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1、Unit6ViewScene1:Inthestudio(TheProgram"NewsReview"ison.GarmanisinterviewingTiffanyZorn,theNotComGuy.)Garman:ThisisTerryGarman.Welcometo"NewsReview".WithmetodayisMs.TiffanyZorn,fromTheChicagoTribune.Welcome.Zorn:Hi.Garman:Tiffany,yourseriesofreportsintheTribuneonyou
2、rexperimenthavebecomewell-knownnationwide.Wouldyoupleasebrieflyintroduceittotheaudience?Zorn:Well,ImadeapublicannouncementthatIwouldgocoldturkeyforoneweekandthenreportonmydiscoveries.Garman:Whatdoyoumeanbygoingcoldturkey?Zorn:Wehumanbeingsareaddictedtoelectronicequ
3、ipment,suchascellphones,faxmachines,andofcourse,thecomputerandtheInternet.Garman:Andyouwanttogowithoutthem?Zorn:You'reright.IwantedtoknowifIcouldsurviveinaworldwithoutthem.Garman:That'swhyyou'vegotanickname—NotComGuy.NowI'mcuriousabouttheresultsofyourexperiment.Did
4、youactuallydothat?Zorn:Well,totellthetruth,IgaveupmyattemptfourdaysafterIbegan.Garman:Yourexperimentonlylastedfourdaysandthenyougaveup?Zorn:Yep.Garman:Whatdoyouthinkwasthereasonforthefailureofyourexperiment?Zorn:Foronething,IhavetoadmitthatIdon'thaveenoughwillpower
5、.Atthebeginning,IthoughtitwouldbedifficultformetoquitafterImadeapubliccommitmentinthenewspapers,butthingsturnedoutotherwise.Garman:Whatmadeyouchangeyourmind?Zorn:WhenIsetouttogiveupmycomputerandotherelectronicequipment,Ifeltsortoflivinginadifferentenvironment.Iwasc
6、utofffrommye-mailandfeltlonely.IknewIcouldexistwithoutit.ButIstillreallymissedmye-mail.Youknow,asacolumnist,Ialwayshavetokeepincontactwithmycorrespondents.Garman:Yes,Isee.Zorn:Butthat'sonlypartofthestory.Worsestill,IlearnedthatIwasn'tabletowritecoherentsentenceswit
7、houttheuseofmywordprocessor.Garman:That'samazing.Zorn:Onsecondthought,itisquiteunderstandable.Withaccesstocomputerseverywhereyougo,you'veprobablylostsomesortofabilitytospell.Garman:That'sright.Doyoumeanthatyoujustcouldn'tgowithoutacomputer?Zorn:Iwaskindofadriftfort
8、hosefourdays.ItwaspartlyduetotheabsenceofthecomputerandtheInternet.Yetofcourse,thecellphoneandthefaxmachinewerelikewiseindispensable.Thinkofthein
