表情符號的興起

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Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English– the show thatbrings you an interesting topic, authentic listeningpractice and six new items of vocabulary. I』m Dan…

And I』m Neil.We ll be discussing the rise of those littlegraphics we call emojis and emoticons.

You know, I think emojis are a vital tool forcommunication. And actually, they re not that new, either.

Oh really?

Well, that s the perfect opportunity to ask this week squestion. When was the first emoticon used?

Was it a) 1606b) 1862 c) 1982?

It must be 1982. I ll go with c).

We ll find out if you re right or wrong later in theprogramme.

You know, I think we should clear one thing up before we goany further: what s the difference between an emoticon andan emoji?

Good point. Emoticons came first. They re the images madeusing normal keys on a keyboard – usually punctuation,letters and numbers. For example a colon – two dots -followed by the curved line of a close brackets is a…

A smiley face. Something you use in way too many of youremails!

Well, thanks! Whereas an emoji is something completelydifferent.It s an actual image.It could be a simple,yellow, smiley face; or something like a dancing lady; oreven a bowl of noodles…

Ah yes, all those little images we have in our phones.Butyou ll have to convince me – why do people use them somuch?

Well, let s listen to Professor Vyv Evans. He wrote a bookcalled The Emoji Code:

They enable us to express emotion and empathy in digitalcommunication. Increasingly, what we re finding is thatdigital communication is taking over from certain aspectsof face-to-face interaction.In the UK today, for example,

adults spend 22 hours online on average each week. One ofthe reasons emojis are so interesting is that they reallydo enable us to express our emotional selves much moreeffectively.

Ok so he used a very useful word - empathy. It means theability to show you understand someone else s feelings.Ok

– tell me more Dan.

Yes – adding an emoticon can show you understand andexpress emotion, and show empathy – more clearly.Indigital communication we lack the visual signals we have inface-to-face interaction – as he says.

Interaction, meaning when people or things communicate witheach other. We can also interact with things like machines,computers and social media.

Yes, Professor Evans says 60% of information when we retalking to each other comes from non-verbal cues.

Wow, that s a lot. A cue is a signal that you need to dosomething.

For example, an actor goes on stage after their cue.

And non-verbal means without using spoken language. So,here in the studio there are lots of other non-verbalsignals about how we re feeling - non-verbal cues.Forexample my facial expression, my body language, the look in

my eyes, Dan.

There s a glint of rage in there somewhere, Neil. Ok, solet s apply this to digital communication. Imagine I sentyou a text saying I hit my finger with a hammer – howwould you respond?

Well, it depends. Did you hurt yourself badly?

If I followed it with a sad face emoji, then…?

Then I guess I d know you hurt yourself. Poor you.

But if I followed it with a laughing emoji – the one withthe tears coming out because I m laughing so much?

Then I d probably reply saying how stupid and clumsy youare!

Exactly – without adding the emoji – it s hard to knowmy emotional state. The emoji is the non-verbal cue – likemy facial expression.

By the way, is there an emoji meaning clumsy?Clumsy, meansphysically awkward – someone who s clumsy falls over alot and drops things.Anyway, you were saying emoticons aren t as new as I think?

Yes, I asked when they were invented.Is it a)1606, b)1862or c)1982?

I said 1982.

Well, in fact, a witty speech Abraham Lincoln reprinted ina newspaper as far back as 1862 included a semi colon witha close brackets.

Like a winking face?

Exactly. Though people think this was sadly just atypographical error – or what we normally call a typo.

A typo – a spelling mistake made when typing too fast orcarelessly.The official birth of emoticons is usually given as1982,when a US professor instructed his students to usesmiley faces to indicate jokes - in a digitalcommunication.

Wow, so they』re over 30 years old.Maybe I should startusing them.Let s round up with another look at today swords.

Sure. The first word we had was empathy. Do you have a lotof empathy, Neil?

Yes, I think I m quite good at understanding other people s feelings.My friends tell me that, anyway!It simportant to empathise with your colleagues too.

