首页
登录
职称英语
I have no statistics on this,but conversation with friends and dozens of per
I have no statistics on this,but conversation with friends and dozens of per
游客
2024-12-27
14
管理
问题
I have no statistics on this,but conversation with friends and dozens of person-on-the-street interviews I saw and heard last month convince me that a lot of Americans felt a sense of personal loss at the death of John F. Kennedy, Jr. Their grief was palpable and clearly genuine. Yet I couldn’t help wondering how many would have reacted this way to the death of a relative, a mother or father, sure. But what about uncle John, who lives across town; or Cousin Tara, who moved to another state; or even, Grandma, whom we see once or twice a year, from the other side of the country?
For many of us, the concept of family is a lot narrower than it used to be. Today children go away to college, and take up careers wherever opportunity seems greatest. So instead of growing up in an extended family, with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins involved in our day-to-day lives, many of us are truly connected only to our parents and siblings. Many kids today knew little of the lives of relatives outside the nuclear family, and don’t care deeply about them.
Whether we’re aware of it or not, this estrangement creates a void. "People have an inherent need to feel connected, "says Joy Browne, a psychologist and talkshow host in the U.S. "And they’ll do it in whatever ways are easiest for them. "When family members are distant, what could be easier than forming a connection to celebrities--especially glamorous, public -spirited ones like the Kennedys".
This sort of false intimacy isn’t new, of course. People wept when Rudolph Valentime died in 1926 and when the Lindberghs lost their baby in 1932. It’s natural and in most ways harmless to identify with the famous. But todays combination of busy lives, fragmented families and saturation media coverage of celebrities means this is the only intimacy many of us experience outside our immediate family. And that’s unhealthy, because these celebrity relationships are not two way.
For that,we need to stay connected to our own families. We’ 11 never turn back the clock to keep families from scattering. But parents can help by telling their kids stories about their grandparents, aunts and cousins, and by keeping the relatives informed of the kids’ latest activities and interests.
Technology can encourage more frequent, more casual contact. It’s no chore to dash off an e - mail to Granddad.
Better yet, take a vacation with members of your extended family--and not at anyone’s home. A week or so of relaxed interaction can be a great way to turn up family ties. And when tragedy happens, there’s no substitute for family. Because no matter how much we cry for the Kennedys, they can’t be there to cry for us.
Thank you for today’s program. Now let’s listen to a song. [br] The author is ______.
选项
A、talking on the phone
B、talking on the television
C、talking on the radio
D、talking on the platform
答案
C
解析
关键是最后一句话可以帮助考生来回答这个问题,Thank you for listening to our programme. Now let’s listen to a song。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3887005.html
相关试题推荐
______ismeantthataconversationalimplicatureisattachedtothesemanticco
Ihavenostatisticsonthis,butconversationwithfriendsanddozensofper
Ihavenostatisticsonthis,butconversationwithfriendsanddozensofper
Ihavenostatisticsonthis,butconversationwithfriendsanddozensofper
Fromtheconversationwegettheimpressionthat______.[br][originaltext]Jas
Wheredoestheconversationtakeplace?[br][originaltext]W:Thisfoodisterr
Wheredoestheconversationtakeplace?[br][originaltext]W:Thisfoodisterr
Wheredoestheconversationtakeplace?[br][originaltext]W:Thisfoodisterr
Why,youmaywonder,shouldspidersbeourfriends?Becausetheyprotectso
Why,youmaywonder,shouldspidersbeourfriends?Becausetheyprotectso
随机试题
NarratorListentopartofaconversationbetweentwostudents.Now
SigmundFreudIfthereisasinglenameinallpsy
TheArmadillo(犰狳)isaverydifferentcreature.Ithastremendousclaws,bu
Anorganization’sreputation,profitability,andevenitscontinuedexistenc
在隧道照明中,()是最重要的技术指标。A:路面照明 B:路面亮度 C:炫光
拱圈和出入口拱上端墙的施工,应()进行。A.由中间向两侧同时对称 B.由两侧
左边给定的是纸盒的外表面,下列哪一项能由它折叠而成?
证券公司在取得公司登记机关颁发或者换发的证券公司或者境内分支机构的营业执照后,应
土壤环境质量评价指标主要包括()。A:土壤资源评价指标 B:化学指标 C:
下列选项中,不属于土地增值税纳税义务人的是( )。A.转让国有土地使用权的外商投
最新回复
(
0
)