Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps that is because they live simpler lives.
One family in the UK went back in time to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons, Benjamin, 10, and Thomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phone.
The grandmother, Lyn, said, The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes. The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a trendy, been-drinking granny, to one who cooked things.
26. The writer uses the quote(引语) at the beginning of the story to____________.
A. tell us the truth about life
B. tell us what life was like a long time ago
C. point out what causes such a thing to happen
D. point out that you experience some big problems and they may be the same
27. In the passage the writer describes a picture to show that new inventions ____________.
A. have stopped our lives
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