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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.
We can infer from the passage that______.
选项
A、the Internet makes it more romantic to travel to me far reaches of the earth
B、the Internet makes it unnecessary for family and friends to gather together
C、easy access to the Internet will get more people interested in sea voyages
D、we can virtually share in sea voyagers’ experiences in the far corners of the world
答案
D
解析
本题是细节推理题。题目是:我们从短文中可以推断出______。选择D的依据是全文的最后一句提到:“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.”我们期待着有一天,我们能和任何喜欢与我们一起虚拟旅游的人分享更多的这个美妙星球上我们所到达的遥远地方。选项D“我们可以在虚拟世界中分享海上旅行者在世界天涯海角的经历”与原文内容相符,是正确答案。
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