历年GRE考试Issue题库分析与提纲五十三

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150. "Because of television and worldwide computer connections, people can now become familiar with a great many places that they have never visited. As a result, tourism will soon become obsolete."  
   
由于电视和全球范围内的计算机网络，人们现在可以熟悉很多以前从未涉足过的地方。其结果就是使得旅游变得过时了。  
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I agree that these technologies might eventually serve to reduce travel for certain purposes other than tourism. However, I strongly disagree that tourism will become obsolete, or that it will even decline, as a result.
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! P; W  b$ {) k1 `5 B# h9 M9 p; F+ ?1.       As for the claim that television will render tourism obsolete, we already have sufficient empirical evidence that this will simply not happen.
& Q0 ^8 d: {) a4 Q, E* D  R) @2.       It is somewhat more tempting to accept the speaker’s further claim that computer connectivity will render tourism obsolete.
- r2 Z, V. v* J& a3.       Moreover, in my view tourism will continue to thrive for the same reason that people still go out for dinner or to the movies: we all need to “get away” from our familiar routines and surroundings from time to time.
# N3 t! _  h# b: W6 P. U& X4.       In fact, computer connectivity might actually provide a boon for tourism.
5.       Admittedly, travel for purposes other than tourism might eventually decline, as the business world becomes increasingly dependent on Internet.
# `# q0 P* a; Z( w" p技术进步对人类社会的影响之旅游  
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obsolete: 过时的，废弃的  
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151. "High-speed electronic communications media, such as electronic mail and television, tend to prevent meaningful and thoughtful communication."  
   
高速电子通讯媒体，例如电子邮件和电视，在逐渐地抑制有意义的和有思想性的交流。  
   
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3 T! z4 \$ |2 a  G: NAlthough ample empirical evidence suggests so with respect to television, the answer is far less clear when it comes to communication via computers.
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6 G, U" G4 o0 ~. K0 P6 t2 x5 u; h$ [0 R1.       Few would argue that since its inception broadcast television has greatly enhanced communication to the masses.
# L% ^. `. R) K7 o2.       Media such as email and the Web are interactive by design, yet email is often used to avoid face-to-face encounters, and in practice is used as a means of distributing quick memos.
3.       With respect to Web-based communication, the myriad of educational sites, interactive and otherwise, is strong evidence that the Web tends to enhance, rather than prevent, meaningful communication.
技术进步对人类社会的影响之交流