Researchers at Syracuse University in New York tried to answer that question. They came up with some surprising answers. People who post selfies and use editing software to make themselves look better show behavior connected to admiring themselves too much, the Syracuse researchers said.
Other findings from the study include: There are no major differences on how often men and women post selfies and how often they use editing software.
The Newhouse School's Associate Professor Makana Chock worked on the study. She said, posting selfies on social media is not all that different from what people have done for many years. On trips, our parents and grandparents used cameras to take photos. Before social media, people would bring back photos to show friends and family. You had no choice but to look at them. If you are a nice person, you commented about how nice everyone in the photos looked, especially children and the person showing the photos.
On social media, it is a different experience. People can decide not to look at photos of their friends and family even if they click "like" even "love" under the Facebook selfie.
| A．Why do people take "selfies?" |
| B．That was the old way of "clicking" like. |
| C．Different people have different opinions about it. |
| D．Such people think very highly of themselves, especially how they look. |
| E．Both cameras and phones are useful tools to record people's experiences. |
| F．But men desire to be seen as popular more than women when posting selfies. |
| G．There are other reasons, besides admiring themselves, why people post selfies. |
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【推荐1】One of the problems damaging our planet is the number of things we throw away. Rubbish of all kinds is piling up in landfill and polluting our rivers and oceans. A more recent addition to the list of things we chuck away is e-waste— electronic items that are broken and not recycled. Now solutions are being found to give this stuff a new life.
Many millions of tonnes of televisions, phones, and other electronic equipment are discarded each year, partly because it’s cheaper to replace them than fix them, but also because we lack the skills to repair them. A UN report claims the 50 million tonnes of e-waste generated every year will more than double to 110 million tonnes by 2050, making it the fastest growing waste stream in the world.
However, there’s a growing trend for repair events and clubs which could be part of a solution to the growing amount of electrical and electronic junk. The BBC visited a Restart Project in London, which is one of many found around the world. One of its volunteers, Francesco Calo, said that “This project allows you to reduce waste, extend the life of objects, and it helps people who cannot afford to get rid of items that have developed a fault. ”
As many electrical items contain valuable metals, another idea is e-waste mining. An experiment at the University of New South Wales involves extracting these materials from electronic gadgets. It’s thought that doing this could be more profitable than traditional mining. With phones typically containing as many as 60 elements, this could be part of the solution to our appetite for new technology.
These projects make total sense — collections of e-waste for recycling are “stagnating or even decreasing” according to Ruediger Kuehr, director of the United Nations University. And in countries where there is no legislation, much of it just gets dumped. However, the European Union, for example, is trying to tackle the problem by insisting manufacturers have to make appliances longer-lasting and will have to supply spare parts for machines for up to 10 years.
1. According to the passage, which of the following statements is right?| A．E-waste is thrown away because it’s cheaper to find a new substitute. |
| B．UN reports the number of e-waste generated will nearly double by 2050. |
| C．E-waste will be reduced if more projects like Restart Project are launched . |
| D．The Re-start Project can help people who have found a fault to purchase items. |
| A．Stopping. | B．increasing. |
| C．falling. | D．disappearing. |
| A．What is damaging our planet? | B．What is significant for E-recycling? |
| C．E-waste mining benefits more. | D．New lives are brought to E-waste. |
| A．He is doubtful about it. | B．He is concerned but full of confidence. |
| C．He thinks it’s just a piece of cake. | D．He supposes there’s a long way to go. |
【推荐2】Kindness and kids just seem to go hand in hand. But 62% of more than 2, 600 participants in the NBC News State of Kindness Poll believe that today’s kids are less kind than those in the past. Women (66%) feel about this kindness fall more strongly than men (58%). Most of the participants who feel that way (77%) thank parents caused the seeming lack of kindness among today’s children, with a few thinking that society,schools, or friends caused it.
At the same time,Americans say they don’t put kindness first when it comes to teaching kids values. Among all participants, honesty is taught more than kindness as well as other things like courage,leadership and storing work ethic(道德). But the younger generation—those aged 18-24—think highly of kindness rules. They choose kindness by 10% over honesty as the most important quality to teach kids.
The question of whether kindness is learned or taught—or somewhere in between—causes different opinions. According to the study,Americans have different opinions on whether kindness in something one is born with or needs to be learned and nurtured over time. Slightly more than half (52%) of the participants believe that all of us are born with the ability to show kindness, while 48% believe kindness must be developed.
Parenthood(父母身份) makes a difference to your thoughts on the causes of kindness. Those without kids (56%) are more likely to think that people are born to be kind, while 50% of the participants with kids think kindness is developed.
Also, 51% of dads and 54% of men with no kids believe kindness is something time is born with. Slightly more than half of the moms say kindness must be learned,while 48% believe it is what one is born with.
1. 62% of the participants believe that today’s kids are _______ .| A．born to be kind | B．taught to be less kind |
| C．not well educated at school | D．not so kind as kids in the past |
| A．Honesty. | B．Leadership. | C．Kindness. | D．Courage. |
| A．48%. | B．51%. | C．52%. | D．54%. |
| A．Causes of today’s kids being less kind. |
| B．The important qualities of today’s kids. |
| C．Different people’s opinions on kindness. |
| D．Findings of research on today’s kids’ kindness. |
【推荐3】Young people are losing faith in an elitist education system. “If you don’t have the ability then blame your parents,” wrote Jung Yoo-ra on social media in 2014, after being accepted into a famous university. Her mother, it turns out, had gone to great lengths to secure a spot for her, persuading Ehwa Women’s University to alter its admissions policy in a manner tailor-made for Ms. Jung.
Last month a court ruled that the nine people involved in this deception had fundamentally shaken the “values of fairness of our society”. Above all, the “feelings of emptiness and betrayal they caused in hardworking students” could not be excused.
University was once seen as a source of social mobility in South Korea. But so important is the right degree to a student’s prospects in life that rich families began spending heavily on coaching to improve their children’s chances, leaving poorer families behind.
By 2007 over three-quarters of students were receiving some form of private tuition, maximizing the three necessities to win a place at a good university: “father’s wealth, mother’s information, child’s diligence”.
Many South Koreans believe that the rich and influential do not just spend more on education, they also manipulate the system, as Ms. Jung’s mother, a close friend of the previous president, did so spectacularly.
According to the Pew Research Centre, a think-tank, only a fifth of those aged 18-33 believe that working hard brings success. An ever-growing dictionary of slang proves the perception: people speak of using “back” (backing, or connections) to get jobs; when Ms. Jung refused to return to South Korea to face charges related to her university admission, the local press described it as a “gold-spoon escape”.
1. It can be inferred from the article that Jung| A．was admitted into the university without the slightest effort. |
| B．believed children's prospect was determined by their parents' capability. |
| C．was spared a legal punishment because of her connection. |
| D．held a strong belief in social mobility in Korea. |
| A．Ms. Jung’s ignorance in the university admission |
| B．their lack of resources to support their children |
| C．the decline in the elite education system |
| D．the loss of education equality and social mobility opportunity |
| A．The purse of their parents is a determining factor in success. |
| B．They feel inferior to their rich peers. |
| C．Rich people take great pains in the educating their children |
| D．The good-spoon escape has shaken their value. |
