科技话题就是永恒的阅读和写作话题，2009年大作文考到了网络的远与近，2015年的大作文“手机时代的聚会”就反思了技术的不良影响。技术给人类打开了前所未有的新局面，但凡事皆有两面性，技术也在一定程度上令人际关系更加冷漠。2018年的阅读更是考到了技术对人类职业的威胁以及新媒体造成的虚假信息泛滥。今天的句子可以作为作文语料。大家可以开始准备了。
今天的句子：
Widespread use of smart phone and social media has changed in no small measure our way of communication, of shopping and of learning. We used to be vocal about the benefits that new technologies brought: they will lead to unprecedented job growth, support the economy and improve the quality of our lives. But it’s hard to ignore the growing public apathy in chatting with our friends in person. Regardless of the enormous amount of photos shared on Face book, modern city dwellers grow detached from their immediate surroundings and fail to realize that codes and digits can never provide the human touch that we yearn for.
思考题：
The benefits of the new technologies are dwarfed by the growing public apathy.
词汇突破：
1.widespread广泛的
2.unprecedented前所未有的
3.apathy冷漠
4.detach分离；分开
5.vocal 发声，表达 （传说中的打call）
第一句：
Widespread use of smart phone and social media has changed in no small measure our way of communication, of shopping and of learning.
参考译文：智能手机和社交媒体的广泛应用大大改变了沟通、购物和学习的方式。
第二句：
We used to be vocal about the benefits that new technologies brought : they will lead to unprecedented job growth, support the economy and improve the quality of our lives.
参考译文：我们曾经对新科技的优点不吝赞美：他们可带来前所未有的就业增长，支持经济并提升我们的生活质量。
第三句：
But it’s hard to ignore the growing public apathy in chatting with our friends in person.
参考译文：但我们很难忽视越来越严重的公众冷漠。不愿意与朋友面对面交谈。
第四句：
Regardless of the enormous amount of photos shared on Wechat or Face book, modern city dwellers grow detached from their immediate surroundings and fail to realize that codes and digits can never provide the human touch that we yearn for.
参考译文：虽然微信和脸书上分享了海量的照片，但现代的都市居民离周围的现实越来越疏离，没有意识到代码和字节永远无法提供我们内心渴望的人情味。
再送大家一些实用的表达：（这就是诚意！）
1.vocal about the merits of sth./vocal about the benefits that sth. brings
当你想客观描述一下大众或某个群体对某种事物的积极评价时，可用此述。
比如：
Psychologists have long been vocal about the merits of the optimistic attitude.
2.sb. paint sth. as playing a leading role ...
表扬的同时需作出若干评价，则可以用这个表达。比如：
Many experts paint reading as playing a leading role in achieving great personal success.
3.but it’s hard to ignore/turn a blind eye to…
当说完一个事件的正面，要说反面时，可以用这个表达来转折。比如：
But it’s hard to turn a blind eye to the growing problems of school-weariness among students, who are fed up with test-oriented learning and drop out as soon as they have the chance.
4.Regardless of…
表示“且不论，虽然”这个让步关系时，大家也可以试着用这个短语，会显得行文更地道一些。比如：
Regardless of the great wealth amassed by elites, the hundreds of millions of people living in the countryside still struggle to get formal education for their children.
思考题：
The benefits of the new technologies are dwarfed by the growing public apathy.（A is dwarfed byＢ=B dwarfs A ; A因为B而相形见绌=B使A相形见绌= B大于A）
The benefits of the new technologies are dwarfed by the growing public apathy.
（新技术的好处因为公众越来越多的冷漠而相形见绌。）
这个比较是不存在的，所以是错误的！
考研惯用套路:原文没有比较，选项出现比较！
明天的句子：
AI is one of modern technology’s most competitive fields. Google CEO Sundar Pichai in January called AI “one of the most important things that humanity is working on” and “more profound than electricity or fire.” While Facebook’s AI rivals have developed automated voice assistants or spearheaded breakthroughs in gaming, robotics or self-driving cars, the social network has devoted much of its AI engineering to analysis of images, video and text--facial recognition, language translation and detection of unwanted content or harmful comments.
思考题：
What has Facebook done recently relating to AI research?
A. Its CEO compares the importance of AI to that of electricity or fire.
B. It has taken leading position in facial recognition and vocal analysis.
C. It has stepped up efforts in using AI to analyze harmful comments.
D. It is competing with the social network for vicious content.
