考研英语易考范文背诵MP3 27

[00:00.74]易考范文二十七
[00:04.69]What we can see is a thought-provoking scene.
[00:10.38]At an exhibition of letters to and from family members,
[00:14.64]it occurs to a college student that he hasn't written to his parents
[00:18.69]since he was enrolled¹ in college three years ago.
[00:22.07]The scene confronts² us with this question:
[00:24.92]what can we do with handwritten letters,
[00:28.20]a communication tool used to be important to people but now about to disappear?
[00:33.56]In recent years,
[00:34.98]handwritten letters gradually give way to other means of communication
[00:39.21]such as telephone, cell phone and email,
[00:42.17]mainly because the modern tools are faster and more convenient.
[00:46.43]Just by pressing several keys,
[00:48.83]people can talk to others or send messages to them in no time.
[00:53.10]However, it takes people days, even weeks, to receive a letter.
[00:57.80]But on the other hand, handwritten letters have advantages
[01:02.29]over these technological³ products.
[01:04.91]First, letters written by the sender himself can express more feelings
[01:09.72]in his heart of hearts than the impersonal⁴ typed words.
[01:14.21]As what people used to write in their letters,
[01:17.17]seeing the words, see the person.
[01:19.68]That is to say, when we are reading a letter,
[01:21.87]it seems as if we had a face-to-face talk with the sender.
[01:26.02]Moreover, letters are for us to taste and treasure.
[01:30.29]Even a century later,
[01:32.04]our later generations can read them and share our pain and joy.
[01:36.41]My dear friend,
[01:37.95]pick up a pen and write on a sheet of paper a few lines
[01:42.10]to the one you care about. Because the time spent on writing a letter pays.

1 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 confronts   

面对( confront的第三人称单数 )； 使面对； 使对质； 处理

参考例句：

• My house confronts his. 我的家与他的家对门。
• Extraction of humic substances from sediments is often the first task that confronts the investigator. 从沉积物中萃取腐植物是研究工作者遇到的第一个问题。

3 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。

4 impersonal   

adj.无个人感情的，与个人无关的，非人称的

参考例句：

• Even his children found him strangely distant and impersonal.他的孩子们也认为他跟其他人很疏远，没有人情味。
• His manner seemed rather stiff and impersonal.他的态度似乎很生硬冷淡。