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Neil:Hello,thisisRealEnglishfromBBCLearningEnglish,I'mNeil.

Feifei:AndI'!

Neil:InRealEnglish,welookatwordsandphrasthatyoumightnotfindinyour

dictionary.

Feifei:英语是一种十分程式化的语言，所以了解现实生活中人们经常使用的固定表达和俚语

自然就很有用了。

Neil:Today'swordimoticon.

Feifei:What?

Neil:Emoticon.

Feifei:Don'tknowwhatthatis.

Neil:’iconisasymbolor

combinationofsymbolstoconveyemotionalcontentinwrittenormessageform.

Feifei:Well,I'on我们可以叫它“表情符号”或者“表情符”，就是把一些

字母和符号放在一起做成的表情效果。比如说我们在电子邮件和短信当中经常用到的微笑表

情smileyfaces,或者嘴角下弯的沮丧表情，都是用引号、分号和括号这样的符号而组成的。

ArewetalkingaboutsmileyfacesNeil?

Neil:Yes,we'retalkingaboutthelittleyellowfaceswecanndinemailsandinstant

messagingsystemsthatexpressouremotions–wecallthoemoticons.

Feifei:It'snotjustsmileyfacesthoughisitNeil?

Neil:No,youcanubrackets.

Feifei:括号。

Neil:Dashes.

Feifei:破折号。

Neil:Andcolons.

Feifei:冒号。

Neil:realsoemoticons.

Feifei:让我们听听下面这两个人对有关表情符号所作的对话。

Example

A:YouknowIalwaysfinditdifficulttoreallyexpressmyemotionswhenI’mndingan

instantmessage.

B:Well,whydon’tyouuthoemoticonsmore?

A:Icould,yes,butI'mneverreallysureiftheyshowtherightemotionthatIwantto

express.

B:Well,therearequitealotofemoticonsyoucanu:happy,sad,feelingmad!They

expressalotofemotions.

A:Okthen,I'llhaveago!

Neil:SoFeifei,areyouafanoftheemoticon?

Feifei:Yes,'squiteabitofvarietyandyoucanexpressyour

emotionsquiteclearlywhenyouaremessagingsomeone,it’snearlyasgoodastalkingto

themforreal!

Neil:Well,Iwouldn'tsaythat–there'snowayyoucanexpressyouremotionsinan

emoticonFeifei!

Feifei:No,Idisagree,Ithinkthey'regreat!

Neil:Well,wecan'tspendanymoretimearguing–joinussoonformoreRealEnglish.

Feifei:Bye.