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城镇如同一个个抽离的世界。与大自然似乎毫不相干。
就在这个与大自然隔绝的空间里,人类的活动与需要催生了许多只有城镇才有的行业以及技能。楼房慢慢地向天空伸展、各种城镇的行业开始出现、各种各样的人造产品冲刺、科技(1)……现代城镇或城市成了(2)的人造世界,也成了人类生活和生存的中心。人类前所未有地互相(3),少不了彼此。哪天公共交通的工作人员全体罢工,就会给城镇里的人带来极大的不便;哪天大停电,城镇里就可能立刻瘫痪,(4)不得。
于是,人类不自觉地被困在自己所(5)的人工化世界里。
原始的人类处于大自然的怀抱中,紧紧地依靠大自然而生活。大自然一点也不(6),任由人类自由地撷取自己无尽的资源。那时的衣食住行没有一样不是从大自然的身上撷取的。如此密切的关系,即使没有语言,人与大自然仍然能够默默地对话。大自然(7)了人类,而人类对于大自然也必须懂得察言观色,才能更好地掌控自己的生活。
如今,靠土地生活的人越来越少;在城市生活的人越来越多。人类渐渐地在大自然的世界里打造了自己的世界,抽离了大自然,以钢骨水泥筑起了一座“城墙”,把自己锁入了自己所设置的牢笼里。许多原本依靠劳力完成的工作都能在“弹指”之间完成——引擎、按钮、电脑的出现把许多工作都(8)了。一旦科技出现事故,就会影响日常生活,也会让大家变得(9)。网络的出现,更让人类能够在(10)的空间里拥有另一个真实的脸孔。许多实体趋向虚拟化,例如照片、文件、文字、情感……
人类似乎脱离了大自然的控制,再也无需看大自然的脸色而生存。或许,也因此变得愈加狂妄自大,以为自己能一手遮天。
大自然的语言对人类而言越来越陌生。望出窗外,天空的意义只是蓝天和白云而已。人类生活在地球上,却更像个局外人。
问题:
Q1请为文中空格处选择适当的成语填充:
1. A出人头地 B日新月异 C发扬光大 D家喻户晓
2. A与日俱增 B人云亦云 C面目全非 D不折不扣
3. A依赖 B依靠 C依据 D依存
4. A动荡 B动乱 C动弹 D动静
5. A塑造 B创造 C建造 D建设
6. A夸张 B懒惰 C吝啬 D复杂
7. A孕育 B养育 C培养 D栽培
8. A简短 B简洁 C简单 D简化
9. A不劳而获 B不知所措 C不务正业 D不自量力
10. A虚假 B虚拟 C虚空 D虚幻
Q2. 文章开头指出:“城镇如同一个个抽离的世界”。这句话是什么意思?
Q3. 原始的人类和大自然的关系怎样?
Q4. 请解释下列两句话的含义:
1.把自己锁入了自己所设置的牢笼里。 (第5段)
2.人类生活在地球上,却更像个局外人。(第7段)
Q5. 现在的人类和大自然的关系怎样?为什么会这样?
Q6. 如何理解题目的含义?
Q7. 从文中可以看出作者怎样的担忧?
Word List
1) 抽离 【chōu lí】分离/alienated
2) 隔绝 【géjué】隔离,无法交流来往/isolated
3) 冲刺 【chōngcì】突然加速向前/burst forth
4) 不折不扣 【bù zhé bù kòu】表示完全、十足的意思/completely, one hundred percent
5) 瘫痪 【tānhuàn】比喻组织机构失去作用,不能正常工作/paralysis
6) 动弹不得 【dòngtan bùdé】无法活动/unable to move
7) 吝啬 【lìnsè】过分爱惜财物,小气/stingy, miserly
8) 撷取 【xié qǔ】摘取或获取/take or pluck
9) 孕育 【yùnyù】比喻从既存事物中培养新生事物/gestate or give birth to
10) 察言观色 【cháyánguānsè】观察别人的说话或脸色,多指揣摸别人的心意/carefully observe someone’s actions and mood
11) 引擎 【yǐnqíng】发动机/engine
12) 虚拟 【xū nǐ】设想,虚构/virtual
13) 狂妄自大 【kuángwàng zìdà】指极其放肆,自高自大,自中无人/conceited, self-important
14) 一手遮天 【yìshǒuzhētiān】形容依仗权势统治一切/shutting out the heavens with one hand
15) 局外人 【júwàirén】指与某事无关的人/outsider
原文中、英文阅读
抽离的世界(A WORLD THAT IS ALIEN)
城镇如同一个个抽离的世界。与大自然似乎毫不相干。
Cities and towns look like alien worlds that have distanced themselves from Mother Nature.
