5.2语义连贯 ·1.词义的把握 E.g.4 Technology apart,the Internet points the way to a second reason why we feel so time-pressed:the information explosion. A couple of centuries ago,nearly all the world's accumulated learning could be contained in the heads of a few philosophers.Today,those heads could not hope to accommodate more than a tiny fraction of the information generated in a single day. News,facts and opinions pour in from every corner of the world.The television set offers 150 channels.There are millions of internet sites Magazines,books and CD-ROMs proliferate. There is another reason for our increased time stress levels,too;rising prosperity.As ever-larger quantities of goods and services are produced,they have to be consumed.Driven on by advertising,we do our best to oblige:We buy more,travel more and play more,but we struggle to keep up.So we suffer from what Wilson calls discontent with super abundance-the confusion of endless choice.5.2 语义连贯 • 1. 词义的把握 E.g. 4 Technology apart, the Internet points the way to a second reason why we feel so time-pressed: the information explosion. A couple of centuries ago, nearly all the world’s accumulated learning could be contained in the heads of a few philosophers. Today, those heads could not hope to accommodate more than a tiny fraction of the information generated in a single day. News, facts and opinions pour in from every corner of the world. The television set offers 150 channels. There are millions of internet sites. Magazines, books and CD-ROMs proliferate. There is another reason for our increased time stress levels, too; rising prosperity. As ever-larger quantities of goods and services are produced, they have to be consumed. Driven on by advertising, we do our best to oblige: We buy more, travel more and play more, but we struggle to keep up. So we suffer from what Wilson calls discontent with super abundance- the confusion of endless choice