e-mail的礼节

Are you the person who sends too many of these...?

The chain letter. Just, you know, send on to another, another, your best, your 20 best friends. Don't do that to anybody, that's wrong.

Do you litter your emails with typed emoticons? Are you this guy with the inspirational sign-off?

I guess, yeah, yeah, I guess sometimes I'll do stupid things.

It's time for an email intervention¹.

Joy Weaver²: It truly can wreck³ a career, very crucial.

Etiquette⁴ expert Joy Weaver was to change the world - one email at a time.

Right?!

Joy Weaver: Never send anything in writing that you would not want going to the entire world, or putting on a billboard⁵, going down 635...

She's not just talking about vague subject lines, cutesy sign-offs and not using spell check. Joy has 6 email gaffes⁶ anyone who is connected should consider.

First, recklessly hitting "Reply All". Joy says single out the person you are responding to. This one-click could wreck your career or friendships. Also, typing full names or addresses in the "TO" field for a mass email. Joy says not all of your recipients⁷ want their information revealed to the masses. And e-mailing when you're angry, most people type things they'd never say in person. Save it as a draft until you've cooled off. Overusing emotions, write clearly and concisely⁸, and you won't need that. Also, using all uppercase means you're screaming. And not replying within 24 hours, Joy says, is rude. Let the sender know that you did receive the email, even if you don't have an immediate⁹ response.

Here is another faux pas, talking and typing, a lot of people do this with their Blackberries, and our etiquette expert says, put the Blackberry down and make eye contact when you're communicating.

We all have our E-pet peeves¹⁰?

And they just keep on sending them and it's, it's ongoing¹¹ again, you can't, there's no way literally¹², avoid that.

Um, I guess when people use abbreviation, and assume you'll understand, but some help each others.

So digest and don't duplicate, no need to type something you wouldn't actually say or do.

1 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

2 weaver   

n.织布工；编织者

参考例句：

• She was a fast weaver and the cloth was very good.她织布织得很快，而且布的质量很好。
• The eager weaver did not notice my confusion.热心的纺织工人没有注意到我的狼狈相。

3 wreck   

n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难

参考例句：

• Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
• No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。

4 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。

5 billboard   

n.布告板，揭示栏，广告牌

参考例句：

• He ploughed his energies into his father's billboard business.他把精力投入到父亲的广告牌业务中。
• Billboard spreads will be simpler and more eye-catching.广告牌广告会比较简单且更引人注目。

6 gaffes   

n.失礼，出丑( gaffe的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The presidential candidate made three mistakes, or gaffes, during his speech. 校长候选人在演讲中出了三次错，或失态。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
• When the microphones were on, gaffes gushed from his lips. 而当电话响起，他却口无遮拦，屡屡失言。 来自互联网

7 recipients   

adj.接受的；受领的；容纳的；愿意接受的n.收件人；接受者；受领者；接受器

参考例句：

• The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

8 concisely   

adv.简明地

参考例句：

• These equations are written more concisely as a single columnmatrix equation. 这些方程以单列矩阵方程表示会更简单。 来自辞典例句
• The fiber morphology can be concisely summarized. 可以对棉纤维的形态结构进行扼要地归纳。 来自辞典例句

9 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

10 peeves   

n.麻烦的事物，怨恨，触怒( peeve的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• It peeves me to be ordered out of my own house. 命令我从自己的家中出去，真太气人了。 来自辞典例句
• Write down two of your pet peeves about home or any other situation. 写下两个你厌烦的家务事或其他的情况。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

11 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

12 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。