首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
When you think of the tremendous technological progress we have made, it’s amazing how little we have developed in other respect
When you think of the tremendous technological progress we have made, it’s amazing how little we have developed in other respect
admin
2022-06-16
65
问题
When you think of the tremendous technological progress we have made, it’s amazing how little we have developed in other respects. We may speak contemptuously of the poor old Romans because they relished the orgies of slaughter that went on in their arenas. We may despise them because they mistook these goings on for entertainment. We may forgive them condescendingly because they lived 2000 years ago and obviously knew no better. But are our feelings of superiority really justified?
Are we any less blood-thirsty? Why do boxing matches, for instance, attract such universal interest? Don’t the spectators who attend them hope they will see some violence? Human beings remains as bloodthirsty as ever they were. The only difference between ourselves and the Romans is that while they were honest enough to admit that they enjoyed watching hungry lions tearing people apart and eating them alive, we find all sorts of sophisticated arguments to defend sports which should have been banned long age; sports which are quite as barbarous as, say, public hangings or bearbaiting.
It really is incredible that in this day and age we should still allow hunting or bull-fighting, that we should be prepared to sit back and watch two men batter each other to pulp in a boxing ring, that we should be relatively unmoved by the sight of one or a number of racing cars crashing and bursting into flames. Let us not deceive ourselves. Any talk of ‘the sporting spirit’ is sheer hypocrisy. People take part in violent sports because of the high rewards they bring. Spectators are willing to pay vast sums of money to see violence. A world heavyweight championship match, for instance, is front page news. Millions of people are disappointed if a big fight is over in two rounds instead of fifteen. They feel disappointment because they have been deprived of the exquisite pleasure of witnessing prolonged torture and violence.
Why should we ban violent spoils if people enjoy them so much? You may welt ask. The answer is simple: they arc uncivilized. For centuries man has been trying to improve himself spiritually and emotionally — admittedly with little success. But at least we no longer tolerate the sight madmen cooped up in cages, or public floggings of any of the countless other barbaric practices which were common in the past. Prisons are no longer the grim forbidding places they used to be. Social welfare systems are in operation in many parts of the world. Big efforts are being made to distribute wealth fairly. These changes have come about not because human beings have suddenly and unaccountably improved, but because positive steps were taken to change the law. The taw is the biggest instrument of social change that we have and it may exert great civilizing influence. If we banned dangerous and violent sports, we would be moving one step further to improving mankind. We would recognize that violence is degrading and unworthy of human beings.
That the author mentions the old Romans is
选项
A、to compare the old Romans with today’s people.
B、to give an example.
C、to show human beings in the past know nothing better.
D、to indicate human beings are used to bloodthirsty.
答案
D
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/OuTO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Anglesoflessthan90°arecalled______angles.
Theseconddistinguishingcharacteristicofjazzisarhythmicdrivethatwas______called"hot"andlater"swing".(2007年3月中国科学
Theoldwomanistoo______aboutotherpeople’sbusiness.
Shellyhadpreparedcarefullyforherbiologyexaminationsothatshecouldbesureofpassingitonherfirst______,
Inmanyculturespeoplewhowerethoughttohavetheabilityto______dreamswerelikelytobehighlyrespected.(2005年春季电子科技大学考
Thediscrepancyinthecompanyaccountsisso______thatnoauditorcouldhavefailedtonoticeit.(2003年中国人民大学考博试题)
Joyandsadnessareexperiencedbypeopleinallculturesaroundtheworld,buthowcanwetellwhenotherpeoplearehappyord
Joyandsadnessareexperiencedbypeopleinallculturesaroundtheworld,buthowcanwetellwhenotherpeoplearehappyord
TheInternationalCommitteeoftheRedCrosssaysitwillneednearly$650milliontohelpvictimsofarmedconflictandviolen
随机试题
患者,男,25岁,髋关节及骶髂关节疼痛半年,活动后疼痛减轻,1个月前出现左膝关节肿痛,最后可能诊断是
建设工程合同是广义的( )的一种。
发展规划按范围分为()。
下列关于投资性房地产会计处理的表述中,正确的是()。
按照收入法计算国内生产总值,其公式是()。
教育史上最早出现的教学组织形式是()。
一、注意事项1.申论考试,与传统作文考试不同,是对分析驾驭材料的能力与对表达能力并重的考试。2.作答参考时限:阅读资料奶分钟,作答110分钟。3.仔细阅读给定的资料,按照后面提出的“申论要求”依次作答。二、给定资料材料一
央行2015年3月公布了2014年12月金融统计数据报告。具体如下:一、广义货币增长12.2%,狭义货币增长3.2%。12月月末,广义货币(M2)余额122.84万亿元,同比增长12.2%,增速分别比上月月末和上年年末低0.1个和1.4个百分点;狭义货
DNA的分子结构并不是一成不变的,在各种现代因素和环境因素的影响下,DNA上碱基排列顺序即遗传密码可能发生改变,从而引起基因突变。即使在正常情况下,DNA复制过程中也发生频率极低的突变。这段话主要支持了这样一种论点,即DNA( )。
在UML提供的图中,(31)用于描述系统与外部系统及用户之间的交互;(32)用于按时间顺序描述对象间的交互。
最新回复
(
0
)