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
考研
Now that 2012 is over, the Wall Street Journal is pondering whether the e-reader era is coming to an end. Although the story sto
Now that 2012 is over, the Wall Street Journal is pondering whether the e-reader era is coming to an end. Although the story sto
admin
2014-06-25
74
问题
Now that 2012 is over, the Wall Street Journal is pondering whether the e-reader era is coming to an end. Although the story stops short of using the "D" word, it notes that e-reader sales hit their peak in 2011, fell sharply in 2012 and will continue to slide in the years ahead. The story dwells on the standard reasons for the e-reader’s forthcoming troubles: Full-featured tablets can read e-books and do much more, and the price gap between e-readers and cheap tablets has narrowed, so it’s harder to justify buying a single-purpose e-reader.
While it’s provocative to declare in general terms that once-popular technologies are on their way out, I’d rather think about what the actual effects may be.
For one thing, e-readers aren’t going away anytime soon, at least not until their unique properties can be matched by inexpensive tablets. The fact that e-readers are cheap, are easy to read even in sunlight and can last long on a single battery charge means they can be nice to have around, even if you own a more expensive tablet. There’s also something to be said for their compulsory focus on reading, which eliminates the distractions that tablets provide.
There’s no threat of forced retirement either, because the e-reader business is different from televisions, where vendors must push newer and better technologies in hopes of raising profit margins. Companies like Amazon aren’t making money on hardware, but are on books purchased through the device, so even as the cost of an e-reader approaches zero, it remains a worthy business. If anything, e-readers are more of a sure bet for e-l>ook sales than tablets, where users can stay entertained with free apps and the web.
The question, then, is whether e-readers will remain a phenomenon. That’s a trickier one to answer, but I don’t think e-readers have stopped being interesting yet. In the past couple years, we’ve seen the rise of touchscreen e-readers, and there’s still room to lower the cost of those features. There may be other innovations as well, such as flexible E-Ink screens to improve portability.
For e-readers, the future probably looks a lot like it does for the dedicated MP3 player, and that’s far from disastrous. Apple still sells its iPod Classic, despite years of predictions about its forthcoming death. And the iPod Nano turned into smart watch territory before becoming a credit card-sized music and video player. These devices didn’t go aways they just became better at their core competencies.
The Wall Street Journal acknowledges many of these points, but nonetheless asserts that the "e-reader era" might be over. But even in dedicated e-readers’ best year, they were overshadowed by tablets. And though tablets will likely keep growing while the e-reader market slips, lots of that growth comes at the cost of laptops as well. The reality is that e-readers never had an era of their own to begin with. They always have, and always will be, outdone by tablets. But they’re still sticking around.
Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
选项
A、E-Readers: Prospering under the Shadow of Tablets.
B、E-Readers: How to Survive in the Era of Tablets.
C、Don’t Call the E-Reader Doomed.
D、Don’t Overstate Tablet’s Dominance.
答案
C
解析
全文共七个段落。第一段介绍《华尔街日报》观点“电子阅读器时代是否正趋向灭亡”。第二至五段作者反驳该观点:“宣称一度流行的技术正走向过时”是一种刺激性言论;事实上,电子阅读器价格便宜,适宜阳光下阅读,电源持久,使读者能够注意力集中,以及它对技术更新要求低、受到电子书读者的青睐等特征使它不会很快消亡。第四段通过分析“电子阅读器商务的特征”指出它不会很快消亡。第六段以ipod系列的命运作比,描述电子阅读器的未来远非是灾难性的。第七段总结全文指出电子阅读器会依然存续。可见全文旨在论述“电子阅读器不会消亡”,故[C]选项正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/ULK4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
CanadiansliketothinkthatalthoughtheyarethejuniorpartnerintheirtraderelationswiththeUnitedStates,the174billi
CanadiansliketothinkthatalthoughtheyarethejuniorpartnerintheirtraderelationswiththeUnitedStates,the174billi
Tounderstandhowastrologyworks,weshouldfirsttakeaquicklookatthesky.Althoughthestarsareatenormousdistances,t
Tounderstandhowastrologyworks,weshouldfirsttakeaquicklookatthesky.Althoughthestarsareatenormousdistances,t
Self-esteemiswhatpeoplethinkaboutthemselves—whetherornottheyfeelvalued—andwhenfamilymembershaveself-respect,
Self-esteemiswhatpeoplethinkaboutthemselves—whetherornottheyfeelvalued—andwhenfamilymembershaveself-respect,
Formorethanadecade,scientistshavebeentryingtodeterminewhetherclimatechangeislinkedtointensestorms,suchas200
Afieldissimplyasocialsystemofrelationsbetweenindividualsorinstitutionswhoarecompetingforthesamestake.Anexam
Afieldissimplyasocialsystemofrelationsbetweenindividualsorinstitutionswhoarecompetingforthesamestake.Anexam
LatelyScanSoftwareSimplyflippingthroughabookmaynotseemlikethebestwaytoscanit,butaJapaneseresearchgroup
随机试题
关于糖原合成的叙述,正确的是
每天需要的总能量应为如采用8%的牛奶,每天应给多少毫升
该单位本年的支出增长率为()。该单位的公用经费支出项月中有()。
乙公司现有生产线已满负荷运转,鉴于其产品在市场上供不应求,公司准备购置一条生产线,公司及生产线的相关资料如下:资料一:乙公司生产线的购置有两个方案可供选择。A方案生产线的购买成本为7200万元,预计使用6年,采用直线法计提折旧,预计净残值率为10%,生
某首饰商城为增值税一般纳税人,2015年10月发生以下业务:(1)零售金银首饰与镀金首饰组成的套装礼盒,取得零售收入30万元,其中金银首饰收入20万元,镀金首饰收入10万元;(2)采取“以旧换新”方式向消费者销售金项链2000条,新项链每条零售价0.3
我国古代诗歌按产生的时代排列,错误的有()。
对于全体人民,_______对于农村贫民,一个很重要的改善,就是孩子上学不花钱。_______让所有孩子上学不花钱,人民_______能不再像现在这样没有文化,_______不再完全没有文化。填入划横线部分最恰当的一项是()。
班杜拉提出自我效能感就是
打开工作簿文件EXC.XLSX,对工作表“产品销售情况表”内数据清单的内弈建市数据透视表,行标签为“分公司”,列标签为“产品名称”,求和项为“销售额(万元)”,并置于现工作表的J6:N20单元格区域,工作表名不变,保存EXC.XLSX工作簿。
TheEarthhasbeenstrippedofupto90%ofitsspeciesfivetimesbeforeinthepast450millionyears.Nowit’sabouttohappe
最新回复
(
0
)