通过文章阅读学习英语六级词汇(二十五)
<p> <span word="Unit">Unit</span> <span word="twenty">twenty</span>-<span word="five">five</span></p><p> <span word="Electronic">Electronic</span> <span word="Mail">Mail</span></p><p> <span word="Friends">Friends</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="disperse">disperse</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="dry">dry</span> <span word="leaves">leaves</span>, <span word="drifting">drifting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>. <span word="Ill">Ill</span> <span word="write">write</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="promise">promise</span> <span word="solemnly">solemnly</span>. <span word="Alas">Alas</span>, <span word="my">my</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="intentions">intentions</span> <span word="produce">produce</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="imagined">imagined</span> <span word="letters">letters</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="embraced">embraced</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="paper">paper</span>, <span word="never">never</span> <span word="kissed">kissed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="stamps">stamps</span>.</p><p> <span word="Ah">Ah</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="electronic">electronic</span> <span word="mail">mail</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="changed">changed</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="ways">ways</span>. <span word="My">My</span> <span word="Computer">Computer</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="epistolary">epistolary</span> <span word="Pinatubo">Pinatubo</span>, <span word="erupting">erupting</span> <span word="With">With</span> <span word="letters">letters</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="missives">missives</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="memos">memos</span> <span word="whizzed">whizzed</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="velocity">velocity</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="light">light</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="share">share</span> <span word="thoughts">thoughts</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Pen">Pen</span> <span word="pals">pals</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Zealand">Zealand</span>, <span word="query">query</span> <span word="strangers">strangers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Bombay">Bombay</span>, <span word="Debate">Debate</span> <span word="magicians">magicians</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Manhattan">Manhattan</span>.</p><p> <span word="Never">Never</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="tried">tried</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="scorn">scorn</span> <span word="E">E</span>-<span word="mail">mail</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Boring">Boring</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="tech">tech</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stuff">stuff</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="business">business</span> <span word="telecommunications">telecommunications</span>. <span word="Then">Then</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="friend">friend</span> <span word="insisted">insisted</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="investigate">investigate</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="invisible">invisible</span> <span word="world">world</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="it">it</span> , <span word="claiming">claiming</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="expanding">expanding</span> <span word="exponentially">exponentially</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="logged">logged</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="CompuServe">CompuServe</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="on">on</span>-<span word="line">line</span> <span word="information">information</span> <span word="Service">Service</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="hooked">hooked</span>.</p><p> <span word="E">E</span>-<span word="mail">mail</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pipeline">pipeline</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="virtually">virtually</span> <span word="everything">everything</span>; <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="means">means</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="meeting">meeting</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="interests">interests</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="problems">problems</span>. <span word="What">What</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="chat">chat</span><span word="real">real</span>-<span word="time">time</span> <span word="conversations">conversations</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="ham">ham</span> <span word="radio">radio</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="CB">CB</span>. <span word="E">E</span>-<span word="mailers">mailers</span> <span word="compose">compose</span> <span word="letters">letters</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="leisure">leisure</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="computer">computer</span>, <span word="Then">Then</span> <span word="send">send</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="phone">phone</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="on">on</span>-<span word="line">line</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="computer">computer</span> <span word="bulletin">bulletin</span> <span word="board">board</span>. <span word="E">E</span>-<span word="mail">mail</span> <span word="addresses">addresses</span><span word="either">either</span> <span word="names">names</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="on">on</span>-<span word="line">line</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="account">account</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span><span word="automatically">automatically</span> <span word="forward">forward</span> <span word="mail">mail</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="place">place</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="vast">vast</span> <span word="networks">networks</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="no">no</span>-<span word="line">line</span> <span word="services">services</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bulletin">bulletin</span> <span word="boards">boards</span> <span word="bubble">bubble</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="pools">pools</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span>-<span word="to">to</span>-<span word="people">people</span> <span word="information">information</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="key">key</span>-<span word="stroke">stroke</span> <span word="away">away</span>. <span word="Besides">Besides</span> <span word="uncounted">uncounted</span> <span word="millions">millions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="members">members</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="various">various</span> <span word="on">on</span>-<span word="line">line</span> <span word="services">services</span>, <span word="some">some</span> 11 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="regularly">regularly</span> <span word="log">log</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="many">many</span> 45,000 <span word="public">public</span> <span word="bulletin">bulletin</span> <span word="boards">boards</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="tend">tend</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="extraordinarily">extraordinarily</span> <span word="generous">generous</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="sharing">sharing</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="thoughts">thoughts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ideas">ideas</span><span word="perhaps">perhaps</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="respond">respond</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="face">face</span>-<span word="to">to</span>-<span word="face">face</span> <span word="confrontation">confrontation</span>.</p>
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