeon the Internet_______.

A. you have to speak fast and fluently

B. you have to express your ideas in a brief way

C. you should speak with wit and humor

D. one should pay much attention to the accuracy ofthe words

2.If you get 17/F/NY as an answer to your A/S/L, itmeans_______.

A. the person on the other end is 17 from New York andhe is fine

B. you are talking to a girl who is 17 and lives inNew York

C. you are talking to 17 girls who are from New York

D. the person who are talking to you is a 1.7-foottall New York girl

3.To save time on the Internet_______.

A. some people leave their letters in the dustbin

B. some people never use “shift” in their writing

C. many people leave the capital and punctuation

D. people seldom use capital letters or punctuation

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【答案】

1.B

2.B

3.D

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