历年GRE考试Issue题库分析与提纲五十四

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155. "Contemporary society offers so many ways of learning that reading books is no longer very important."  
   
当代社会提供了如此之多的学习手段以至于读书已经变得不再那么重要了。  
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1.       Books provide us knowledge, especially theoretical one.
# Z% h' H$ S$ M  N; @2.       Admittedly, we can learn a lot from others via the advanced means of communication, but this method has its limitations.
8 y7 W1 z1 Z* z3 k+ c% u3.       Some might argue that they can acquire the correspondent knowledge through Internet. The complete knowledge of one area is indeed available on the Internet; however, such publication of knowledge is called “e-book”—another form of book.  
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159. "The human mind will always be superior to machines because machines are only tools of human minds."  
   
/ A: u: X% R# O, M3 {3 r人类的智慧将总是高于机器，因为机器只是人类智慧的工具。  
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1.       The statement is clearly accurate insofar as machines are tools of human minds.
2.       As for the statement’s second claim, in certain respects machines are superior.
3.       Up till now, the notion of human-made machine that develop the ability to think on their own, and to develop so-called “emotional intelligence”, has been pure fiction.
技术进步对人类社会的影响（类似于影响和决定人类传统）  
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$ R# Z# E1 U& m- p7 c: q# F166. "Over the past century, the most significant contribution of technology has been to make people’s lives more comfortable."  
   
在上个世纪，技术最有意义的贡献就是使得人们的生活越来越舒适了。  
   
! l$ T: {: M# j2 C; `5 [4 A1.       Everybody benefits from the contribution of the technology to facilitate his or her private lives and works.
2.       Many preeminent innovations of technology over the past century have greatly improved the development of society and industry.
: p/ q" H2 {8 y3.       Admittedly, with the development of technology, some problems arises---- green house effect, nuclear threats, environmental pollutions, etc. However, such drawbacks of technology do not surpass the benefit it brings about.
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, {& X& o" C$ y196. "Technology creates more problems than it solves, and may threaten or damage the quality of life."  
   
; m/ S& o5 U, C7 D" C技术解决了问题，但是带来了更多的问题，并且可能会威胁或损害生活质量。  
# [8 K; a& G/ F9 bWhile mechanical automation may have diminished our quality of life on balance, digital automation is doing more to improve life than to undermine its quality.
1.       Admittedly, mechanical automation spawned entire industries, creating jobs, stimulating economic growth, and supplying a plethora of innovative conveniences. Nevertheless, the sociological and environmental price of such progress may have outweighed its benefits.

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2.       In certain aspects, digital technology tends to diminish our quality of life and create its own legion of human slaves.
2 a/ d7 M9 a, ^! t3.       On the other hand, by relegating repetitive tasks to computers, digital technology has spawned great advances in medicine and physics, helping us to better understand the world, to enhance our health, and to prolong our lives.
技术对人类社会的影响