For the mightyarmy of consumers, the ultimateapplicationsof the computerrevolution
around the bend of a silicon circuit.
are still
L8:
Where he saw internal memos, someone else saw Beethoven.ister has held life always in the palm of one hand
“no”is a word cthe world never learned to say to her
Johnny Carson has much to do to keep up with my quick and witty tongue.
Anyhow, he soon gives up on Maggie.
Though, in fact, I probably could have carried it back beyond the Civil War through the branches.
Every once in a while he and Wangero sent eye signals over my head
Even the truest believers have a hard time when it comes to nailing down specifics.
Another electronic library filled with realistic video versions of arcade shoot-em-ups.
Acre by acre, the rain forest is being burned to create fast pasture for fast-food beef
Which means we are silencing thousands of songs we have never even heard.
Considering such scenarios is not a purely speculative exercise.
We are ripping matter from its place in the earth in such volume as to upset the balance between daylight and darkness.
that
we can’tsee these
We seem oblivious of the fragility of the earth’s natural systems
And this ongoing revolution has also suddenly accelerated exponentially.
The cab driver’s door popped open at the very sight of a traveler.
The rather arresting spectacle of little old Japan adrift amid beige concrete skyscrapers is the very symbol of the incessant struggle between the kimino and the miniskirt.
He lowered the level of his incongruous falsetto voice.
The words spat forth with sudden savagery, all pretense of blandness gone.
The Duchess of Croydon - three centuries and a half of inbred arrogance behind her - did not yield easily.
“It is no go, old girl. I’m afraid. It was a good try.”
“That’s more like it,”Ogilvie said. He lit the fresh cigar,“Now we’re getting somewhere.”
His eyes sardonically on the Duchess as if challenging her objection.
They narrow down their choice and begin the really serious business of beating the price down.
He will price the item high, and yield little in the bargaining.
Or have our eyes adjusted so completelyto the bright lights of civilization
clouds for what they are
To come to the question another way
And have a great effect on the location and pattern of human societies
In no area of American life is personal service so precious as in medical care.
The widest benefits of the electronic revolution will accrue to the young.
Paraphrase:
L1:
1. Little donkeys thread their way among the throngs of people.
Then as you penetrate deeper into the bazaar, the noise of the entrance fades away, and you come to the muted cloth-market.
With so much big money and so many big dreams pinned to an idea that is still largely on the drawing boards, there’s no limit to the hype.
Say you shoot a video that you think is particularly artsy.
Winant said the same would be true of USA.
My life is much simplified thereby.
I will unsay no word that I have spoken about it.
I see the German bombers and fighters in the sky, still smarting from many a British whipping, delighted to find what they believe is an easier and a safer prey.
L6:
The house detective;s piggy eyes surveyed her sardonically from his gross jowled-face.
Pretty neat set-up you folks got.
The obese body shook in an appreciative chuckle.
The custom-made object, now restricted to the rich, will be within everyone’s reach.
The computer might appear to be a dehumanizing factor, but the opposite is in fact true.
After three days in Japan, the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexible.
I was about to make my little bow of assent, when the meaning of these last words sank in, jolting me out of sad reverie.
Less than that
This was the way she knew God to work.
L5:
Hitler was counting on enlisting capitalist and Right Wing sympathies in this country and the USA.
We shall be strengthened not weakened in determination and in resources.
Let us redouble our exertions, and strike with united strength while life and power remain.
As you approach it, a tinkling and banging and clashing begins to impinge on your ear.
L2:
Serious looking men spoke to one another as if they were oblivious of the crowds about them.