Unit 3 Developing ideas 语言点课件-2022-2023学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第二册

SB2U3 Emojis: a new language? (Language points) While waiting outside the cafeteria, I received the following message from my friend: 状从的省略 The signs he used were to say that he’d be running late and would be there soon. Instead of replying with a simple “OK, don’t rush”,  searched for emojis on my phone that would express the same Message: run late 晚了 instead of （用…）代替…；（是…）而不是… in one's search for＝in search of 寻找；搜寻 search for = look for 搜寻某人或某物 This was my attempt to follow the trend of communicating with emojis. attempt n．努力，尝试 v．尝试，企图 attempt to do sth. 努力做某事；试图做某事 make an attempt to do sth. 试图做某事 attempted adj.(犯罪等)未遂的 follow the trend of 跟随...的潮流 Translation 这是我追随使用表情符号交流这一潮流的一次尝试。 With the rapid development of social media, emojis are becoming an integral component of the language we use to express ourselves. an integral component不可缺少的组成部分 express oneself表达自己的思想感情 Translation 随着社交媒体的飞速发展,表情符号正在成为我们用于表达自我的语言不可或缺的一部分。 They come in different categories, such as faces and people, plants and animals, and food and drink. come in different categories有不同的种类 Translation 它们可分为不同类别，比如面部表情和人物、动植物、食品饮料等。 When first introduced in Japan in 1999, emojis were limited to 176 simple designs. limit v.限制 n.限制，界限，范围 be limited to... “被限制在……”(to是介词) limit... to... 把……限制在……内 there is no/a limit to doing sth.对...是无限的/有限的 Life is limited, but there is no limit to serving the people. limitless adj. / unlimited adj. Now there are more than 3, 000 emojis that expand upon the way in which we communicate. Due to their popularity, the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year in 2015 was for the first time ever, a pictograph instead of a traditional word. expand upon详细阐述；充分叙述 due to 因为，由于 the Word of the Year 年度热词 但现在我们能使用3,000多个表情符号来拓宽我们的交流渠道。由于表情符号的风靡,牛津词典2015年的年度词汇是(哭的表情符号)，这是图画文字首次替代了传统意义上的单词。 It seems that emojis have clear advantages over written language People like them because they add emotional meaning, and are quick and easy to use. have advantages over...比……有优势 W