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Keith: Hi, I’m Keith.
Sadia: Hey, and I’m Sadia. The focus of this lesson is texting and
multimedia messaging--
Keith: It’s called: SMS and also MMS!
Sadia: You may have seen these acronyms before--
Keith: Acronym? What’s that?
Sadia: An acronym is a word formed from the first
letters of the words in the name-- so, SMS and MMS are
acronyms. SMS stands for "SHORT MESSAGE
SERVICE." SHORT starts with an S, MESSAGE
starts with an M, and SERVICE starts with an S.
SMS.
Keith: So, probably MMS... that’s an acronym, too. And what that stands for is "MULTIMEDIA
MESSAGE SERVICE." MMS.
Sadia: Both SMS and MMS are types of messages
that can be sent or received using a mobile phone.
Keith: And, you may already know that the more popular of the two is SMS.
Sadia: Yeah, SMS messages-- commonly referred to as "text
messages"-- are the short, text-based messages you
may send to a friend, maybe, updating her on where you are--
Keith: Or maybe what you did, what time you'll meet--
Sadia: So, any information that is best
conveyed in short form.
Keith: Yeah, and actually, some people they don’t even call each other, they just communicate exclusively via SMS--
Sadia: It’s a little weird, but it’s true! Some people prefer the
silent task of typing into a phone keypad to, you know, picking up the phone and calling someone.
Keith: Yeah, I guess so.
Sadia; I mean, I guess it’s smart if making noise is not an
option.
Keith: Yeah, maybe in a meeting or something.
Sadia: Ah, that’s true.
Keith: And SMS has given us some new words and phrases to
use though, right?
Sadia: Oh, definitely! The word "text, " which used to
refer to words printed on a page, has become a verb.
As in, "I'll text you when I'm on my way to pick you
up."
Keith:I’ll text you when the game finishes.
Sadia: Let's also talk briefly about MMS.
Keith: You probably remember, refers to
sound, video and photos.
Sadia: MMS technology allows multiple kinds of media to
be included or sent with standard text message
Keith: SMS, right. But, because it has advanced technological requirements
that may not be met by some phones, MMS
is not nearly as popular as SMS.
Sadia: Listeners, do you use your mobile phone to send texts?
Sadia: Let's take a look at some of the vocabulary for this Buzzwords lesson.
Sadia: SMS [natural native speed]
Keith: SMS
Sadia: acronym for "short message service"; text message
Keith: SMS [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Sadia: SMS [natural native speed]
Keith: MMS [natural native speed]
Sadia: MMS
Keith: acronym for "multimedia messaging service"
Sadia: MMS [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Keith: MMS [natural native speed]
Sadia: message [natural native speed]
Keith: message
Sadia: a brief communication
Keith: message [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Sadia: message [natural native speed]
Keith: acronym [natural native speed]
Sadia: acronym
Keith: a shortened form of a name, using the first letter of
each word in the name
Sadia: acronym [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Keith: acronym [natural native speed]
Sadia: to text (verb) [natural native speed]
Keith: to text
Sadia: to send a text-based message from a mobile phone to another mobile phone
Keith: to text (verb) [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Sadia: to text (verb) [natural native speed]
Keith: multimedia [natural native speed]
Sadia: multimedia
Keith: containing more than one form of media (photo, video,
audio)
Sadia: multimedia [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Keith: multimedia [natural native speed]
Sadia: keyboard
Keith: keyboard [natural native speed]
Sadia: the set of letter, number, and other buttons used to enter
data into a computer
Keith: keyboard [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Sadia: keyboard [natural native speed]
Keith: keypad [natural native speed]
Sadia: keypad
Keith: set of number and/or letter buttons, usually on a phone
Sadia: keypad [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Keith: keypad [natural native speed]
Sadia: to type [natural native speed]
Keith: to type
Sadia: to enter into a keyboard or keypad
Keith: to type [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Sadia: to type [natural native speed]
Keith: silent [natural native speed]
Sadia: silent
Keith: without sound
Sadia: silent [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Keith: silent [natural native speed]

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