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The three youths leaned over the metal rails along the sea-walland watched a few fishermen pull in their
nets. About thirty metres away,a boat pulled alongside the slippery steps leading
_1_to thesea.
Hey,look !"exclaimed Rahim."Those two men are _
_2__heavy rocks. I thought we no longer do muscle
labour in thistechnological_
3__."
"You don't
_4_a crane(起重机)to unload less than a dozenrocks,do you?"smiled Joshua.
But those men don't_
_5__to have muscles at all Michael, rather surprised. Jioshua smiled.
"They are_
_6__labourers who know how to spread the weightof the rocks they _
7 . See how the man
positions the rock just atthe slope of his __
_8___. Some of the rock's weight is set_
9_hishead,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_hecertainly well knows his job.Dear me! And to
think we have beenstudying _
12_!"Rabim 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 cropof potatoes or wheat with one of those
large,multi-purpose tractors, but you _
15_use that equipment to harvest tea leaves andtomatoes, will you?"
"You can get a computer to _
16_ multiple-choiceassessments,but you cannot get the computer to
produce or assessessays , can you?" asked Michael.
"Well, the washing machine leaves my shirt collar quite as
_17_as ever-that's domestic technology for
you! "said Rabim.
"One day, perhaps, there won't be anybody
_18__who cancarry 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 (悲观主义者), Mike, "saidJoshua. "__
20__will always be other things
that will make the world
exciting."
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