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ProfessorBarryWellmanoftheUniversityofTorontoinCanadahasinventedatermtodescribethewaymanyNorthAmericansinteract(互动)thesedays．Thetermis“networkedindividualism”．Thisconceptisnoteasytounderstandbecausethewordsseemtohaveoppositemeanings．Howcanwebeindividuals(个体)andbenetworkedatthesametime?Youneedotherpeoplefornetworks．

HereiswhatProfessorWellmanmeans．BeforetheinventionoftheInternetande-mailoursocialnetworksincludedliveinteractionswithrelativesneighborsandfriends．Someoftheinteractionwasbyphonebutitwasstillvoicetovoicepersontopersoninrealtime．

ArecentresearchstudybythePewInternetandAmericanLifeProjectshowedthatforalotofpeopleelectronicinteractionthroughthecomputerhasreplacedthisperson-to-personinteraction．HoweveralotofpeopleinterviewedforthePewstudysaythat’sagoodthing．Why?

InthepastmanypeoplewereworriedthattheInternetisolated(孤立)usandcausedustospendtoomuchtimeintheimaginaryworldofthecomputer．ButthePewstudydiscoveredthattheoppositeistrue．TheInternetconnectsuswithmorerealpeoplethanexpected－helpfulpeoplewhocangiveadviceoncareersmedicalproblemsraisingchildrenandchoosingaschoolorcollege．About60millionAmericanstoldPewthattheInternetplaysanimportantroleinhelpingthemmakemajorlifedecisions．

Thankstothecomputerweareabletobealoneandtogetherwithotherpeople－atthesametime!

A．

sticktotheirownwaysnomatterwhatotherpeoplesay

B．

havetherightsandfreedomtodothingsoftheirowninterest

C．

dothingsintheirownwaysandexpressopinionsdifferentfromotherpeo

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　　答案：1．D;2．A;3．C;4．C;

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