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选择题：“Brief, glorious period in which our wrists were free.” If something is “brief”, it means that …（    ）

A.it lasts for a long time.

B.it lasts for a short time.

C.it didn't happen.

详解：

1. Smart adj. /smɑːt/ It usually means: intelligent or clever. But if you talk about a machine, a phone (you have probably heard of “Smartphones”) it means that it uses advanced computer systems. 通常smart的意思是聪明的；不过，当你用smart去描述一件机器或电子产品时，它就表示“智能”的

所以，smart watches 就是智能手表

2. Briefadj./briːf/If something is brief, it lasts only for a short time. It’s short.  简短的，简要的。比如霍金那本著名的《时间简史》（Brief History of Time）

3. Gloriousadj./ˈɡlɔːriəs/something that is beautiful or wonderful, that deserves praise and respect. (Gloryn./ˈɡlɔːri/praise and respect you get from people for doing something important) 形容词，描述事物非常好看，非常光鲜。比如glorious life 光鲜的生活。其名词形式是 glory

4. Periodn./ˈpɪəriəd/ a length of time.

 一段时间，一段时期

5.Wristn./rɪst/the part of your body between your hand and your arm  (Note that the “w” is not pronounced:/rɪst/) 手腕，注意这个词里w不发音；wr在一起时，w大多不发音，比如wrong, write 等

漫画分析

This comic is making fun of new trends related to the use of watches. Here as some important facts that will help you understand it: 这幅漫画是对智能手表趋势的一个调侃，对于新生代而言，可能大家都手表的认知跟上一代人有所不同，大家需要明确几点

1） Until a few years ago, most people would wear (regular) watches to keep track of the time.

前些年，大多数人还只是戴普通手表来看时间

2）Now that more and more people carry their phone with them all the time, they simply use their phone to look at the time and do not bother to wear a watch anymore.

现在越来越多人都是拿手机看时间，所以就不带手表了

3）Several phone companies who create smartphones (Samsung, Apple, etc.) are developing Smartwatches, to have the functionalities of your smartphone on your watch.

近年来，很多诸如三星，苹果，小米等公司都研发智能手表，把手机的只能功能移植到手表上，所以很多人又开始戴起手表了

The use of the adjective “Glorious” is very interesting here. Because the author qualifies this short period of time when most people don’t wear a watch as something very positive which makes us more free, it implies that wearing a watch takes away some of our freedom. It makes fun of the fact that our habits are dictated/controlled by new technology.

所以这幅漫画，作者想表达的是：在智能手机盛行的那几年，大家都不戴手表，手腕得到了某种解放某种自由，所以，这段时期，在作者看来是非常的glorious，非常积极美好的一段时光