SECTION 3: THE INTERNET 3.8 Email CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR COMPUTER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY

FOR COMPUTER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SECTION 3: THE INTERNET

3.8 Email

A. Look at the email and answer the questions true or false. 1 The recipient is Anna. The sender is Anna. Bernard knows that Carol knows when Anna will be arriving in Rome. Bernard knows that Dave knows when Anna will be arriving in Rome. You can say that Anna Cc-ed her email to Carol. You can say that Anna Bcc-ed her email to Dave. The subject line is empty. The style of the email is formal. Cc stands for carbon copy and Bcc stands for blind carbon copy, but the full terms are almost never used. Carbon copies were a method of making copies of documents typed on typewriters. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Sending an attachment B. Put the words in the spaces. attach browse field inboxes open send size You can send almost any file as an attachment. 1_______________ through the folders on your computer until you find the file you want to attach. Click on "2_______________". The file will appear in the attachments 3_______________. Then click "4_______________", and wait while the file uploads. Add more files if you wish. When you have finished adding files, click "5_______________". Some email 6_______________ will only receive attachments up to a certain 7_______________ with one email, for example 10MB. If you need to send a lot of very big attachments, it's sometimes necessary to spread them over a number of separate emails.

 

ANSWER KEY

3.8 Email A: 1 false (the recipient is Bernard), 2 true, 3 true, 4 false, 5 true, 6 true, 7 false, 8 false, 9 true, 10, true B: 1 browse, 2 open, 3 field, 4 attach, 5 send, 6 inboxes, 7 size