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陈豪在美国ABC公司工作.他经常要用电子邮件和公司内外的人联系.今天他见到了一个他不认识的英文词,所以就去请教美籍华人Mary. (Office ambience) C:Hey, Mary,我知道etiquette这个词的意思是礼节,礼貌.可是,什么是netiquette? NETIQUETTE. M:Netiquette是人们新创造的一个词.意思是网上礼节,也就是good behavior on the Internet. C:网上还有礼节!Why don't you give me an example. M:比如说,你最好不要全用大写来写email.If you type in all capital letters, people would think you are shouting your message. C:噢,怪不得那天销售部的Robert问我:Why did you yell at me? 可有的人给我email全用小写,那是什么意思呀?Whisper?说悄悄话呀? M:No. 那天财务部的Kevin不是给我们俩写的email都用小写吗?全用小写一般是不正式的,like chatting with your friends. C:Email本身就是不正式的. M:That's true, but that does not mean you can ignore appropriate etiquette.我得去开个会,午饭时再接著谈吧! C:Fine! See you at the cafeteria at 12:00pm. ****** M:哟,陈豪,你怎么吃那么快呀! C:我刚才真是饿死了,不过我很想知道还有哪些网上礼节. M:首先,在你送出e-mail 之前,check if there are mistakes such as spelling, grammar, punctuation and word choice. If your e-mail is sloppy, you will be perceived as sloppy and disrespectful to the recipients. | 
