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【口语提高】网络

周立 2015-05-11 17:19
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这篇是典型的口述型文章,口语气息极浓,建议各位熟读,黑体字我做了注解。

 

I am one of those people who loves to learn. The Internet has become an amazing tool in the quest for knowledge. I could spend 10 hours a day just perusing through Wikipedia. But watching tutorials on YouTube is also fun. The Internet has become a great way to study both our local culture and observe how the international culture has changed. I think that in 20 years we as a species will be closer ever than before thanks to global connectivity.

点评:in the quest for knowledge,对于知识的追求

peruse,注意不是pursue,这里解释为“细读”

tutorial:;类似于学习视频

global connectivity:国际联系

 

The Internet is my friend. Because of my cell phone, I am never more than five feet away from it during the day. This might sound sad, but I don't see my belief in the Internet as a social cry for help, rather I see it as a way of being able to see past people's outward appearances and make quick long lasting friendships over thousands of miles. There is nothing tangible to the Internet nor does there have to be. Just by logging onto this website I can answer hundreds of questions a day, spread the accumulated knowledge around and possibly make someone smile from afar.

点评:never more than five feet away from,意思就是很近,老外表达的一个特点,灰常生动

tangible,可触摸的

from afar,在远方

Could I live without the Internet? Of course I could, but it would be like losing a beloved friend. I think we all would share in this sense of loss. It wouldn't be such a crime to lose the Googles and YouTubes of our world, but the vast collection of human experience, triumphs and misfortunes, encouragements and hateful slurs. We would all lose our connection to the bigger picture. And after tasting it, I doubt any of us would want to go back. But if we had to, we would. Perhaps we would end up finding pen pals or something, like they did before. We have always been searching for the answers to our mundane daily lives, the Internet has made it possible to live the life of an anonymous investigator, a closest RPG geek, change our sexual identities with the application of our profiles, and we share it with our friends, the world, and we all revel in it, don't we?

点评:beloved friend,亲爱的朋友

It wouldn’t be… 大把的例子!

mundane,世俗的

匿名调查者,RPG宅男,通过改变个人信息而冒充异性,都是例子~

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