大学英语快速阅读教程(第一册第四单元)

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1、BookOneUnitFourPassageOneDirections:Youwillhave1()minutestoreadthispassagequicklyandanswerthefollowingquestionsfromA，B，CandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoice.YouthSpeakIfyouthinktheEnglishlanguageisgettingshorter,youmayberight.Fromnewsbytestotext-messagingtofamousl

2、yshorterattentionspans,we’resayingless一andrelyingonslangmore.Why?Withsomuchofourdailycommunicationstakingplaceonlinethesedays—andthatdoesn’tincludejuste-mail,buttext-messagingonincreasinglyteenierdevices—itseemseverydayEnglishhasbeenreducedtoacodeofacceptedabbrev

3、iations,mysteriouscombinationsofnumbersandletters,andevensymbolsmasqueradingasfacialexpressions.:)Ofteninalllowercase(小写字母)letters.Certainnumbers，“2”and“4”inparticular,playstarringroles—replacing，respectively，“to”and“for”一butthefarmoreinterestingdevelopmentisthee

4、mbraceofthenumber“3”fortheletter“e”(“b3”and“th3”)，andthenumber“8”forthesounditmakes(“gr8”and“18r”for“great”and“later”).Whilesomeofthesebravenewacronyms(ti•字母缩拼词)canactuallybeself-explanatory(“u”for“you”and“ur”for“your”)orfairlylogical(“b4”for“before”)，orcanhighli

5、ghtthesoundsthelettersmake(“qt”for“cutie”and“cu”for“seeyou”)oractasabbreviations(“cuz”for“because”)，orcanbejuststraightforwardacronyms(“bff’for“bestfriendsforever”)，somedoborderonstrange(“peeps”for“people”).Sometermsthathavebeenincirculationforquiteawhileareprett

6、yrecognizable:“lol”(“laughingoutloud”)，“btw”(“bytheway’’)，and“imho”(“inmyhumbleopinion”).Some,meanwhile，arepuzzling:“iykwim’’(“ifyouknowwhatImean”)，“mtfbwy”(“maytheforcebewithyou”)，and“Wysiwyg”(“whatyouseeiswhatyouget”).Attimes，thisalphabet-soupvernacular(本国语，俗语)

7、feelsabsolutelyconfusingtoeveryonebutlinguistsandcomputergeeks.Butit’sdifficulttoarguewithitsspeed—orevenitsnecessity—whenforcedtouseatoothpick-sizeddevicetoreplytoanofficememorandum(备忘录)whiledrivingacar(notrecommendedorlegalbut，unfortunately,alltoocommon).Withth

8、eexceptionof“peeps，”though,alloftheaboveexamplesaremostlyusedinwrittenslang.Spokenslangisawholeotherstory.Andit’sherethattheyoungergenerationtrulyhasitssay(pun