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2017年高考英语二轮专题复习命题预测89

　　As time slips away, he has begun to regret not having conversed much with his peers around.”As I put the little buds(耳机) into my ears , I’m immersed in a universe of my own, forgetting all troubles in the real world.,” said Li.

　　The MP3 player is one of a number of gadgets (小玩意)—starting with the Sony Walkman, which led to the iPod, iPhone and iPad —that give people the ability to shut themselves off from world around them.

　　Youngsters delight in handset (手持的) technology. In public, students chat on their cell phones, stopping only to talk briefly to friends. On buses or trains it’s common to see youngsters with PlayStations instead of playing poker or sharing jokes or games. And during airline flights, people watch episodes (连续剧) of US TV dramas on their iPads, rather than talking.

　　The BBC News magazine recently published an article saying that headphone wearing culture is making us anti-social. “Half of humankind is wired to a parallel universe that leaves them ignoring their surroundings and fellows,” wrote Tom de Castella.

　　Actually, it’s a decade since Apple unveiled the iPod, which promised “1,000 songs in your pocket”. In 2007 more than half of Western residents were using an iPod or MP3 player.

　　Entertainment is on offer in all surroundings, not just at home. But in the meantime, it had created barriers between us. Many people subscribe to the view that the headphone culture is creating a “spoil, selfish generation that lacks civic(公民的) culture”.