单项选择题There are several ways you can find out about the countries
and places you wish to visit. You can talk to friends who have travelled to the
places. Or you can go and see a colour film. Or you can read travel
books.
It would seem that there are three kinds of
travel books. The first are those that give a personal, subjective (主观的) account
of travels which the author has actually made himself, if they are informative
and have a good index (索引), then they can be useful to you when you are planning
your travels. The second kind are those books whose purpose is to give a purely
objective (客观的)description of things to be done and seen. If a well-read,
cultured person has written such a book, then it is even more useful. It can be
sorted as a selected guide book. The third kind are those books which are called
"a guide" to some place or other. If they are good, they will, in addition to
their factual information, give an analysis or an explanation. Like the first
kind they can be inspiring and interesting. But their basic purpose is to help
the reader who wishes to plan in the most practical way.
Whatever kind of travel book you choose you must make sure that it does not
describe everything as "wonderful", "excellent" or "magical". You must also note
its date of publication because travel is a very practical affair and many
things change quickly in the twenty-first century. Finally, you should make sure
that the contents are well presented and easy to find.
单项选择题"If there is one thing I’m sure about, it is that in a
hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers. It is not that
newspapers are a necessity. Even now some people get most of their news from
television or radio. Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday. But for most
people reading a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to
generation.
The nature of what is news may change. What
basically makes news is what affects our lives-the big political stories, the
coverage of the wars, earthquakes and other disasters, will continue much the
same. I think there will be more coverage of scientific research, though. It’s
already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives, like genetic (基因)
engineering. In the future, I think there will be more coverage of scientific
explanations of why we feel as we do-as we develop a better understanding of how
the brain operates and what our feelings really are.
It’s quite
possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted (传送)
electronically from Fleet Street and printed out in our own home. In fact, I’m
pretty sure that how it will happen in the future. You will probably be able to
choose from a menu, making up your own newspaper by picking out the things you
want to read-sports and international news, etc.
I think
people have got it wrong when they talk about competition between the different
media (媒体). They actually feed off each other. Some people once foresaw that
television would kill off newspapers, but that hasn’t happened. What is read on
the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a screen or sound lost in the
air. And as for the Internet, it’s never really pleasant to read something just
on a screen.