That s not what I saw in your eyes! Yes, empathy is animportant part of all human interaction.

Nicely done. If two people interact, it means theycommunicate with each other and react to each other.It s apretty broad term.

We could also talk about how the way children interact withthe internet.

Way too much!Next up, we had non-verbal, meaning withoutspoken language.When I first travelled to Poland, I used alot of non-verbal communication to get my messageacross.Hand movements, counting with fingers, things likethat. Next word, Dan?

Next word… that is my cue to say the next word – which isin fact – cue.A cue is a signal to do something. Acommander could give his officer a cue to attack. Or Icould give you a cue to… sing a song?

No thanks. I ll stick with defining words, thank you.Likeclumsy – meaning physically awkward. I d have to say Dan,

you re a sporty guy, a talented footballer - you re notclumsy at all.

That s what I thought until I broke my leg – after aclumsy opponent ran into me…

Ouch. Finally – we had type.No hang on, that s not right.

It should say typo. A typo is a mistake in a writtendocument, or a digital file or message.

Always check your scripts for typos before reading them,

Neil. And, that s the end of today s 6 Minute English.

Please join us again soon!

And we are on social media too - Facebook, Twitter,

Instagram and YouTube. See you there.

Bye!

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Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English– the show that brings you an interesting topic, authentic listening practice and six new items of vocabulary. I』m Dan…

大家好，歡迎收聽六分鐘英語，我是凱瑟琳。該節目會奉上有趣的話題，純正的聽力練習和單詞，以及六個新單詞。我是丹。

And I』m Neil.We』ll be discussing the rise of those little graphics we call emojisand emoticons.

我是尼爾。在今天的節目中我們將討論一些小圖形的興起，我們稱之為表情符號和情感符。

You know, I think emojis are a vital tool for communication. And actually, they』re not that new, either.

你知道的，表情符號是交流中非常重要的工具。事實上，它們也不是新近才出現的。

Oh really?

真的嗎？

Well, that』s the perfect opportunity to ask this week』s question. When was the first emoticon used? Was it a) 1606 b) 1862 c) 1982?

這是引出今天問題的絕佳機會。首個情感符是什麼時候開始使用的？ a) 1606年？ b) 1862年？ c) 1982年？

It must be 1982. I』ll go with c).

一定是1982年。我選c)。

We』ll find out if you』re right or wrong later in the programme.

之後我們再看你回答得是否正確。

You know, I think we should clear one thing up before we go any further: what』s the difference between an emoticon and an emoji?

在我們繼續討論前，我們要弄清一件事。情感符和表情符號的區別是什麼？

Good point. Emoticons came first. They』re the images made using normal keys on a keyboard – usually punctuation, letters and numbers. For example a colon – two dots - followed by the curved line of a close brackets is a…

好問題。最先出現的是情感符。這些圖形由鍵盤上普通的按鍵組成，通常是標點符號、字母和數字。例如，一個冒號，也就是兩個點，加上右括弧的曲線，就組成了……

A smiley face. Something you use in way too many of your emails!

一個笑臉。你在郵件中經常用到這些。

Well, thanks! Whereas an emoji is something completely different.It』s an actual image.It could be a simple, yellow, smiley face; or something like a dancing lady; or even a bowl of noodles…

謝謝。然而表情符號是完全不同的。那是實實在在的圖像。可以是簡單的，黃色的笑臉。也可能是正在跳舞的女士。或者是一碗麵條。

Ah yes, all those little images we have in our phones.But you』ll have to convince me – why do people use them so much?

是的，這些圖像我們手機里都有。但你得說服我，為什麼人們會大量使用這些符號？

Well, let』s listen to Professor Vyv Evans. He wrote a book called The Emoji Code:

我們聽聽韋弗·埃文斯教授的看法。他寫了一本書，名叫《表情符號密碼》。

They enable us to express emotion and empathy in digital communication. Increasingly, what we』re finding is that digital communication is taking over from certain aspects of face-to-face interaction.In the UK today, for example, adults spend22 hours online on average each week. One of the reasons emojis are so interesting is that they really do enable us to express our emotional selves much more effectively.

