While the mobile Internet is changing the way we live, more and more old people in China are getting in on the digital world, though they still have some trouble.
Yang Su, a 61-year-old professional micro vlogger ( 专业微博博主), is among them. With more than 2.3 million followers on China’s famous short video app “Douyin”, his videos have been watched by over 1 million times.
“Three years ago, my son put a short video of me playing the piano at home on ‘Douyin’, and hours later it was played over 1 million times,” Yang remembered.
After graduating from the Shanghai Conservatory (⾳乐学院) of Music, he was a pianist of the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra (交响乐团). The Internet has opened a door to a whole new world for him. For the past three years, he has filmed over 700 short videos and opened an official account on social platform WeChat to share articles and offer online piano lessons.
It’s not easy for him to learn how to film a video, something that might not be easy even for young people. Spending a long time staring at the sheet music (活⻚乐谱) always causes eye soreness, and he needs to play through the music since he doesn’t know how to edit (编辑) and cut clips. His child helps him a lot later. “The Internet has opened the door to a new world,” Yang said. “I always keep myself busy and feel very young at my age.”
However, do other old people get used to the digital world like Yang? Ding Qiulin is a 73-year-old man from Hunan. “I got my smartphone more than one year ago, but I only use WeChat for video calls,” he said. Ding finds it hard to learn to use other apps.
▲ Luo Xu, a post-90s volunteer, joined a non-profit organization in Beijing nine years ago to teach old people how to use the Internet. “While I am helping people aged between 50 and 90 years old, I have a strong feeling of satisfaction,” Luo said.
45. How did Yang become famous at first?
A.By sharing articles on WeChat. | B.By learning to make short videos. |
C.By playing the piano on “Douyin”. | D.By giving online piano lessons. |
46. How did the writer show not all old people get used to the digital world?
A.By telling a story. | B.By using numbers. |
C.By asking a question. | D.By using an example. |
47. Which of the following can we put in “
▲ ”?
A.In fact, many other old people have the same feeling as Ding. |
B.However, many young people find it hard to teach the old to use the Internet. |
C.As a result, old people have to spend much time learning to use the smartphone. |
D.Luckily, younger people are building a bridge between the digital world and the old. |
48. What did Luo Xu think of his work in the non-profit organization?
A.Relaxing. | B.Meaningful. | C.Difficult. | D.Boring. |
49. Why did the writer write the passage?
A.To tell us we should learn to make short videos like Yang. |
B.To explain why the mobile Internet is popular in our country. |
C.To show the mobile Internet makes a great difference to the old. |
D.To ask young people to spend more time caring for their parents. |