F.D.B.W.A. Szeto Ho Secondary School
20th November, 2008
Morning Assembly by 5G3
Trendy Communication Methods
A: David Mo Man Tat
D: Dicky Lee Ka Ho
N: Natalie Tse Ka Yee
V: Vanessa Lo Yee Shan
N: Hi, Dicky! You look very busy. What are you doing?
D: Shhh…I’m sending an SMS to my girlfriend with my mobile phone.
V: You shouldn’t have done that, you know. It’s against the school rules to carry your mobile phone,
let alone sending love messages in the playground.
A: Objection! We’re teenagers of the 21st century, you know. There is nothing wrong with sending
SMS even at school.
D: Thanks David. You’re my real buddy. Actually, being trendy teenagers, we should familiarize
ourselves with the fashionable communication methods nowadays. Do you two girls know what
the trendiest methods of communication are?
N: Oh! Yes. The popular communication methods include Xanga, Blog, Facebook, MSN, SMS,
emails and the mobile phone. They are part of the teenage life now. The reason for their
popularity is “peer influence”. That means if one person is addicted to one of these forms of
communication, their friends will follow suit.
V: You are right. I also use Xanga and Blog to share the happiness or sadness of my everyday life
with my friends. It can build up our experience together and consolidate our friendship.
D: Both of you are smart girls. Amongst these cool communication tools, I would like to use SMS
most. SMS stands for Short Message Service. It is a text message that can be sent from your
computer or cell phone to another cell phone. You can also send text messages to other wireless
devices.
A: SMS allows you to send instant text messages to your friends and family or start making new
friends! It's fast. It's easy. And it's cool!
D: Yes, I also like it because I can send messages secretly even in class.
A: I like to use MSN to chat with my friends at home. It is because sending and receiving messages
takes only an instant. Sometimes, when I find it embarrassing to say something, I prefer to put it
in writing and send it through MSN.
N: Oops! Besides these trendy communications methods, I also like to chat with my friends with my
mobile phone since it is a good way to kill the time when I feel idle and bored.
V: But it affects your health. For example, it may hurt your neck if you keep talking with your cell
phone in the same posture for a prolonged period of time. You will feel pain. Besides, there have
been fears that such phones could cause brain cancer because they emit radiofrequency (RF)
energy!
N: Although these means of communication are very popular in our everyday lives, there are other
negative consequences, too. For example, if students always use SMS in class, that will affect
their academic performance. Wasting their time on some useless gimmicks makes them learn
nothing at all in the precious class time!
A: Oh! I see. I understand now. Even though my friends are very important, if I spend time
exchanging messages, I’ll have no time to do my revision. As a result, I should stop this habit.
V: It’s good to hear that. Actually, I think we should treasure face-to-face communication as you
can see your friend’s face and hear his/her sound directly.
F.D.B.W.A. Szeto Ho Secondary School
20th November, 2008
Morning Assembly by 5G3
Trendy Communication Methods
A: David Mo Man Tat
D: Dicky Lee Ka Ho
N: Natalie Tse Ka Yee
V: Vanessa Lo Yee Shan
N: Hi, Dicky! You look very busy. What are you doing?
D: Shhh…I’m sending an SMS to my girlfriend with my mobile phone.
V: You shouldn’t have done that, you know. It’s against the school rules to carry your mobile phone,
let alone sending love messages in the playground.
A: Objection! We’re teenagers of the 21st century, you know. There is nothing wrong with sending
SMS even at school.
D: Thanks David. You’re my real buddy. Actually, being trendy (追求時髦的) teenagers, we should
familiarize (使熟悉) ourselves with the fashionable (時髦的) communication methods nowadays. Do
you two girls know what the trendiest methods of communication are?
N: Oh! Yes. The popular communication methods include Xanga, Blog, Facebook, MSN, SMS,
emails and the mobile phone. They are part of the teenage life now. The reason for their
popularity (流行) is “peer influence” ( 同輩的影嚮). That means if one person is addicted to (沉迷) one
of these forms of communication, their friends will follow suit (跟風).
V: You are right. I also use Xanga and Blog to share the happiness or sadness of my everyday life
with my friends. It can build up our experience together and consolidate (鞏固) our friendship.
D: Both of you are smart girls. Amongst these cool communication tools, I would like to use SMS
most. SMS stands for Short Message Service. It is a text message that can be sent from your
computer or cell phone to another cell phone. You can also send text messages to other wireless
devices (無線裝置).
A: SMS allows you to send instant text messages to your friends and family or start making new
friends! It's fast. It's easy. And it's cool!
D: Yes, I also like it because I can send messages secretly even in class.
A: I like to use MSN to chat with my friends at home. It is because sending and receiving messages
takes only an instant. Sometimes, when I find it embarrassing to say something, I prefer to put it
in writing and send it through MSN.
N: Oops! Besides these trendy communications methods, I also like to chat with my friends with my
mobile phone since it is a good way to kill the time when I feel idle (空閒) and bored.
V: But it affects your health. For example, it may hurt your neck if you keep talking with your cell
phone in the same posture (姿勢) for a prolonged (延長) period of time. You will feel pain. Besides,
there have been fears that such phones could cause brain cancer because they emit (釋出)
radiofrequency (RF) energy!
N: Although these means of communication are very popular in our everyday lives, there are other
negative consequences (結果), too. For example, if students always use SMS in class, that will
affect their academic performance (學業表現). Wasting their time on some useless gimmicks (小玩意)
makes them learn nothing at all in the precious (寶貴的) class time!
A: Oh! I see. I understand now. Even though my friends are very important, if I spend time
exchanging messages, I’ll have no time to do my revision. As a result, I should stop this habit.
V: It’s good to hear that. Actually, I think we should treasure (珍惜) face-to-face communication as
you can see your friend’s face and hear his/her sound directly.