這些符號可以讓我們在數字化交流中表達情感和同理心。我們發現數字化交流越來越多的取代了面對面互動的某些方面。在如今的英國，成年人平均每周上網的時間長達22小時。表情符號之所以很有意思，其中一個原因是它們可以讓我們更高效地表達自己的情感。

Ok so he used a very useful word - empathy. It means the ability to show you understand someone else』s feelings. Ok – tell me more Dan.

所以他用了一個很有用的詞：同理心。它展示了你理解其他人感受的能力。丹，多說一點吧。

Yes – adding an emoticon can show you understand and express emotion, and show empathy – more clearly.In digital communication we lack the visual signals we have in face-to-face interaction – as he says.

好的，添加情感符表示你理解並表達情感，更清楚地表達了你的同理心。在數字化交流中，我們缺乏面對面互動時具有的視覺信號，就如教授所言。

Interaction, meaning when people or things communicate with each other. We can also interact with things like machines, computers and social media.

互動是指人或事物和他人進行交流。我們也可以和事物進行互動，例如機器、計算機和社交媒體。

Yes, Professor Evans says 60% of information when we』re talking to each other comes from non-verbal cues.

沒錯。埃文斯教授說，我們和他人交談時，百分之六十的信息來自於非口頭暗示。

Wow, that』s a lot. A cue is a signalthat you need to do something.

佔了很大比重啊。Cue是指你需要做某事的信號。

For example, an actor goes on stage after their cue.

例如，演員在接收到暗示後上台表演。

And non-verbal means without using spoken language. So, here in the studio there are lots of other non-verbal signals about how we』re feeling - non-verbal cues.For example my facial expression, my body language, the look in my eyes, Dan.

非口頭的是指不使用口頭語言。在演播室，有很多表達我們感受的非口頭信號。例如我的面部表情，我的肢體語言，我眼神中的內容。

There』s a glint of rage in there somewhere, Neil. Ok, so let』s apply this to digital communication. Imagine I sent you a text saying I hit my finger with a hammer – how would you respond?

有一絲憤怒的光芒隱藏其中。我們將其運用在數字化交流中。想想一下我給你發信息說我用鎚子傷了手指，你會怎麼回復？

Well, it depends. Did you hurt yourself badly?

這依情況而定。你傷的很重嗎？

If I followed it with a sad face emoji, then…?

如果我在後面加上一個悲傷臉的表情符號，怎麼樣呢？

Then I guess I』d know you hurt yourself. Poor you.

那我會猜你傷了你自己。可憐的你。

But if I followed it with a laughing emoji – the one with the tears coming out because I』m laughing so much?

但如果我在後面加上一個可笑的表情，就是那個笑出眼淚的表情，因為我在大笑，會怎麼樣呢？

Then I』d probably reply saying how stupid and clumsy you are!

那我也許會回復你太蠢了，太笨了！

Exactly – without adding the emoji – it』s hard to know myemotional state. The emoji is the non-verbal cue – like my facial expression.

沒錯，不加表情符號，很難知道我的情緒狀態。表情符號是非口頭的暗示，就像我的面部表情。

By the way, is there an emoji meaning clumsy?Clumsy, means physically awkward – someone who』s clumsy falls over a lot and drops things.Anyway, you were saying emoticons aren』t as new as I think?

順便說一下，有表情符號表示笨拙的嗎？Clumsy，是指尷尬的，笨拙的。某人經常摔跤、掉東西可以說是笨拙的。你之前說情感符並不像我認為的是新近出現的？

Yes, I asked when they were invented.Is it a)1606, b)1862 or c)1982?

沒錯，我問你它們是什麼時候發明的？ a) 1606年？ b) 1862年？ c) 1982年？

I said 1982.

我選的是1982年。

Well, in fact, a witty speech Abraham Lincoln reprinted in a newspaper as far back as 1862 included a semi colon with a close brackets.

