What do you do in a situation like this? You’re eating dinner with friends at a nice restaurant. You’re having a great time when a phone rings at the table next to you. A man takes out his phone and starts talking loudly about problems he’s having with his girlfriend. He talks for almost ten minutes!
Many people find cell phones useful in their daily lives. But we’ve all sat next to someone talking too loudly on a cell phone. You may want to tell the loudmouth to end the conversation, but let the management take care of those noisy customers.
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▪ Lights off, phone off! Never make calls in a theater or at the movies.
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As more people use cell phones, things are only going to get worse. So, the next time you’re getting ready to make a call, stop and consider the people around you.
A.Pay attention! |
B.Try to make yourself understood! |
C.Keep private conversations private! |
D.You can only control your own behavior. |
E.Always make yourself available of your phone. |
F.Follow the rules of restaurants and other public places. |
G.This happens all the time-on buses, in restaurants, everywhere! |
Silence is unnatural to man. He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness. In between he does all he can to make a noise in the world, and he fears silence more than anything else. Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence. If he is introduced to another person, and a number of pauses occur in the conversation, he regards himself as a failure, a worthless person, and is full of envy of the emptiest headed chatterbox ( 喋喋不休的人). He knows that ninety nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure (蜡塑人像).
The aim of conversation is not, for the most part, to communicate ideas; it is to keep up the buzzing sound. There are, it must be admitted, different qualities of buzz; there is even a buzz that is as annoying as the continuous noise made by a mosquito. But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito than a quiet person. Most buzzing, fortunately, is pleasant to the ear, and some of it is pleasant even to the mind. He would be a foolish man if he waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing with his neighbors.
Those who hate to pick up the weather as a conversational opening seem to me not to know the reason why human beings wish to talk. Very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of learning anything new. Some of them are content if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other people’s ears, though they have nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new plays or that they had food in a Swiss hotel. At the end of an evening, during which they have said nothing meaningful for a long time, they just prove themselves to be successful conversationalist.
【小题1】According to the author, people make conversation to _______.A.exchange ideas | B.prove their value |
C.achieve success in life | D.overcome their fear of silence |
A.meaningless talks | B.the noise of an insect |
C.a low whispering sound | D.the voice of a chatterbox |
A.about whatever they have prepared | B.about whatever they want to |
C.in the hope of learning something new | D.in the hope of getting on well |
A.To discuss why people like talking about weather. |
B.To encourage people to join in conversations. |
C.To persuade people to stop making noises. |
D.To explain why people keep talking. |
Lying to friends and family members may seem like a way to lose their trust.
To study how these two types of lies affect relationships within social groups, researchers created a hypothetical (假定的) mathematical model. The model showed that individuals who tell anti-social lies become isolated (孤立的) within their social networks sometimes.
While the researchers created a hypothetical model, it could be used to understand how lying affects groups of friends in the real world.
A.Do white lies serve a social function? |
B.And real-world lies can take many forms. |
C.What exactly are the “right” reasons for lying? |
D.But new research suggests this may not always be the case. |
E.This type of lie weakens the friendships between two people. |
F.However, individuals who tell white lies don’t have such feeling. |
G.It could also help scientists understand the influence of lying in online communities. |
Wearing earphones, using complex Net language and constantly text messaging friends, the Gen-90s following the Gen-80s begin to make their world debut (初次登台).
Each generation or age group has its own symbols and lifestyle. Read on and judge for yourselves if you fit the Gen-90s group.
Earphones
These little devices seem to grow on the heads of the Gen-90s. They might lead to MP3, MP4 or MP101 players, giving these young people a plugged-in, cool and perhaps self-addicted look, of course, life is not always music to the ears.
Martian(火星的) language
They have created their own code-like online language. It’s a mixture of English, Japanese and Chinese that perhaps only Martians can understand. This is an imaginative generation, though they need to be careful to keep it out of their term papers.
Self-Portrait
Saying “cheese” to their own digital cameras is usual for this generation. A little bit of narcissism (自恋) never hurts anyone. It helps them reflect a little on their own lives. But be aware of the risks of posting private photos online.
Text-messaging
They can type their mobile phones as fast as they can speak. This is a generation that respects efficiency(效率). However, oral communication is important and will never go out of style.
【小题1】Who do you think would most likely be the readers of the passage?
A.Teenagers | B.Educators | C.Socialists | D.Parents |
A.just appreciate yourself and ignore others’ strengths. |
B.have your own symbols and lifestyle. |
C.have the same symbols and lifestyle of the Gen-80s. |
D.like music and dance very much. |
A.Li Hua likes music and always wearing ipod |
B.Zhang Chao is not only an imaginative boy but do everything efficiently. |
C.Lily is a shy girl and she doesn’t like making friends. |
D.Fangfang likes being taken photos and often posting them on line. |
A.Not all teens are careful about posting photos online. |
B.They type their mobile phones so fast that it can catch the speed of speaking. |
C.The Gen-90s have a preference for some music players, and even regard them as a necessary part of life. |
D.They don’t use the cool and complex online language in formal writing. |
A.the Gen-90s’ happy life |
B.the difference between the Gen-80s and the Gen-90s |
C.the Gen-90s’ unique lifestyle and some practical warnings |
D.the similarities between the Gen-80s and the Gen-90s |
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