豆知识 2009-08-02&08-08 网络礼仪

 Hi! I'm Donna Barnes, Life and Relationship coach here in New York City, and the author of "It's All About You."

 

In this clip¹, we'll talk about why do people use netiquette. Well, hopefully people do. Netiquette is a term that came from etiquette² on the net, and I think the biggest faux pas about emailing and texting and all these wonderful new technologies we have is that, there's no human behavior that goes along with that, there's no subtext.

 

So, you may mean something one way and you write it out, and the meaning is completely misconstrued by the person on the other side. So, I think these emoticons have become popular, little smiley faces, and things like that. So that if you say something, that could maybe be taken in a different way, if you put that little smiley face it means, take that in a good way. And I think that it certainly helps to convey³ your message in a better way.

 

And netiquette is also about not passing on spam, if you're one of those people that sends out everything to everybody constantly, most people don't like that. You know, that's fun when you first get your computer but after you've been on it for a while, you’ve hopefully got a lot of more important things to do. So it's really about respecting other people's email address. If you send out a mass email, do it with blind copied addresses. Don't send out everybody's email to everybody else so that they can get spam by having their email address out there.

 

It's just about being considerate and really just replying in a fast manner, and not leaving it to, you know, not responding and not returning people's calls. So I think, netiquette really is something that should be more spoken about and more prominent⁴ because it's very important. It's just as if you were in a meeting, especially because email and all that is used so much in business nowadays, then it's really important to keep your business relationships professional and, you know, it's very casual⁵ with the email but you need to try to keep that netiquette up and be professional at all times.

 

This is Donna Barnes from New York City.

1 clip   

n.夹子，别针，弹夹，片断；vt.夹住，修剪

参考例句：

• May I clip out the report on my performance?我能把报道我的文章剪下来吗？
• She fastened the papers together with a paper clip.她用曲别针把文件别在一起。

2 etiquette   

n.礼仪，礼节；规矩

参考例句：

• The rules of etiquette are not so strict nowadays.如今的礼仪规则已不那么严格了。
• According to etiquette,you should stand up to meet a guest.按照礼节你应该站起来接待客人。

3 convey   

vt.传送；运送，输送；传达，表达，传播

参考例句：

• Don't forget to convey my regards when you see him.你去见着他，别忘了给我捎个好儿。
• My letter will convey some idea of my mode of life.我的信将使你了解到一些我的生活方式。

4 prominent   

adj.突出的；显著的；杰出的；重要的

参考例句：

• He is prominent in science.他是科学界杰出的人物。
• That school is prominent in baseball.那个学校以棒球著称。

5 casual   

adj.漠不关心，冷漠的；随便的，非正式的；偶然的，碰巧的

参考例句：

• He earns a living by casual labour.他靠做临时工为生。
• The guests wore casual clothes.客人们穿着便服。