考研英语易考范文背诵MP3 30

[00:01.06]易考范文三十
[00:03.49]A giant Chinese character, fu,
[00:08.16]happiness as its English counterpart,
[00:10.78]is prominent in the picture. But what is unusual
[00:14.76]about it is its four squares are occupied
[00:17.50]by some electrical appliances, and its dot replaced
[00:21.37]by a symbol of technology. This picture,
[00:24.84]as far as I am concerned, conveys an explicit¹ message
[00:29.03]that it is technology that brings us happiness.
[00:32.03]It goes without saying that the modern technology
[00:35.60]exerts a significant influence on our life.
[00:38.60]Its products liberate² us from heavy load of housework,
[00:42.41]provide us with ample entertainment,
[00:44.68]and facilitate our work or studies.
[00:47.39]A case in point is when we are asked to
[00:50.44]gather material about a certain subject,
[00:52.89]we don't have to bother going to the library
[00:55.92]and leafing through numerous books;
[00:58.26]instead, we will have mountains of related information
[01:02.12]available from the Internet merely by a keystroke.
[01:05.72]But technology is a mixed blessing³.
[01:08.72]Some people, youngsters especially,
[01:11.59]depend on technology so much that they start to
[01:15.24]display symptoms of “technology addiction”.
[01:17.98]Some teenagers, for example,
[01:21.00]stay motionless before TV or computer for hours on end.
[01:25.72]Therefore, they are harassed⁴ by health problems
[01:29.09]and they also have difficulty communicating with others.
[01:32.73]Technology is no more than our servant.
[01:36.61]Nevertheless, not until we know
[01:39.12]how to treat it reasonably, will it serve us better
[01:42.26]and further elevate the quality of our life.

1 explicit   

adj.详述的，明确的；坦率的；显然的

参考例句：

• She was quite explicit about why she left.她对自己离去的原因直言不讳。
• He avoids the explicit answer to us.他避免给我们明确的回答。

2 liberate   

v.解放，使获得自由，释出，放出；vt.解放，使获自由

参考例句：

• They did their best to liberate slaves.他们尽最大能力去解放奴隶。
• This will liberate him from economic worry.这将消除他经济上的忧虑。

3 blessing   

n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿

参考例句：

• The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
• A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。

4 harassed   

adj. 疲倦的，厌烦的 动词harass的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He has complained of being harassed by the police. 他投诉受到警方侵扰。
• harassed mothers with their children 带着孩子的疲惫不堪的母亲们