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That is a lesson Scott Spector, 15, learned the hard way, when his phone started blasting his "American Idol Theme" ringtone as
That is a lesson Scott Spector, 15, learned the hard way, when his phone started blasting his "American Idol Theme" ringtone as
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2021-02-21
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That is a lesson Scott Spector, 15, learned the hard way, when his phone started blasting his "American Idol Theme" ringtone as he was pretending to talk into it in the hall at school last month.
Dr. Katz of Rutgers said the practice first drew his attention when students in focus groups he had organized to study a wide range of cellphone use began mentioning it, unprompted. "The habit," Dr. Katz said, "is the latest technological twist in a culture that has long embraced various forms of pretending in the name of image, from designer knockoff handbags to plastic surgery."
And fake callers are often simply trying to cope with social anxiety by showing that they have someone to call, even if they don’t. One of Dr. Katz’s students said she pretended to use her cellphone when she was out with a group of other college-age women who were all on theirs. Another did it to escape from a fancy boutique where the prices were beyond her means without speaking to a salesperson. In that sense, fake callers may not be so different from a lot of real callers, who are always partly performing for others even as they appear to withdraw into their own private space in public.
"The cellphone allows people to show strangers that they belong, that they are part of a community somewhere," said Christine Rosen, who studies the social impact of technology at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington. "Whether or not it’s a fictional call, on some level, that’s why we’re doing it."
Mark Konchar, a network administrator in Canton, Ohio, had just hung up after sitting in his parked car behind a strip mall talking to a friend one afternoon, when he saw people emerging from the employee’s entrance to one of the stores. Quickly, he put the phone back up to his ear and pretended to talk. "I guess I thought people might wonder why you’re sitting out there in your car; it might look strange," said Mr. Konchar, 33. "It’s one of those things where after the situation happens you’re wondering, ’Why did I do that?’"
Many women rely on fake cell phone calls when they fear for their physical safety. Yessenia Morales, 21, said she recently called a non-existent friend while being followed by a group of men on a train platform. "I’ll see you in a few minutes," she promised the air. But fake calls are often made by people trying to preserve a more psychological remove. Christina Rohall, 29, said she pretends to use the phone to avoid getting hit on. "I feel awkward just rejecting people," said Ms. Rohall, of San Francisco. How well the fake call works is one of its most appealing qualities, and an evidence to how much respect people automatically grant to a cellphone force field. "Even security guards seem to respect the cellphone buffer, they won’t interrupt you." said Michael McEachern, 16, of San Diego, who has found the fake call a useful way to get to the club level at a Padres game when he doesn’t have a pass.
[A] resorts to a fake phone call due to the fear of her physical safety.
[B] believes that a real call cannot help people deal with social anxiety but a fictional one can.
[C] feels that people may think that he is strange for sitting out in his parked car.
[D] finds that a fake call can help him get into a club at Padres game without a pass.
[E] holds that fake phone call is affected by a culture where there are many forms of pretending.
[F] says that security guards always interrupt him when he is calling someone.
[G] thinks that a phone call enables people to show what they belong to.
Dr. Katz
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答案
E
解析
Dr.Katz出现在第二段和第三段,解题句在第二段。在该段中Dr.Katz说,这种习惯(指假装打电话)是技术发展过程中产生的新怪癖,它滋生于这样一种文化土壤:人们长期以形象之名进行着各种形式的伪装。可见,假装打电话受到了这种文化的影响。E项正表达了这个意思,其中a culture where there are many forms of pretending是对原文a culture that has long embraced various forms of pretending的同义转述.故E为本题答案。
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