One hotnight July, when our new baby wouldn't or Couldn't sleep, I tried everything I could think of: a warm bottle, songs, gentle rocking. Nothing would settle him. Guessing that I had a long night ahead of me, I brought a portable TV into his room, figuring that watching the late movie was as good a way as any to kill off the hours until dawn. To my surprise, as soon as the TV lit up, the baby quieted right down, his little eyes focused brightly on the tube. Not to waste an opportunity for sleep. I then tip-toed out of the room, leaving him to watch the actors celebrate John Bellushi's forty-fifth birthday. My wife and I heard no more of the baby that night, and the next morning when I went into his room, I found him still watching TV himself.
I found in my baby's behavior. a metaphor(暗喻)for the new generation. My wife and I had hiven him some books to examine, but he merely spit upon them When we read to him, he did not feel comfortable. And so it is in the schools. We find that our students don't read, that they look down upon reading and scold those of us who teach it. All they want to do is watch TV. After this experience with the baby, however ,I have reached a conclusion: let them watch it. If television is that much more attractive to children than books, why should we fight it? Let them watch it all they want!
The author bought a TV set into his son's room to ______.
A. make his son stop crying
B. spend the night watching TV
C. leave it to his son
D. make his son fall asleep as soon as possible
机器设备报废后,在评估基准日估算的,以货币表示的是()。
A. 保险更新重置成本价值
B. 废料价值
C. 报废价值
D. 贬值后保险价值
听力原文:M: The job sounds great, but I'm a little worried about how much time it might take.
W: It's pretty reasonable. It never took me more than five hours a week to do all the grading and then another thirty to forty minutes to record the grades on the computer.
M: That sounds' manageable. I guess you can do the work when it fits into your own schedule, too, can't you?
W: Oh, yah, you can do the grading in your room or in the library. You just need to get each set back for the next class, but that means you always have at least two days and sometimes four,
M: It sounds great.
W: Good luck with your interview.
Why was the woman able to give Larry so much information about the job?
A. She is Professor Jamison's daughter.
B. She works part-time as Professor Jamison's secretary.
C. She used to do the job herself.