高三英语培优外刊阅读学案：名校毕业生话题

1、高三英语培优外刊阅读班级：学号：姓名：外刊精选I从崇拜到抵抗：名校毕业生不再热衷硅谷大厂过去，硅谷曾是美国顶级名校毕业生的首选；但如今，随着科技巨头渐渐失去道德正面 的形象，有大批毕业生开始刻意避开它们，转而青睐与自身道德价值观更相符的初创公司。 为何科技巨头频遭质疑？各方批评下，科技产业该如何反思应对？Techlash9 Hits College CampusesBy Emma GoldbergThe growing skepticism of Silicon Valley, sometimes referred to as the techlash J has spared few of

2、technologys major players.For years, students were told they could tackle ethical concerns about technology from the inside, working within the mammoth structures of companies like Google. Claire Stapleton, who worked at Google and YouTube for 12 years, said that was part of the companys ostensible

3、allure. Many students still see employment in tech as a ticket to prosperity, but for job seekers who can afford to be choosy, there is a growing sentiment that Silicon Valleys most lucrative positions arent worth the ethical quandaries.Some recent graduates are opting out of the Big Tech pipeline a

4、nd taking their technical skills to smaller social impact groups and pursuing jobs at start-ups focused on health, education and privacy.They are trying, as the reporter April Glaser put it, “to use technical skills as an insurance policy against dystopia.”【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。.techlash n.hit hi

5、t vt.campus kaempos n.growing grou I g adj.skepticism skepti si zom n.spare speo vt.7.tackle taekol vt.8.mammoth | memaO adj.9.ostensible D s tensabsl adj.10.allure o Iju 岂 s lu o n.11 .prosperity pro s peroti n.12.choosy tj u： zi adj.13.sentiment senti mont n.14.1ucrative lu： kroti v adj.15.opt D p

6、t vi.pipeline pal plai n n.dystopia di stou ph n.反乌托邦（精神极度贫乏）【词块学习】请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。.被指作是.大型公司，巨头.多年以来.去的入场券.承 担得起,道德困境,找工作.兜底策略拓展练习 阅读理解Contemporary worries about the impact of technology are part of a historical pattern. The new technologies that dominated the past decade seem to be making thing

7、s worse. Parents worry that smartphones have turned their children into screen-addicted zombies. The technologies expected to dominate the new decade also seem to cast a dark shadow. Artificial intelligence （AI） may well deepen bias and prejudice, threaten your job and shore up authoritarian rulers.

8、Todays gloomy mood is centred on smartphones and social media, which took off a decade ago. Yet concerns that humanity has taken a technological wrong turn, or that particular technologies might be doing more harm than good, have arisen before. Stand back, and in these historical cases disappointmen

9、t arose from a mix of unrealised hopes and unforeseen consequences. Technology frees the forces of creative destruction, so it is only natural that it leads to anxiety: for any given technology its drawbacks sometimes seem to outweigh its benefits. When this happens with several technologies at once

10、, as today, the result is a wider sense of techno-pessimism.However, that pessimism can be overdone. Too often people focus on the drawbacks of a new technology while taking its benefits for granted. Worries about screen time should be weighed against the much more substantial benefits of instant co

11、mmunication and access to information and entertainment that smartphones make possible. A further danger is that efforts to avoid the short-term costs associated with a new technology will end up denying access to its long-term benefits一something called a technology trap”. Fears that robots will ste

12、al peoples jobs may prompt politicians to tax them, for example, to discourage their use. Yet in the long run countries that wish to maintain their standard of living as their workforce ages and shrinks will need more robots, not fewer.That points to another lesson, which is that the remedy to techn

13、ology-related problems very often involves more technology. And the most important lesson is about technology itself. Any powerful technology can be used for good or ill. Biotechnology can raise crop yields and cure diseases, but it could equally lead to deadly weapons. Technology itself has no agen

14、cy: it is the choices people make about it that shape the world. Thus the techlash （技术鞭策）is a necessary step in the adoption of important new technologies. At its best, it helps frame how society comes to terms with innovations and imposes rules and policies that limit their destructive potential, a

15、ccommodate change or strike a trade-off. Healthy skepticism means that these questions are settled by a broad debate, not by a group of technologists.Perhaps the real source of anxiety is not technology itself, but growing doubts about the ability of societies to hold this debate and come up with go

16、od answers. In that sense, techno-pessimism is a symptom of political pessimism. Yet there is something comforting about this: a gloomy debate is much better than no debate at all. And history still argues, on the whole, for optimism.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?A.Reasons for techno-pessimism.B.

17、History of technology development.C.Consequences of technological turns.D.Attitude towards particular technologies.What can we learn from the passage?A.Worries about technology started a decade ago.B.The drawbacks of technology are always neglected.C.Skepticism is helpful for technology development

18、if properly applied.D.There isnt much we can do to limit the destructive potential of technology.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A.History vs. Today.B.Technology vs. Debate.C.Technology vs. Society.D.Pessimism vs. progress. Which of the following shows the development

19、of ideas in this passage?I: Introduction P: Point Sp: Sub-point （次要点）C: Conclusion外刊精选答案【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。.techlash n.科技抵抗潮.hit hi t vt.冲击，打击.campus * kaempos n. 校园.growing groui g adj.日益增长的.skepticism skepti si zom n.，怀疑.spare spea vt.放过，饶恕7.tackle taekol vt.处理8.mammoth maemoO adj.巨大的9.ostensible os tensabal adj.外表的lO.allure o Iju o, o lu o n.诱惑,吸引力11 .prosperity pro s peroti n.繁荣, 成功12.choosy tj u： zi adj.挑剔的13.sentiment | senti mont n.观点,态度14.1ucrative lu： krotl v adj.有利益的