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《现代英语杂文选读》收入九篇英文杂文，涉及教育、财富、心理、美国社会四大主题，具体内容包括教育的目的、美国大学的平庸化、对财富的看法、习惯的重要性、爱的艺术、回归孤独、美国社会阶层以及美国社会的烦躁症。编者对文章做了详细的语言和背景知识注释，目的在于引导具有一定英语阅读能力的读者多方位了解英美文化，并启发读者就书中话题进行思考。
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EducationThe Marks of an Educated Man
In Defense of Elitism
Wealth
Wealth
My Wood
Psychology
Is Love an Art
Habit
The Call of Solitude
American Society
A Dirge for Social Climbers
Boredom： The Most Prevalent American Dicease
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Technological Wonderland21 In the > Punches the keyboard， moves from chat room to e-mail to game Screen， and sails into virtual reality with an earnestness that can Cause equal delirium. Computer life is， I believe， an attempt
To solve the problem of alone time and social needs. In a culture That no longer provides wilderness or stretches of solitary time， The computer is the one machine that seemingly offers it all： Stimulation， knowledge， news， alone time， relationships， and even Sex. One might say it has universal appeal. However， if we are Not aware of why computer technology is attracting us， we cannot Use it to our best advantage. The question is， are we routinely Using the computer and television to find alone time without really Realizing our unfulfilled alone need? Or are we becoming incapable Of living in the moment except in technological time-outs like the Computer?
22 A friend of mine wishes he could be lost in the woods with A cellular phone： that way， there could be utter silence with the Opportunity to connect if he so desired. Yet the explorer of the
Internet is never completely freed from the world. Tuned in to Electronic information， he is inundated with knowledge. More and More， people are getting annoyed by the accessibility of modern Hookups and the prevalence of telephones （on airplanes and in Hotel rooms） because it makes them feel like they must work. At No other time in history have people"s minds and bodies been so accessible. Today， being online seems the Western way to meet our Needs for solitude and together time， but at what cost? Keeping Silent about the pleasures of aloneness leaves us blind to the real Allure of computer marvels.5o When an experience is altering our Consciousness and we do not discriminate either how or why， then The experience is regulating US.
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