現(xiàn)代英語雜文選讀

內(nèi)容概要

吳芬編著的《現(xiàn)代英語雜文選讀》選取四個主題共九篇論說文，以詳盡的注釋對原文中的語言點(diǎn)、背景知識進(jìn)行解析、導(dǎo)讀，以啟發(fā)讀者對原文探討的話題進(jìn)行思考?！冬F(xiàn)代英語雜文選讀》中同一主題內(nèi)幾篇文章的角度或立場多有不同，這有助于讀者多方位了解文章所反映的文化及觀點(diǎn)，在現(xiàn)有閱讀的基礎(chǔ)上拓寬視野，而非輕取一家之言。此外，注釋以中文為主，但在部分解釋或引用時使用英語，是為了使讀者了解某些概念在英文中的表達(dá)方式，為感興趣的讀者提供一些語言憑借，以便自行尋找相關(guān)資料。需要注意的是，本書所選文章的觀點(diǎn)并不代表編者或出版者的觀點(diǎn)，請讀者閱讀時自行判斷。

書籍目錄

Education
   The Marks of an Educated Man
   In Defee of Elitism
Wealth
   Wealth
   My Wood
Psychology
   Is Love an Art?
   Habit
   The Call of Solitude
American Society
   A Dirge for Social Climbe
   Boredom: The Most Prevalent American Dicease

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　　Technological Wonderland　　21 In the classic silent film Modern Times， Charlie Chaplin's "Modern" man runs around in circles tightening screws and bolting Bolts in mad precision. Today， Chaplin's postmodern equivalent　　Punches the keyboard， moves from chat room to e-mail to game Screen， and sails into virtual reality with an earnestness that can Cause equal delirium. Computer life is， I believe， an attempt　　To solve the problem of alone time and social needs. In a culture That no longer provides wilderness or stretches of solitary time， The computer is the one machine that seemingly offers it all： Stimulation， knowledge， news， alone time， relationships， and even Sex. One might say it has universal appeal. However， if we are Not aware of why computer technology is attracting us， we cannot Use it to our best advantage. The question is， are we routinely Using the computer and television to find alone time without really Realizing our unfulfilled alone need? Or are we becoming incapable Of living in the moment except in technological time-outs like the Computer?　　22 A friend of mine wishes he could be lost in the woods with A cellular phone： that way， there could be utter silence with the Opportunity to connect if he so desired. Yet the explorer of the　　Internet is never completely freed from the world. Tuned in to Electronic information， he is inundated with knowledge. More and More， people are getting annoyed by the accessibility of modern Hookups and the prevalence of telephones （on airplanes and in Hotel rooms） because it makes them feel like they must work. At No other time in history have people's minds and bodies been so accessible. Today， being online seems the Western way to meet our Needs for solitude and together time， but at what cost? Keeping Silent about the pleasures of aloneness leaves us blind to the real Allure of computer marvels.5o When an experience is altering our Consciousness and we do not discriminate either how or why， then The experience is regulating US.　　……

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