内容正文:
个人电脑和互联网为人们打发时间提供了新的选择。尽管有些人可能因此与朋友或家人相处的时间少了,但同时有些人也会因此与最关心的人保持更加密切的联系。电子邮件已经成了一种日常生活中非常实用的交流工具。但我们必须明白,电脑和互联网只是提供了另外一种保持联系的方式,它们不会取代任何旧的沟通方式。
Personal computers and Internet
Personal computers and Internet give people new choices1 about how to spend their time. Some may use this freedom to share less time with certain friends or family members,but the new technology will also let them stay in closer touch with those they care most about. Email makes it easy to work at home,which is where I now spend most weekends and evenings. My working hours aren't necessarily much shorter than they once were but I spend fewer of them at the office. This lets me share more time with my young daughter than I might have if she'd been born before electronic2 mail became such a practical3 tool.
With email,you just write one note about your experience,at your convenience4, and address it to all the friends you think might be interested. They can read your message when they have time,and read only as much as they want to.They can reply at their convenience,and you can read what they have to say at your convenience. Email is also an inexpensive5 way to stay in close touch with people who live far away. More than a few parents use email to keep in touch6,even daily touch with their children at college. We just have to keep in mind7 that computers and the Internet offer another way of staying in touch. They don't take the place of any of the old ways.
【词汇积累】
1.choice n.选择,挑选
2.electronic adj.电子的
3.practical adj.实用的;有效的
4.convenience n.方便
5.inexpensive adj.廉价的;不贵重的
6.keep in touch保持联络
7.keep in mind记住
根据短文判断正(T)误(F)
1.New technology is not good to the deepening of friendship.( )
2.Emails gives author more time to spend with his family.( )
3.The old ways will gradually fade away.( )
答案 1.F 2.T 3.F
Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas
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SOCIAL MEDIA DETOX①
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Today marks the last day of the Social Media Detox, Brenton High's fundraising③ camp