,Module 6 Cultural Corner,Reading and Speaking,What is the main idea of the short passage?( ) A.Chinese people like using mobile phones. B.The number of mobile phone users in China gets larger and larger. C.The Internet gives people much fun.,When they are waiting for the subway.,When they are on the way home.,When they are taking a bus.,When they are having classes.,when they are having a meeting.,send text message,make a call,take photographs,search for information,play games,do online shopping,listen to music,chat online,What do we mainly use mobile phones for?,Text messages,calls,taking photographs,playing games,Watch movies,Listen to music,Search for information,Chat online,Make a survey,1.Who of you in the class have a mobile phone? 2.How often do they use them? 3.Who do they often communicate with? Friends ? Family? 4.What do they mainly use them for? Text messages? Calls? Taking photographs? Discuss with your partners about questions 2,3,4.(four of you a group),DO like this: XX uses hisher mobile phone once a week HeShe often communicates with herhis parents, sometimes with hisher friends HeShe often uses it to make a call ; send messages,Fast -reading,Can you divide the text into two parts?,Text messages,The left paragraphs,Emoticons,From paragraph 1 to 3,Read the passage and answer the questions.,2. How can we make the text messages cheaper?,4. What are the emoticons ?,Careful-reading,1.Why do people use text messages and emoticons?,3.How do we shorten the words?,1.Why do people use text messages and emoticons？,Because talking on a mobile phone is expensive, so a lot of people send text messages.,2. How can we make the text messages cheaper?,1By shortening the words that you use.,2Avoid using punctuation like inverted commas.,3.How do we shorten the words?,We can take out “unimportant” letters in the words (usually vowels) and use numbers instead of words(2=to,3=free,4=for,h8=hate, etc.).,4. What are the emoticons ?,Emoticons are a series of symbols to show how they feel.,Para.3 Whr hv U bn ? Iv bn wtng hrs fr a cll.,Where have you been? Ive been waiting hours for a call.,Do U wnt 2 g 2 th cnma tnite?,Do you want to go to the cinema tonight?,I gt a txt mssge frm my frnd. Shes hvng a prty on Strdy. Do U wnt 2 cm?,I got a text message from my friend. She is having a party on Saturday. Do you want to come?,: - ),: - (,: - ,: - v,-,: O,8- ,-O,laughing,sad,really sad,shouting,asleep,shocked,surprised,bored,“Why nt gv me a cll? Iv bn wtng fr a lng tme. Im so sd.”,Guess :,Why not give me a call? I have been waiting for a long time.Im so sad.,1. 4ever,forever,2. B4,before,3. B t w .,By the way.,4. J a m.,Just a minute.,5. S U L,See you later.,6. Gd lk.,Good luck.,7. Gld 2 s U.,Glad to see you .,8. I L U.,I love you.,9. I dt knw.,I dont know.,10. Lng tme n s.,Long time no see.,New words to learn shorten vt. :tn sideways adv. saidweiz vowel n . val text message inverted commas emoticon n. /I mutikn/,缩短,横着地, 斜着地,元音,短信息,引号,表情符号,Discussion,Talk about the advantages and disadvantages.,TIPS,Homework 1.write a text message with at least one shortened word and one emoticon 2.Prepare a debate about whether the use of mobile phones has more advantages or more disadvantages,