OnlineCommunicationInanagewhentechnologymovesfasterthanmostcankeepupwithasmallgroupofpeoplestillremaininthetimeofold-fashionedletter.FranklyspeakingIwasoncecertainthattraditionalletterscouldneverbe
OnlineCommunication
Inanagewhentechnologymovesfasterthanmostcankeepupwithasmallgroupofpeoplestillremaininthetimeofold-fashionedletter.FranklyspeakingIwasoncecertainthattraditionalletterscouldneverbereplacedbyothermeansofcommunication.
Butastoryaboutonlinecommunicationchangedmymind.
AnoldmanwhosufferedalotfromParkinson’sdiseasewasnotabletotalkclearlyandcouldhardlywritehisname.Livingtotallyalonehemanagedtokeepintouchwithnearlyallthemembersofhisfamily.Howdidheachievethis?Heclickedoutwordsonhiscomputerkeyboard.
IthereforemanagedtogetanE-mailboxassoonastheopportunitycame.Mylifechanged.E-mailandallonlinecommunicationissomethingtrulydifferent.Ithascapabilities(能力)thatfewotherproductscanmatch.
E-mailisconvenient.Ittakeslesstimewithitsfastspeedand24-hourconnection.Theslowpostalserviceisnomatch.Ifyouwouldn’twanttohaveaface-to-facetalkwithyourmanageryoumighttalkwithhimthroughE-mailevenifyouareinthesameoffice.
Namingallthegoodthingsaboutonlinecommunicationisnoteasy.Butwait.E-mailcanbeinconvenient.Itcanwastetimeandenergy.Justthinkwhatmayhappenwhenyoutakeashortvacationandreturntofindyoure-mailboxfilledwith200unreadmessages.Youcouldeasilyspendhalfadayclearingjunkads.
Thenonlinecommunicationwillkeepusstayingatourcomputerwhileitconnectsustodistantstrangers.Oncewethrowourselvesintothemachinewemayforgetthehumantouchesweonceheldsodear.I’msurethereisandalwayswillbeaplacefortheold-fashionedletterphonecallandface-to-facemeeting…evenintheworldofmoderncommunication.
AsIlistentothesoundofthemodem(调制解调器)IwasexcitedatsteppingouttotheoutsideworldbutatthesametimeIsensedalossofcontroloversomethingvaluableinmypersonallife.
1.Whatisthemostprobablemeaningoftheunderlinedword“junk”inparagraph6?
A.oldanduseless B.Newanduseful C.Shortbutvaluable D.Longbutclear
2.Whatdoesthewriterthinkofonlinecommunication?
A.Itshouldreplaceold-fashionedletterscompletely.
B.Itisperfectandalwaysdo