美文赏析
In this age of new media，where nearly everyone engages in some form of social media，how do you draw a line between your online identity and your professional persona(形象)?
While most of your micro blogs(微博)updates may be harmless，voicing an opinion on a micro blog
related to your employer can lead you into hot water. In some cases，it can even get you fired.
Last year,
a famous Australian journalist，Catherine Deveny，was sacked by her newspaper.The Age，after she made a number of posts on her microblogging site.According to her editor，“The views she has expressed recently on Twitter are not in keeping with the standards we set at The Age.”
This incident set_off a heated debate over the
rights and responsibilities of using social media as a form of personal expression.
A few months earlier，an Australian politician
was expelled from his party after he made racist remarks about American President Barack Obama.Similarly，in the UK，politician Stuart MacLennan was also fired by Britain's governing Labor Party after making offensive comments about the opposition on his Twitter account.According to a report by Digital Media,8 percent of US companies admit to firing workers because of Facebook activities，while 48 percent of employers are screening(筛选)applicants using social media sites.
What this means is that today，social media users must be highly cautious about their online activities and the comments they make online.As the divide between public and private becomes increasing difficult to distinguish， people must think twice before posting a controversial⑤ or critical remark.
This is particularly the case when handling an employer's official website or social media account.In
Hungary，an employee of telecommunications giant，Vodafone，was fired after tweeting(发微博)，on the company's official Twitter page，a joke made by a competitor.
【解题导语】 现在越来越多的网民利用网络来发表自己的观点，殊不知稍不注意就会为自己带来祸端。作者建议网络用户在网上发表评论时要小心谨慎，以免惹祸上身。
一、阅读与积累
1．攻克疑难词汇
voice v．表达，吐露
A number of parents have voiced concern about their
children's safety.
一些家长对他们子女的安全表示了关注。
②set off 引起，发动
③expel v．把……开除
④distinguish v．分辨
⑤controversial adj.有争议的
2．攻克疑难句
What this means is that today，social media users must be highly cautious about their online activities and the comments they make online.
结构分析 本句是主从复合句。What this means是what引导的主语从句；that引导表语从句；they make online是一个省略引导词的定语从句。
尝试翻译 这就意味着，在当今社会，社交媒体用户必须对他们(参与)的网上活动及在网上发表的评论非常谨慎。
二、理解与尝试命题
1．理解文章主旨
The passage mainly tells us that you_must_be_cautious_about_your_online_activities_and_the_comments_you_make_online.
2．阅读理解尝试命题
请你根据词义猜测题型特点，给下面试题写出干扰项，然后叫你同桌试做一下。
The underlined word“sacked” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by________.
A．________
B．________
C．fired
D．________
参考答案 A．hired B．promoted D．invited
3．解题技巧点拨
阅读理解词义猜测题解题技巧之三：逻辑推理猜测词义
运用逻辑推理猜测词义是使用最广考查最多也是最易失分的猜词方式。要求考生具备整合、分散复杂信息的能力，充分利用上下文中相关的词汇并结合具体的语境，从形式和内容上把握语言之间的内在联系，理顺语言之间的逻辑关系，进而达到猜词的目的。常见的逻辑关系有：因果关系、同位关系、对比关系，转折关系等。
[真 题 典 例]
(2017·广东卷，D)While
Jennifer
was at home
taking
an
online
exam
for
her
business
law
class, a
monitor(监控器)a
few
hundred
miles
away
was
watching
her
every
move.
Using
a
web
camera
equipped
in
Jennifers
Los
Angeles
apartment, the
monitor
in
Phoenix
tracked
how
frequently
her
eyes
moved
from
the
computer
screen
and
listened
for
the
secret
sounds
of
a
possible
helper
in
the
room. Her
Internet
access
was
locked—remotely—to
prevent
Internet
searches, and
her
typing
style
was
analyzed
to
make
sure
she
was
who she said
she
was: Did
she
enter
her
student
number
at
the
same
speed
as
she
had
in
the
past? Or
was
she
slowing
down?
In
the
battle
against
cheating, this
is
the
cutting__edge
and
a
key
to
encourage
honesty
in
the
booming
field
of
online
education. The
technology
gives
trust
to
the
entire
system, to
the
institution
and
to
online
education
in
general.
Only
with
solid
measures
against
cheating, experts
say, can
Internet
universities
show
that
their
exams
and
diplomas
are
valid—that
students
havent
just
searched
the
Internet
to
get
the
right
answers.
……
42．The underlined expression cutting edge in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________.
A．advanced technique
B．sharpening tool
C．effective rule
D．dividing line
答案 A [词义猜测题。根据下一句中的“The technology gives trust to the entire system”并结合选项可以判断出，“cutting edge”应该与A项意思最接近。]
[学 以 致 用]
(2017·江西卷，C)Many people think that listening is a passive business.It is just the opposite.Listening well is an active exercise of our attention and hard work.It is because they do not realize this，or because they are not willing to do the work，that most people do not listen well.
Listening well also requires total concentration upon someone else.An essential part of listening well is the rule known as“bracketing”．Bracketing includes the temporary giving up or setting aside of your own prejudices and desires，to
experience
as
far
as possible
someone
else's
world
from the
inside，stepping_into_his_or_her_shoes. Moreover，since listening well involves bracketing，it also involves a temporary
of the other person.Sensing this acceptance，the speaker will seem quite willing to open up the inner part of his or her mind to the listener.True communication is under way.The energy required for listening well is so great that it can be accomplished only by the will to extend oneself for mutual growth.
The phrase“stepping into his or her shoes”in Paragraph 2 probably means________.
A．preparing
a topic list first
B．focusing on one's own mind
C．directing the talk to the desired results
D．experiencing the speaker's inside world
答案 D [句意理解题。从上文中的“to experience as far as possible someone else's world from the inside” 可知，画线部分指的是要理解说话者的内心世界。所以选D项。]