Advergames, Snail Mail & Serial Texter

Advergames: 广告游戏.它是ADVERTISEMENT + VIDEO GAME的缩写.例如,食品商把Chocolate做成足球赛游戏,或障碍滑雪赛,让小朋友跟各种不同类型的零食打交道,一边玩,一边消费他的零食.

Google里有Adword, Adsense,Yahoo里有Project Panama.
Adword就是"关键词文本广告".例如,"INTEL","Pentium","Centrino"是INTEL的关键词,INTEL为了让人能在GOOGLE上立马搜索到自己,可以作一个文本广告:" INTEL PENTIUM CENTRINO INTEL PENTIUM CENTRINO INTEL ...."列在GOOGLE的某个"关键词",例如"CENTR"的PAGE的右上角,任何人搜索"CENTR..."其页面右上角都会秀出"INTEL"的LINK.
Adsense就是"网站拥有者自行申请的赞助广告".这些赞助广告的LINK自动秀在有关搜索页面的上端或右上角,或自动弹出赞助广告的广告页或网站LINK.

Snail Mail:蜗牛邮.E-MAIL刚流行时,人们把传统的手递信叫Snail Mail.现在TEXT MESSAGE(手机短讯)流行了,人们又把E-MAIL叫Snail Mail.

Serial Texter:连环短讯杀手.这是上了短讯瘾的人对自己的戏称,也可以说是TEXT MESSAGE POTATO.它应当是从Serial Killer(连环杀手)来的.并且,TEXT在Serial Texter里,也作动词了.

Serial Texter的攻关手Matthew Felling说:我们的原则很简单,------你必须和某人联系,
Don't want to see someone? Then CALL them.不想见到某人,就打给他电话.
Don't want to call someone? Then E-MAIL them.不想打给他电话,就电邮给他.
Don't want to take the trouble of writing sentences? Then TEXT them.不想写那繁琐的电邮,就留短讯给他.

这是什么时代呀,就想着躲避人.我想他们没到我这年纪.到了就知道"面对面"多好,每过一年,见面的机会就会少一年.人和人之间面对面的沟通越来越成问题.都到网络上去了,游戏,逛商店, 写博客,聊天, 打电话, 看电视, 看小说,甚至网络上交朋友谈恋爱.在那里好象更容易表达自己, 更容易展示自己,想说什么说什么,想做什么做什么．网络让世界变小了，网络也无形中把人之间的距离加大了．有那么一天,你我见了面,都不会再开口了,开口也都成哑口无言的哑吧啦.

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1): AS....AS THEY COME指"非常...". He's as clever as they come.----他非常聪明.
2). AS....AS THE NEXT ONE指＂普通＂. He's as clever as the next man.他和别人一样不笨．
　

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杨子,

I forgot to tell you that you are welcome to post your English related articles to [ 文学城 ]'s [美语世界] if you like. Thank you very much.

Have a nice day,

Rebecca