课时作业(四十) [选修8 Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors]
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The New York Times published an article recently that shows great regret for the “death of conversation”. It suggests that while technology such as cellphones, emails, and Internet posting makes us feel more __1__ than ever, they're also driving us away from people around us.
Users get final connectivity at the price of __2__ facetoface conversation. Sherry Turkle, author of the article in The New York Times says people are __3__ to a different way of being “alone together”.
Actually, __4__ text messages or writing microblogs allows us to __5__ thoughts.
But bits and pieces of online cannot __6__ a “real conversation”. Lan Guo, 19, a freshman English major from Changsha University, said that she would like to hear people's tone of voice and see their faces in a(n) __7__. “The give and take of ideas in a conversation sharpens our minds.”she said. She also mentions that __8__