A shaking head, new heart colours and a familiar goose are among a new group of emojis (表情符号) set to be released (发布) this year.
Unicode Consortiumlist contains only 31 new emojis, much smaller than last year’s 112 emojis, which included pregnant people and a low battery sign. The goose emoji has drawn comparisons to the hit game Untitled Goose Game, where players take control of a horrible goose. The release has gained a mostly positive response online.
The chosen emojis are selected by Unicode Consortium, a non-profit organization in California. Keith Broni, editor in chief of Emojipedia, said “The Unicode emoji subcommittee want to take more time to consider what symbols we can add to represent what we know or experiences we have had — things like a shaking face or the pink hearts.”
He mentioned people were excited to see the pink heart emoji finally included, but he was particularly interested in the use of the shaking head. “It is most likely to be used when we are mentally or physically shook,” he said, “But there is a lot behind this - how can we communicate what happens to a person when they’re undergoing an earthquake?
He added that their designer probably took a healthy inspiration“ from the goose video game for the relevant emoji - but it has meaning beyond that. “In the case of the goose, the concept (概念) goes back to how we use language in an expressive way.” He said, “What other things can we say with these emojis? How can we forget the English idiom’ silly goose5?” Through the emoji, that English language idiom becomes a piece of knowledge that can be represented across cultures.
6. What emoji was inspired by a hit game?
A.Shaking head. | B.Pregnant people. | C.A low battery. | D.Goose. |
7. What’s people’s attitude to the newly released emojis?
A.Doubtful. | B.Disappointed. | C.Welcome. | D.Indifferent. |
8. What do we know about the selection of new emojis?
A.People vote for the selection of new emojis. | B.Not all the emojis created will be admitted officially. |
C.Designers decide the entry of the emojis. | D.Only those widely used emojis can be chosen. |
9. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A.Emojis are more than a way of daily expression. |
B.English idioms found their way through emojis. |
C.Different cultures may contain the same expression. |
D.The Goose emoji originated from the phrase “silly goose”. |