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Tech-nomads For more than eight years Achim and I have lived aboard our sail boat Pangaea. Because we are linked to the wide
Tech-nomads For more than eight years Achim and I have lived aboard our sail boat Pangaea. Because we are linked to the wide
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2011-05-18
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Tech-nomads
For more than eight years Achim and I have lived aboard our sail boat Pangaea. Because we are linked to the wider world by a radio modem, our location has become irrelevant when it comes to keeping in touch, making us part of a new breed of world travelers-, tech-nomads (技术流浪人).
Some traditional sailors avoid the use of communications technology on board. "If you’re going to be so tied to civilization, " they ask, "why leave it at all?" But I’m not a hermit(隐士) . Connectivity has yet to make a romantic South Seas sunset less special to us.
Going wireless was an evolutionary process. In 1993, before our first Atlantic crossing, high tech meant rowing to land with our laptop computer and finding Europe’s southernmost telephone booth (电话亭) in the Canary Islands to send a fax. Locals on the island of Hierro stuck their noses into the telephone booth, wide-eyed, watching us perform our electronic magic. By 1998 we could remain at our chart table while sending and receiving e-mail. That same year, we took the link a step further and created the first radio-updated Website, pangaea.
When I transmit our daily location update via e-mail to our friends and family members, I imagine them sinking pins in wall maps all over the world. If they stopped hearing from us, they would forward our last position to search-and-rescue authorities.
During our first "wired" voyage, Pangaea had some engine trouble, and we had to make a choice between Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica for an emergency repair. Readers, who were "virtually" on board with us, offered advice regarding repair facilities.
The Internet serves as an emotional lifeline when we are far away from land. The connection we feel with family friends and other website readers helps keep up our spirits and makes the adventure more manageable. We look forward to the day when we can share more of the far reaches of this wonderful planet with anyone who cares to sail with us virtually.
What does the author mean by saying "Connectivity has yet to make a romantic South Seas sun set less special to us " ( Line 3 , Para 2)1
选项
A、Being linked to the outside world does not make our adventure less romantic
B、Being linked to the outside world, we feel Jess romantic watching the sunset on the South Seas
C、Being connected with the outside world helps to make our journey more romantic
D、Connectivity saves us the trouble of going to the South Seas to enjoy a romantic sunset
答案
A
解析
本题是细节理解题。题目是:作者说“联系并不会使我们对浪漫的南海日落的特别感觉减少一分”的意思是什么?选择A的依据是:原文中的“connectivity”与选项A中的“Being linked to the outside world”意思对等。所以选A。
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