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　　今天的句子：

　　There has long been an unspoken expectation from publishers and booksellers that authors will make themselves available to readers via their social media channels, so they can promote their books. To reject social media therefore becomes a statement of confidence in your work and in its ability to find an audience without you constantly popping up to remind people. It’s a statement about your priorities. There is something enviably self-assured in the decision to step away from a forum in which everyone is screaming, in order to hear yourself think.

　　思考题：

　　According to the author, it is _____for an author to reject social media.

　　A. generally expected

　　B. highly admirable

　　C. a statement of power

　　D. driven by jealousy

　　词汇突破：

　　Via：通过

　　social media channels：社交媒体渠道

　　promote：推广

　　popping up：冒出来

　　priorities：优先事项

　　enviably ：令人羡慕的

　　self-assured：自信

　　jealousy: 嫉妒

　　句子解析：

　　第一句：

　　There has long been an unspoken expectation from publishers and booksellers that(同位语从句) authors will make themselves available to readers via their social media channels, so they can promote their books.

　　参考译文：长期以来，出版商和书商一直对作者怀有一种不言而喻的期望，希望他们通过社交媒体渠道和读者接触，以便推广自己写的书。

　　第二句：

　　To reject social media therefore becomes a statement of confidence in your work and in its ability to find an audience without you constantly popping up to remind people.

　　参考译文：因此，拒绝社交媒体就成了一个信心声明，表示你相信自己的作品，相信这些书无需你不断冒出来提醒人们，就有找到受众的能力。

　　第三句：

　　It’s a statement about your priorities.

　　参考译文：这是一个关于你优先事项的声明。

　　第四句：

　　There is something enviably self-assured in the decision to step away from a forum in which everyone is screaming, in order to hear yourself think.

　　参考译文：退出一个人人都在尖叫的论坛，去听自己思考的声音，这个决定含有一种令人嫉妒的自信。

　　思考题解析：

　　According to the author, it is _____for an author to reject social media.

　　作者认为，对于作家而言，拒绝社交媒体是_____

　　A. generally expected

　　(通常被期望)

　　一句提到了出版商以及书商是期待作家使用社交媒体的。

　　但是没有提到作家通常被期待使用社交媒体。

　　B. highly admirable

　　(非常令人钦佩的)

　　文中第二句说到了这是有信心的表现。

　　第四句说到了这是令人羡慕的自信。

　　说明作者对于不用社交媒体的作家是正面积极态度。

　　所以即使你认为是不是夸得有点过分了。

　　你也得选这个选项，

　　因为只有这个选项的方向和作者情感态度的方向是一致的。

　　其他三个选项的都不一致。

　　B选项正确。

　　C. a statement of power

　　(一种权力的声明)

　　没有谈到是一种权力的声明。

　　只说了这是优先性的声明。

　　作家会表示我优先听自己的声音。

　　C选项错误。

　　D. driven by jealousy

　　被嫉妒所驱使;

　　这显然不是因为嫉妒而拒绝的。

　　拒绝是一种自信!

　　选这个选项的同学一定是没有看懂哦!

　　D选项错误。

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