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【作业本】八年级下册英语A本-期末综合练习
Aren't mobile phones, e-mail and WeChat supposed to help us communicate more easily? Sadly, that's not always the case. Take the other day for example, when I was walking through the park with my friend, suddenly his mobile phone rang and he answered it—leaving me alone and cutting our conversation dead! In fact, the park was filled with people talking on their mobile phones. They talked with other people without even looking at them, or stopping to walk their dogs. Clearly, people preferred contacting on the mobile phone to face-to-face talk.
Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel?
Development in communication technology seems to keep people away from one another. With e-mail over the Internet, we can communicate without seeing or talking to each other. With WeChat or QQ, we can have conversations without even meeting that person. Even some food stores are using self-scanners(自助扫描仪)so that you can check yourself out.
As the contact between human beings becomes automated, my feeling of being disconnected gets stronger. Don't get me wrong. I'm not against machines. I also own a mobile phone, a QQ, a WeChat, and an e-mail account. Giving them up isn't a good idea, as they are useful to have around. It's just that when they keep us away from human contact, I begin to feel sad. Gradually, I find myself answering e-mail instead of talking to people. The technology that was made to help keep us in contact with each other is, in fact, making me feel more lonely.
Over the past 10 years, China has tried to improve public health and fitness.
Sports in China today
sports venues (场馆) | 3.71 million | |||||
venue coverage (覆盖范围) | 3.099 billion square meters of sports venue coverage | |||||
fitness trails | 209,300 kilometers | |||||
numbers of people | 346 million people joining in ice and snow sports | |||||
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||
Money spent on health (unit: trillion yuan) | 4.63 | 5.26 | 5.91 | 6.58 | 7.22 | |
Registered nurses (unit: million) | 3.51 | 3.80 | 4.10 | 4.55 | 4.71 | |
Healthcare workers (unit: million) | 11.17 | 11.75 | 12.30 | 12.93 | 13.47 |
Healthcare in numbers
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