A: what’s up? B: not much. Its frezzing in Beijing. A: u should come to Bangkok. We’ve got lovely weather here. B: great! R y inviting me? A: laughing out loud. B: be right back. A: where r u going? B; bathroom. A; ok. I’m going to go to bathroom too. Talk to you later. Note: when people chat online, they often shorten words. Use abbreviations, use lower case letters, and rarely use punctuation marks, especially apostrophe marks. Intermediate A: hi, dave! What’s up? B: oh, not much. What have you been doing recently, cathy? A: I’ve been chatting online a lot with friends. B; where do you go to chat? A; I usually use yahoo messager. What about you? B; I’ve never chatted online before. A: what?? How is that possible? Why not? B: well, my computer is really old, so most software isn’t compatible with my computer. A; do you want to come over to mine? I can show you how to use it. B: how long does it take to download mp3 files? A: not very long at all. I usually download at least 30 a day. B; do you ever download any tv programs or movies? A; sure, I’d say that I download at least on program a day. B: do you think you could download some for me? A: sure, just let me know what you want and I can burn it onto a cd for you. B; let me see… I’ve heard a lot about a show called friends. A; no problem. Did you know that there are many friends forums online? B: what’s a forum? A: it’s a place you can go to online where you can chat to other people who have similar interests as you. B; do the friends’ stars ever show up there? A; sometimes, people say they are the friends stars, but you never know who you’re talking to. For all I know, Jennifer aniston is really an old fat man. A: ha ha ha… Words Internet computer desktop laptop dial-up broadband download upload username password id sign in/log in webcam emoticons online invite send receive text message type e-mail address offline instant message files conversation voice message address book skins image install settings |