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
After reading an article in the Herald about memory loss and dementia, I can assure readers that today’s generation has been inf
After reading an article in the Herald about memory loss and dementia, I can assure readers that today’s generation has been inf
admin
2015-09-26
98
问题
After reading an article in the Herald about memory loss and dementia, I can assure readers that today’s generation has been inflicted with a syndrome that makes certain we will be able to remember every waking(and otherwise)moment of our lives. Like many Australians, I’ve been canonised: I have taken incessant photography as my new religion.
I’ve looked through my grandmother’s photo albums, and they contain about as many photos for a lifetime as you could hold on a 32-megabyte memory stick. Life-changing experiences such as climbing Uluru, riding a gondola in Venice or walking on the Great Wall of China are interrupted by scores of people huddling around a small LCD screen to check their progress mid-conquest. "Hey, honey, look at me hanging off this cliff. Do I really look like that in a helmet?"
Have you noticed that everybody looks perfect during their camping trips these days? It’s because airbrushing is now available to the man on the street. Teeth not as white as they used to be? No need to pay the dentist, Photoshop will ensure that only your best self is displayed to the world.
After the mass adoption of the digital camera came personalised photo websites. There is a shrine to the narcissistic where pages of every movement are captured and displayed for all of us to trawl through. Previously, people might have gathered infrequently for a photo; now I can’t go anywhere without being hounded by my friends. Every 10 minutes a new pose must be struck at least three times because we don’t have to wait until the pictures are developed before realising Mum’s got her eyes closed. Hair not perfect? Don’t worry, we’ll take it again. These days, any given event will result in at least 100 photos being taken, which—if compiled into an album and the pages flipped rapidly—could be sold to Disney as an animation strip.
With most new digital cameras as small as mobile phones, it wasn’t long before the two merged. I fear, however, that the two combined have exacerbated the problem. Not only do we have to contend with mates sending pictures of themselves at football games, concerts or holidays while we’re at our desk, looking after the kids, taking out the garbage—but we hear about it— simultaneously.
The digital revolution has made photography infinitely easier. When we get home from a five-day trip of standing either behind the lens or in front of it, we can email pictures to everyone in our address book, then spend hours printing the photos, only to discover that the ink cartridge has run out of magenta. When booking holidays, tell your boss you’ll need an extra day’s leave at the end for "holiday downloading and recapture". I don’t pity the older generation losing their memory, remembering everything is not all it’s cracked up to be.
What’s the author’s attitude towards the digital revolution?
选项
A、Happy, concerned and a little regretful.
B、Worried and proud.
C、Indifferent and unconcerned.
D、Sarcastic and ridiculous.
答案
D
解析
推理题。作者通过在文章中描绘当代人在数码相机及其他相关设备影响下的现代生活,表达了对其的讽刺态度,认为这很荒谬,故选[D]。[A]“高兴、关注并有点遗憾”、[B]“担心和骄傲的态度”和[C]“无关紧要和漠然的态度”均不准确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/S0XK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
ThethreebiggestliesinAmericanare:(1)"Thecheckisinthemail."(2)"OfcourseI’11respectyouinthemorning."(3)"I
WhatistheproblemofEngland’semergencyhealthcareservices?
Accordingtoconservationists,whydoestheInteractposeathreattoendangeredspecies?
Thehealthyadolescentboyorgirllikestodotherealthingsinlife,todothethingsthatmatter.Hewouldratherbeaplumb
Thehealthyadolescentboyorgirllikestodotherealthingsinlife,todothethingsthatmatter.Hewouldratherbeaplumb
TheHistoryoftheAtomicBombOnAugust2,1939,justbeforethebeginningofWorldWarII,AlbertEinsteinwrotetothen
Whydidthewomangotoseetheprofessorinthebeginning?
SputnikIwasthefirstartificialsatellite.Itcanbedescribedasanaluminum【C1】______withadiameterof58centimetersand
Everyonelovesanunderdog.ThenewsofDetroit’sbankruptcyonJuly18th,thelargesteverfiledbyanAmericancity,madehead
WhywasGooglefinedbytheUSFederalTradeCommission?
随机试题
专供婴儿食用的主、辅食品不得加入的食品添加剂有
此患婴的可能诊断是( )首选的治疗是( )
著有《小儿药证直诀》的医家是
男性,26岁,明显的“三多一少”症状10年,经胰岛素治疗,症状时轻时重,有明显的低血糖症状,近2个月眼睑及下肢水肿,乏力,腰痛,BPl60/100mmHg,尿蛋白(++),颗粒管型少许,尿糖(++)。应诊断为
患者,女性,71岁,髋关节骨折,拟行关节切开内固定术。术前医嘱留置导尿。护士为患者采取的体位正确的是
29~32:某10层框架结构,其中一榀框架剖面的轴线几何尺寸如图5-16所示。梁、柱的线刚度ib、ic(单位为1010N.mm),均注于图中构件旁侧;各楼层处的水平力F为某一组荷载作用的标准值。在计算内力与位移时需采用D值法。假定底层每个边
()属认知曲解的类型。
根据所给资料,回答问题。2013年,我国粮食再获丰收,全年粮食种植面积11195万公顷,比上年增加75万公顷,产量高达60194万吨,比上年增加1236万吨,增产2.1%。其中,夏粮产量13189万吨,增产1.5%;早稻产量3407万吨,增产2.4%;秋
A、B、C、D四支球队开展篮球比赛,每两个队之间都要比赛1场,已知A队已比赛了3场,B队已比赛了2场,C队已比赛了1场,D队已比赛了几场?
Oncethepaymenthasbeenmade,thegoodswillbedeliveredatyourconvenience.
最新回复
(
0
)