就在这个与大自然隔绝的空间里,人类的活动与需要催生了许多只有城镇才有的行业以及技能。楼房慢慢地向天空伸展、各种城镇的行业开始出现、各种各样的人造产品冲刺、科技日新月异……现代城镇或城市成了不折不扣的人造世界,也成了人类生活和生存的中心。人类前所未有地相互依赖,少不了彼此。哪天公共交通的工作人员全体罢工,就会给城镇里的人带来极大的不便;哪天大停电,城镇里就可能立刻瘫痪,动弹不得。
Isolated from the natural world, the needs and activities of the denizens of cities and towns have given rise to many professions and skills that are specific only to urban living. As buildings gradually rise up over the skyline, various urban trades emerge, various man-made products burst forth, and technology changes with each passing day. Our modern-day cities and towns have become thoroughly artificial worlds and centres for human life and survival. Humans have become mutually interdependent in an unprecedented way and cannot get by without others. Should public transport workers go on strike one day, then the citizens of cities and towns will face extreme inconvenience. If there is a power outage, our cities and towns will become paralysed and immobilised.
于是,人类不自觉地被困在自己所创造的人工化世界里。
And so, humans have unknowingly allowed themselves to become prisoners in their own man-made world.
原始的人类处于大自然的怀抱中,紧紧地依靠大自然而生活。大自然一点也不吝啬,任由人类自由地撷取自己无尽的资源。那时的衣食住行没有一样不是从大自然的身上撷取的。如此密切的关系,即使没有语言,人与大自然仍然能够默默地对话。大自然孕育了人类,而人类对于大自然也必须懂得察言观色,才能更好地掌控自己的生活。
Primitive humans lived in the embrace of Mother Nature and relied on the natural world to survive. Mother Nature has never been the slightest bit stingy, allowing humans to take as much as they want from her boundless resources. At that time, all of the necessities for human life came from nature. Such a close relationship allowed the two sides to communicate implicitly even without language. Mother Nature gave birth to humans so humans must learn how to carefully take note of her actions and utterances in order to have better control over their own lives.
如今,靠土地生活的人越来越少;在城市生活的人越来越多。人类渐渐地在大自然的世界里打造了自己的世界,抽离了大自然,以钢骨水泥筑起了一座“城墙”,把自己锁入了自己所设置的牢笼里。许多原本依靠劳力完成的工作都能在“弹指”之间完成——引擎、按钮、电脑的出现把许多工作都简化了。一旦科技出现事故,就会影响日常生活,也会让大家变得不知所措。网络的出现,更让人类能够在虚拟的空间里拥有另一个真实的脸孔。许多实体趋向虚拟化,例如照片、文件、文字、情感……
Nowadays, fewer people depend on the land for their living and more and more people live in cities. Humans have slowly created their own world within Mother Nature and alienated themselves from her, building fortress walls of steel and concrete and locking themselves into the cage which they themselves built. Many tasks that had previously required physical strength can now be done with the snap of a finger; the invention of engines, buttons and computers have simplified many types of work. When there is a technical malfunction, our daily lives are affected, and people suddenly do not know what to do. The creation of the Internet has allowed humans to show their true faces in a virtual world. Many physical objects have become virtual, like photographs, documents, words, feelings…
人类似乎脱离了大自然的控制,再也无需看大自然的脸色而生存。或许,也因此变得愈加狂妄自大,以为自己能一手遮天。
Humans seem to have successfully broken away from Mother Nature and no longer need to adapt themselves to her whims. Perhaps it is because of this that they have become more and more filled with their own self-importance, believing that they have the power to shut out the heavens with one hand.
大自然的语言对人类而言越来越陌生。望出窗外,天空的意义只有蓝天和白云而已。人类生活在地球上,却更像个局外人。
The language of Mother Nature has become increasingly unfamiliar to humans. When one looks out the window, the significance of the sky is only whether one gets to see blue skies and white clouds. Although living on this earth, humans have become more like outsiders to this world.
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