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Ⅵ.阅读与回答问题
根据短文内容,回答下列问题。
The Traveller's Take
Do translation apps break down barriers(障碍) or put up new ones?
A few years ago, while I was on a cycling trip in Brazil, I fell off my bike. I was a little hurt, but my bike was badly broken. It looked like I was in a difficult day. I needed to fix the bike. I had seen a house a few minutes before, so I picked up my bike and started walking.
The language barrier was a problem. I could only say "please" and "thank you" in Portuguese (葡萄牙语) and I had no idea how to explain what happened. Then I remembered my translation app! I spent about 20 minutes on the side of the road tapping out the story and some requests for different things. I knew it wouldn't be perfect, but at least it would tell people the basics. I came to the house, app in hand and knocked on the door.
Before I could press PLAY on my carefully made greeting, the elderly woman who answered the door was on the job. One look at me, my broken bicycle, my dirty knees and torn shirt, that translation app was about as useful as air conditioning on a motorcycle.
Five minutes later, I was sitting in the yard with my leg on a chair, clean and bandaged(包好绷带). Maria(the elderly woman), her husband Gustavo, their son and daughter, two of their grandchildren, and a group of neighbours had appeared from nowhere, and my accident was quickly becoming a party. Gustavo and a neighbour were enjoying a heated discussion about the best way to fix my bicycle and the smell of food started to fill the air. A bike accident is usually a bad thing. But by the time Maria and her son left me at my hotel that night, with a full stomach and a shiny, clean, fully fixed bicycle, I felt like the luckiest man in the world.
Translation apps have their place and are very useful. I think from now on, though, I'm going to use that app for work or maybe in stores when I travel and need to buy something. When it comes to people, I'll take the risk.
I won't catch the story details, and I'll misunderstand instructions now and again. I'll surely have trouble with jokes, but humour usually doesn't translate, even if your app gives you all the right words. I'll get surprises, maybe some bad ones but mostly good ones. I'll get to act things out and look silly doing it, and I'll get to solve the puzzle of what someone else is trying to tell me. I'll get gestures, laughter, attention, and the kindness of strangers.
Language barrier? What language barrier?
1. What problems did the writer have when he was in Brazil?
______
2. How did Maria know the writer need help?
______
3. Why did the writer think he was the luckiest man in the world?
______
4. What is the writer's idea about translation apps when travelling abroad?
______
5. How do you like translation apps?
______
根据短文内容,回答下列问题。
The Traveller's Take
Do translation apps break down barriers(障碍) or put up new ones?
A few years ago, while I was on a cycling trip in Brazil, I fell off my bike. I was a little hurt, but my bike was badly broken. It looked like I was in a difficult day. I needed to fix the bike. I had seen a house a few minutes before, so I picked up my bike and started walking.
The language barrier was a problem. I could only say "please" and "thank you" in Portuguese (葡萄牙语) and I had no idea how to explain what happened. Then I remembered my translation app! I spent about 20 minutes on the side of the road tapping out the story and some requests for different things. I knew it wouldn't be perfect, but at least it would tell people the basics. I came to the house, app in hand and knocked on the door.
Before I could press PLAY on my carefully made greeting, the elderly woman who answered the door was on the job. One look at me, my broken bicycle, my dirty knees and torn shirt, that translation app was about as useful as air conditioning on a motorcycle.
Five minutes later, I was sitting in the yard with my leg on a chair, clean and bandaged(包好绷带). Maria(the elderly woman), her husband Gustavo, their son and daughter, two of their grandchildren, and a group of neighbours had appeared from nowhere, and my accident was quickly becoming a party. Gustavo and a neighbour were enjoying a heated discussion about the best way to fix my bicycle and the smell of food started to fill the air. A bike accident is usually a bad thing. But by the time Maria and her son left me at my hotel that night, with a full stomach and a shiny, clean, fully fixed bicycle, I felt like the luckiest man in the world.
Translation apps have their place and are very useful. I think from now on, though, I'm going to use that app for work or maybe in stores when I travel and need to buy something. When it comes to people, I'll take the risk.
I won't catch the story details, and I'll misunderstand instructions now and again. I'll surely have trouble with jokes, but humour usually doesn't translate, even if your app gives you all the right words. I'll get surprises, maybe some bad ones but mostly good ones. I'll get to act things out and look silly doing it, and I'll get to solve the puzzle of what someone else is trying to tell me. I'll get gestures, laughter, attention, and the kindness of strangers.
Language barrier? What language barrier?
1. What problems did the writer have when he was in Brazil?
______
2. How did Maria know the writer need help?
______
3. Why did the writer think he was the luckiest man in the world?
______
4. What is the writer's idea about translation apps when travelling abroad?
______
5. How do you like translation apps?
______
答案
1. He was hurt and his bike was broken. He had a problem with language barrier. 2. From how he looked and his broken bicycle. 3. Because Maria and her family helped him kindly. 4. He thinks they are very useful for work or in stores. 5. They are useful but can't take the place of the real communication between people. (答案不唯一，合理即可)
