E-mail-电子邮件

　　Electronic mail, or E-mail for short, is an entirely new way of communication by means of computers. Being fast,inexpensive, highly efficient and convenient, E-mail is so popular in developed countries that it is difficult to imagine modern life without it.

　　Nowadays, millions of computers all over the world have been connected to form a global network called Internet. You can send or receive by E-mail a variety of information and documents such as letters, papers, video and audio files to anyone in over 170 countries in a short time. Moreover, language harriers are not a problem, because Internet software is capable of translating your mail into whatever language you want. You can also store, , edit, compile and search your E-maih Most importantly, E-mail helps us overcome space and time limitations in communication.

　　With the rapidly growing popularity of computers and the fast expansion of the information highway,wider and wider applications of Internet E-mail will be developed and E-mail will soon become an indispensable means of communication.