这项从迅速变化和成长为标志的最普及和最有影响力的现代技术， 电视，这项从迅速变化和成长为标志的最普及和最有影响力的现代技术，正在步入一 个新时代，一个极为成熟和多样化的时代，这将重塑我们的生活和世界。 个新时代，一个极为成熟和多样化的时代，这将重塑我们的生活和世界。 82. television is more than just an electronics; it is a means of expression, as well as a vehicle for communication, and as such becomes a powerful tool for reaching other human beings. 电视不仅仅是一件电器； 电视不仅仅是一件电器；它是表达的手段和交流的载体并因此成为联系他人的有力工 具。 83. even more shocking is the fact that the number and rate of imprisonment have more than doubled over the past twenty years, and recidivism------that is the rate for re-arrest------is more than 60 percent. 更让人吃惊的事实是监禁的数目和比例在过去的二十年中翻了一番还有余， 更让人吃惊的事实是监禁的数目和比例在过去的二十年中翻了一番还有余，以及累犯 ——即再次拘押的比例——为百分之六十强 即再次拘押的比例——为百分之六十强。 率——即再次拘押的比例——为百分之六十强。 84. his teaching began at the massachusetts institute of technology, but william rainey harper lured him to the new university of chicago, where he remained officially for exactly a generation and where his students in advanced composition found him terrifyingly frigid in the classroom but sympathetic and understanding in their personal conferences. 他的教书生涯始于麻省理工学院，但是 他的教书生涯始于麻省理工学院，但是william rainey harper把他吸引到了新成立的 把他吸引到了新成立的 芝加哥大学。他在那里正式任职长达整整一代人的时间。 芝加哥大学。他在那里正式任职长达整整一代人的时间。他的高级作文课上的学生觉得 他在课上古板得可怕，但私下交流却富有同情和理解。 他在课上古板得可怕，但私下交流却富有同情和理解。 85. the sloth pays such little attention to its personal hygiene that green algae grow on its coarse hair and communities of a parasitic moth live in the depths of its coat producing caterpillars which graze on its mouldy hair. its muscles are such that it is quits incapable of moving at a speed of over a kilometer an hour 14 even over the shortest distances and the swiftest movement it can make is a sweep of its hooked arm. 树獭即不讲究卫生，以至于它粗糙的毛发上生出绿苔，