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1、2014届高考英语一轮复习话题阅读素材5 TheWeightofPaper Thearrivalofcomputereverywhereintheworkplacewould,sometechnologicalforecasterspredicted,soonmakepaperathingofthepast. Andguesswhat?BillGate'svisionofacomputeroneverydeskhasbeenmoreorlessrealized.Yet,mostofthefolksworkingatthosedesksa
2、reknee-deepinpaper.Infact,salesofthestuffaregrowing. Researchfromanewbook,"TheMythofPaperlessOffice"suggestsourincreasinguseofpaperisduetotheintroductionoftheverydigitaltechnologythatwassupposedtowipeitout. Thecasestudiesone-mailintheworkplace,forexample,showthatitcanlead
3、toa40%riseinpaperconsumption--thisdoesnottakeintoaccounttheamountofpaperusedtoprintinformationfromtheInternet. Xerox'scorebusinessinvolvedpaper,anditwasunderstandablyalarmedbytheprospectofitsgoingoutoffashion.Sotheresearchcenterinventedthecomputingandprintertechnologythatm
4、adesureitdidn't.ThoseXeroxexecutivesknewwhattheyweredoing. Butourattachmenttopaperistrulyamazing.Anastonishingproportionofe-mailusersprintofftheirmessagesandstoretheminfilingcabinets.Organizationsthatusedtoprintmanydocumentsformeetingsnowcirculatethemelectronicallyviatheir
5、intranets.Butthoseattendingmeetingsgenerallyturnupwithheapsofpaperhotfromthenearestlaserprinter. Whystoree-mailmessagesinpaperfiles,whichtakeupvaluablespaceandareeffectivelyunsearchable,whenyoucankeepthemonaharddiskandeffortlesslylookthroughthemforkeywords?Whyprintoffbulky
6、documentswhoseonlyfateistobediscardedafterthemeetingisover? Ifpeoplelovepaper,theremustbeareasonforit.Andthereis.Itishighlyportable,infinitelyflexible,andconsumesnobatterypower.Anditdoesn'thavetobeturnedonbeforeyoucanreadit. Themysteryisnotthatpeopleusesomuchpaper,butthat
7、theydon'tuseevenmoreofthestuff.Theproblemwithtechnologicalpredictionsisthattheyarealwayssolution-driven."Technologyistheanswer"istheirunderlyingmind-set.Nowwhat2wasthequestionagain?It'sfoolish--andhereisthehardcopytoproveit.2
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