益西卓嘎
面對(duì)數(shù)字時(shí)代的沖擊,越來越多的中國老年人開始使用微信。盡管部分老年人仍面臨一些智能設(shè)施使用上的困難,但從2021年1月起,工信部已開展行動(dòng),以幫助老年人更好地應(yīng)用智能技術(shù)。
More?Chinese?seniors?are?exploring?the?use?of?the?payment?service?of?WeChat,?China?s?leading?messaging?and?social?media?app,?according?to?a?study.
The?study,?conducted?by?the?Chinese?Academy?of?Social?Sciences,?aimed?to?learn?about?the?digital?life?of?the?elderly?population?during?the?post?pandemic?period.?Over?90?percent?of?the?seniors?surveyed?watch?videos?online;?over?80?percent?read?novels?and?articles?online,?and?at?least?23.26?percent?play?mobile?games?with?almost?no?objections?from?their?children.?The?study?showed?a?growing?number?of?seniors?are?using?WeChat?Pay?and?their?sum?total?payment?via?the?service?increases?rapidly.
The?report?found?during?the?post?pandemic?period,?seniors?live?rather?differently?depending?on?their?adaptability?to?new?technologies.?Some?tech?savvy(精通技術(shù)的)?seniors?manage?to?master?skills,?including?scanning?QR?codes,?mobile?navigation?and?online?ride?hailing,?while?some?have?to?refrain?from?going?outdoors?for?not?knowing?how?to?use?digital?devices.?Still,?95.09?percent?of?elderly?users?believe?in?the?importance?of?learning?how?to?use?the?Internet?in?a?post?pandemic?setting,?and?93.36?percent?are?confident?in?learning?how?to?get?online?using?smart?phones.
The?report?said?that?elderly?users?spend?around?1.37?hours?on?WeChat?every?day?and?have?104?WeChat?friends?on?average?and?that?50.3%?of?elderly?users?learn?how?to?use?WeChat?from?their?children?or?grandchildren.?It?also?suggested?that?family?members?should?be?more?patient?in?terms?of?introducing?new?technology?to?elderly?people?to?help?them?enjoy?a?better?digital?life.
The?report?also?said?the?digital?divide?for?the?elderly?attracted?the?attention?of?the?general?public?after?the?COVID?19?outbreak?and?the?authorities?have?taken?action?to?bridge?the?divide.
The?State?Council?issued?a?plan?to?solve?the?difficulties?of?seniors?in?using?smart?technologies.?The?Ministry?of?Industry?and?Information?Technology?later?issued?a?one?year?action?plan?on?removing?obstacles?and?transforming?Internet?apps?to?become?more?senior?friendly.
1.?Why?was?the?study?conducted?
A.?To?explore?the?use?of?the?WeChat?payment?service.
B.?To?show?an?increasing?number?of?the?elderly?population.
C.?To?get?information?about?seniors??using?digital?devices?nowadays.
D.?To?know?about?seniors??digital?life?during?the?post?pandemic?period.
2.?What?does?the?underlined?phrase?“refrain?from”?in?paragraph?3?mean?
A.?Finish. B.?Avoid. C.?Consider. D.?Deny.
3.?What?is?paragraph?3?mainly?about?
A.?Seniors?manage?to?master?skills?of?using?smart?technologies.
B.?Seniors?know?the?importance?of?using?the?Internet.
C.?Seniors?respond?quite?differently?to?smart?technologies.
D.?Seniors?are?kept?from?going?outdoors?for?not?knowing?the?Internet.
4.?What?is?our government?s?attitude?to?seniors??using?smart?technologies?
A.?Supportive. B.?Worried. C.?Doubtful. D.?Indifferent.
Ⅰ.?Difficult?sentence?in?the?text
Some?tech?savvy?seniors?manage?to?master?skills,?including?scanning?QR?codes,?mobile?navigation?and?online?ride?hailing,?while?some?have?to?refrain?from?going?outdoors?for?not?knowing?how?to?use?digital?devices.一些精通科技的老年人設(shè)法掌握了一些技能,包括掃描二維碼、移動(dòng)導(dǎo)航和在線叫車服務(wù),而有些老年人則因?yàn)椴恢廊绾问褂脭?shù)碼設(shè)備而不得不避免去戶外活動(dòng)。
【點(diǎn)石成金】本句是一個(gè)并列句,while作并列連詞,意為“然而”,表示前后意義上的對(duì)比或轉(zhuǎn)折。
Ⅱ.?Text?centered?chunks
aim?to?do?sth?旨在做某事
attract?the?attention?of?引起……的注意;吸引……的注意力
take?action?采取行動(dòng)