现代英语杂文选读
2012-5
商务印书馆
吴芬 编
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吴芬编著的《现代英语杂文选读》选取四个主题共九篇论说文，以详尽的注释对原文中的语言点、背景知识进行解析、导读，以启发读者对原文探讨的话题进行思考。《现代英语杂文选读》中同一主题内几篇文章的角度或立场多有不同，这有助于读者多方位了解文章所反映的文化及观点，在现有阅读的基础上拓宽视野，而非轻取一家之言。此外，注释以中文为主，但在部分解释或引用时使用英语，是为了使读者了解某些概念在英文中的表达方式，为感兴趣的读者提供一些语言凭借，以便自行寻找相关资料。需要注意的是，本书所选文章的观点并不代表编者或出版者的观点，请读者阅读时自行判断。
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
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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大致看看，感觉还不错。