Lt0707iw2pl.txt

������ϰ��Fill in the blanks with the missing words. # A1��Mr. Benson, do you use e-mail a lot?(5) B1��Yes. E-mail is a fascinating manner of communicating with each other.(6 9 10) A2��I wonder when you're using e-mail if you use some of the polite formalities that we use in letter writing?(2 15 21) B2��I think that it's not the same as a letter. It's part way between a letter and a telephone call. Really sort of more like a postcard.(7 8 12 24) A3��Is it so easy to respond to e-mail?(4 6) B3��In my opinion, it's too easy, and sometimes it's not necessary to respond.(3 8 11) A4��I'm wondering if you think all messages that are received should be acknowledged, even when there's not much to say except "Got the message." Is it necessary to respond?(2 3 10 13 21) B4��No. This is not like a social letter, where you have to write back if you're going to have a correspondence. People will quickly send a joke that they heard, and it does not have to be answered.(5 7 13 14 21 30 38) A5��From your point of view, that's probably a really good way so that means not the phone, not the fax��(1 3 12 13) B5��Exactly.(0) A6��Are there safeguards when we get or send messages by e-mail?(3 6 8) B6��It's well known that we can't read someone's body language by E-mail, we possibly never will see those people that we are dealing with. So we have none of the safeguards.(2 3 24 25 29) ������ϰ��Listen to the conversation. Then answer the questions. # 1. How does Mr. Benson characterize E-mail? 2. What does Mr. Benson mean in saying that E-mail is really sort of more like a postcard? 3. How is using E-mail different from writing letters?