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The three youths leaned over the metal rails along the sea-wall and watched a few fishermen pull in their nets. About thirty metres away, a boat pulled alongside the slippery steps leading ___1__ to the sea.        "Hey, look!" exclaimed Rahim. "Those two men are ___2__ heavy rocks. I thought we no longer do muscle labour in this technological ___3__. "      "You don't __4___ a crane (起重機(jī)) to unload less than a dozen rocks, do you?" smiled Joshua.       "But those men don't __5___ to have muscles at all,"said Michael, rather surprised. Joshua smiled.        "They are ___6__ laborers who know how to spread the weight of the rocks they ___7__. See how the man positions the rock just at the slope of his      8     . Some of the rock's weight is set ___9__ his head, some on the right hand and some on the left hand. His body isn't bent. His legs are well __10___ ."      "You're right, Josh. He may have a small build. ___11__ he certainly well knows his job. Dear me! And to think we have been studying ___12__! " Rahim thought about all that was happening. Suddenly, he said, "Technology won't ___13__ the human being completely, it appears."      "I don't think it will. " ___14__ Joshua.      "You can harvest a crop of potatoes or wheat with one of those large, multi-purpose tractors, but you __15___ use that equipment to harvest tea leaves and tomatoes, will you?""You can get a computer to __16___ multiple-choice assessments, but you cannot get the computer to produce of assess essays, can you?"asked Michael.      "Well, the washing machine leaves my shirt collar quite as ___17__ as ever — that's domestic technology for you! " said Rahim.      "One day, perhaps, there won't be anybody ___18___ who can carry a large rock the way those men do. It's not going to be a very ___19___ world, I'm afraid." Sighed Michael.      "You're too much of a pessimist (悲觀主義者), Mike." Said Joshua. " __20___ will always be other things that will make the world exciting. "

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