考研英语易考范文背诵MP3 27

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[00:00.74]易考范文二十七
[00:04.69]What we can see is a thought-provoking scene.
[00:10.38]At an exhibition of letters to and from family members,
[00:14.64]it occurs to a college student that he hasn't written to his parents
[00:18.69]since he was enrolled¹ in college three years ago.
[00:22.07]The scene confronts² us with this question:
[00:24.92]what can we do with handwritten letters,
[00:28.20]a communication tool used to be important to people but now about to disappear?
[00:33.56]In recent years,
[00:34.98]handwritten letters gradually give way to other means of communication
[00:39.21]such as telephone, cell phone and email,
[00:42.17]mainly because the modern tools are faster and more convenient.
[00:46.43]Just by pressing several keys,
[00:48.83]people can talk to others or send messages to them in no time.
[00:53.10]However, it takes people days, even weeks, to receive a letter.
[00:57.80]But on the other hand, handwritten letters have advantages
[01:02.29]over these technological³ products.
[01:04.91]First, letters written by the sender himself can express more feelings
[01:09.72]in his heart of hearts than the impersonal⁴ typed words.
[01:14.21]As what people used to write in their letters,
[01:17.17]seeing the words, see the person.
[01:19.68]That is to say, when we are reading a letter,
[01:21.87]it seems as if we had a face-to-face talk with the sender.
[01:26.02]Moreover, letters are for us to taste and treasure.
[01:30.29]Even a century later,
[01:32.04]our later generations can read them and share our pain and joy.
[01:36.41]My dear friend,
[01:37.95]pick up a pen and write on a sheet of paper a few lines
[01:42.10]to the one you care about. Because the time spent on writing a letter pays.