事實上，亞伯拉罕·林肯1862年在報紙上翻印一則幽默的演講時，使用了冒號和右括弧。

Like a winking face?

像是眨眼睛的表情？

Exactly. Though people think this was sadly just a typographical error – or what we normally call a typo.

沒錯。儘管人們認為那只是印刷錯誤，或者我們稱之為排印錯誤。

A typo – a spelling mistake made when typing too fast or carelessly.

排印錯誤是指打字過快或粗心時造成的拼寫錯誤。

The official birth of emoticons is usually given as 1982,when a US professor instructed his students to use smiley faces toindicate jokes - in a digital communication.

情感符正式誕生是1982年。那時一個美國教授指導他的學生在數字化交流中用笑臉暗示玩笑。

Wow, so they』re over 30 years old.Maybe I should start using them.Let』s round up with another look at today』s words.

哇，它們已經有30歲了。也許我該開始使用它們。讓我們再看一看今天的單詞。

Sure. The first word we had was empathy. Do you have a lot of empathy, Neil?

好的。第一個單詞是同理心。你有很強的同理心嗎？

Yes, I think I』m quite good at understanding other people』s feelings.My friends tell me that, anyway!It』s important toempathise with your colleagues too.

我覺得我很擅長理解他人的感受。我的朋友經常這麼評價我。理解同事的感受也很重要。

That』s not what I saw in your eyes! Yes, empathy is an important part of all human interaction.

我在你的眼中沒讀出這些。同理心是所有人類互動中非常重要的部分。

Nicely done. If two people interact, it means they communicate with each other and react to each other.It』s a pretty broad term.

沒錯。如果兩個人互動，是指他們彼此交流，並作出反應。這是一個很廣泛的詞。

We could also talk about how the way children interact with the internet.

我們也可以說孩子和網路互動。

Way too much!Next up, we had non-verbal, meaning without spoken language.When I first travelled to Poland, I used a lot of non-verbal communication to get my message across.Hand movements, counting with fingers, things like that. Next word, Dan?

有很多說法可以用到。下一個詞我們提到非口頭的，是指不使用口頭語言。當我第一次去波蘭，我使用了很多非口頭交流去傳達信息。手勢，數指頭，類似這些。我們看下一個單詞？

Next word… that is my cue to say the next word – which is in fact – cue.A cue is a signal to do something. A commander could give his officer a cue to attack. Or I could give you a cue to… sing a song?

下一個單詞，關於下一個單詞我的暗示是，事實上就是暗示這個詞。暗示是指要做某事的信號。指揮官會給士兵攻擊的暗示。我也會給你暗示，去唱個歌？

No thanks. I』ll stick with defining words, thank you.Likeclumsy – meaning physically awkward. I』d have to say Dan, you』re a sporty guy, a talented footballer - you』re not clumsy at all.

不，謝謝了。我要繼續給詞下定義，謝謝。Clumsy，是指尷尬的，笨拙的。我會說丹，你是一個運動潮人，有天賦的足球運動員，你一點也不笨拙。

That』s what I thought until I broke my leg – after a clumsy opponent ran into me…

在我摔斷腿之前我也是這麼認為的。一個笨拙的對手撞了我。

Ouch. Finally – we had type.No hang on, that』s not right. It should say typo. A typo is a mistake in a written document, or a digital file or message.

最後我們提及了type（類型）。不，等等，不對。我們說的是typo（排印錯誤）。排印錯誤是指書面文件、數字化文件或信息中存在的錯誤。

Always check your scripts for typos before reading them, Neil. And, that』s the end of today』s 6 Minute English. Please join us again soon!

在讀稿子前，一定要檢查你的文稿有沒有排印錯誤。今天的六分鐘英語就到這裡。我們下次再會！

And we are on social media too - Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. See you there.

我們也有社交媒體，記得訪問我們的Twitter, Facebook, Instagram 和 YouTube。在那見！

Bye!

再見！

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