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I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and -- poof! -- I became invisible, absent from the conversation.
The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones. They were passing other people without looking at them, saying hello, noticing their babies or stopping to pet their puppies. Evidently, the untethered electronic voice is preferable to human contact.
The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Recently I was in a car with three friends. The driver shushed the rest of us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone. There we were, four friends zooming down the highway, unable to talk to one another because of a gadget designed to make communication easier.
Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel？ Every advance in communications technology is a setback to the intimacy of human interaction. With e-mail and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.
As almost every conceivable contact between human beings gets automated, the alienation index goes up. You can't even call a person to get the phone number of another person anymore. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated.
Pumping gas at the station？ Why say good-morning to the attendant when you can swipe your credit card at the pump and save yourself the both.
Making a deposit at the bank？ Why talk to a clerk who might live in the neighborhood when you can just insert your card into the ATM？
Pretty soon you won't have the burden of making eye contact at the grocery store. Some supermarket chains are using a self-scanner so you can check yourself out, avoiding those annoying clerks who look at you and ask how you are doing.
I am no Luddite. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice-mall system, an e-mail account. Giving them up isn't an option -- they're great for what they're intended to do. It's their unintended consequences that make me cringe.
More and more, I find myself hiding behind e-mall to do a job meant for conversation. Or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didn't really have time to talk. The industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier -- or at least facilitating my antisocial instincts.
So I've put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging with people who live near me, no cell-phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mall pick up when I'm home.
What good is all this gee-whiz technology if there's no one in the room to hear you exclaim, "Gee whiz？"
Saying "the unuttered electronic voice is preferable to human contact", the author is ______.
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It can be inferred that ______.
Most of us are unaware of our own management style, let alone those of our colleagues.【C1】______a leading psychologist, temperament places a signature or thumbprint on each of our actions.【C2】______temperament, managers can be divided into four groups.
First is the Troubleshooter. His【C3】______are boldness, bravery, endurance, and clever- ness. He is good at【C4】______fires and straightening things【C5】______. He loves to take risks and solve crises. But he resents【C6】______how to work and is not very good at following【C7】______agreements. The second is the Traditionalist. A stabilizer and consolidator, his abilities【C8】______establishing policies, schedules, regulations and hierarchy. He is【C9】______when he can plan his work. But he establishes a formal, impersonal style. in dealing with colleagues until he is well【C10】______with them, The third is the Conceptualiser. He uses his intellect to【C11】______complexities, to get models onto paper, He is the architect of change and his focus is on possibility, Since he is more involved【C12】______the creative process, he prefers others to take【C13】______execution. The last is the Catalyst. He is personal and【C14】______. He has the ability to draw out the best in people as he is【C15】______people-oriented. He excels at the head of democratically run organization. But he lets other people's【C16】______eat up much of his time. He is liable【C17】______make decisions【C18】______his personal likes anti dislikes【C19】______what is best for the organization.
To be aware of these temperaments is to【C20】______that differences are neither flaws nor afflictions. Understanding this can lead to avoiding much mutual aggravation and enhancing relationships with business associates and colleagues.
【C1】
A．attentionB．discoveryC．noticeD．alert
M: I'd say you have a pretty busy afternoon.
Q: What does the man say about the woman？
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