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【題目】閱讀表達(dá)

WHEN was the last time you used an emoji ? For many of you, the answer is “just now”! Indeed, the cute little pictures have become an important part of our digital lives. But think twice the next time you send out an emoji – the wrong one may get you in hot water

A 12-year-old girl from Virginia, US learned this lesson the hard way. She faced charges for using gun, bomb and knife emojis in a post on Instagram, a photo-sharing website, in December. She had to appear in a court for threatening the school and computer harassment (騷擾) last month, reported The Washington Post.

The girl’s mother said her daughter was a good kid and that the post was a response to bullying (欺凌). It’s not clear whether the case has already been solved, since the hearings (聽證) were not open to the public.

There will be more and more of these cases as emojis continue to spread around the world. Last year, 6 billion emojis and other similar pictures were sent every day, according to the UK-based mobile technology company SwiftKey.

While the courts get ready to struggle with upcoming cases with emojis, do you agree that we should start using the icons more carefully?

【1】What is an emoji?

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【2】Why did she have to appear in a court?

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【3】What do you think of the girl’s behaviour? Why?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】An emoji is a cute little picture in our digital lives.

【2】Because she threatened the school and computer harassment by using gun, bomb and knife emojis in a post on Instagram, a photo-sharing website in December.

【3】略

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要通過一個(gè)12歲小女孩因使用網(wǎng)絡(luò)表情陷入法律糾紛的事情來告訴我們要慎重使用網(wǎng)絡(luò)中常見的符號(hào)表情。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第1段中“Indeed, the cute little pictures have become an important part of our digital lives.”可知一個(gè)表情符號(hào)就是我們數(shù)字生活中的一個(gè)可愛的小圖片。故答案為：An emoji is a cute little picture in our digital lives.

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第2段中“She faced charges for using gun, bomb and knife emojis in a post on Instagram, a photo-sharing website, in December. She had to appear in a court for threatening the school and computer harassment (騷擾) last month, reported The Washington Post.”可知她必須出現(xiàn)在法庭是因?yàn)樗�通過在Instagram上發(fā)布一些帶有槍、炸彈和刀子的表情符號(hào)來威脅學(xué)校和進(jìn)行電腦騷擾。故答案為：Because she threatened the school and computer harassment by using gun, bomb and knife emojis in a post on Instagram, a photo-sharing website in December.

【3】主觀發(fā)揮題。題目問“你認(rèn)為這個(gè)女孩的行為怎么樣？為什么？”，答題時(shí)可根據(jù)自由發(fā)揮自己的觀點(diǎn)，結(jié)合文章內(nèi)容給出合適的理由即可。故答案為：略。