It’s become part of the restaurant table setting: knife, fork, napkin and cell phone.
Distracted (思想不集中的) dining is the new concern with customers constantly texting friends, uploading a Weibo photo of the meal they’re about to chew down or emailing the boss. For many smart-phone users, it’s hard just to focus on the meal and company at hand.
Now, one restaurant in Los Angeles is giving diners a reason to turn off the digital world, by offering customers willing to check (寄存) their phones at the door a 5-percent discount on their bill. Owner and chef Mark Gold of Eva Restaurant, located on Beverly Boulevard near N. Gardner Street, hopes this gives customers a way to truly sit back and relax, enjoy their meal and actually talk with friends and family in person.
“For us, it’s really not about people disturbing other guests. Eva is home, and we want to create that environment of home, and we want people to connect again,” he explained. “It’s about two people sitting together and just connecting, without the distraction of a phone, and we’re trying to create an atmosphere where you come in and really enjoy the experience and the food and the company.”
Gold said applying the suggestion reminds him to avoid cell phone usage, too. “I’m guilty of it as well. When my wife and I go to dinner it seems like the cell phone is part of the table setting now. Every table you look at, it’s a wine glass, the silverware and the cell phone,” he joked.
The husband and wife team runs Eva, a 40-person space with European flair. Gold said a little less than half take advantage of the deal, and no one has gotten upset about it.
“I think once the server approaches the table and they’re presented with the offer, they like the idea of actually talking to each other again,” he said.
51. When having meal in Eva Restaurant, we are not offered on the table.[学,
A. forks B. cellphones C. napkins D. knives
52. Why does Gold think people should not use cellphones at table?
A. Because it can cause health problems.
B. Because it will disturb other customers.
C. Because it can get a 5-percent discount on the customers’ bills.
D. Because it may prevent people communicating with their companions.
53. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Many people would like to upload a photo of their food before they eat nowadays.
B. People are forbidden to use cellphones in Eva Restaurant.
C. More than half of the customers in Eva Restaurant have enjoyed the discount.
D. People can easily connect with each other anytime without using cellphones.
54. What can be the best title of the passage?
A. No Cellphone at Table!
B. Focus on Your Cellphone!
C. Eva Restaurant – Home to Customers.
D. Talk Face to Face.
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When we walk through the city, we all experience a kind of information overload but we pay attention only to those that are important to us. We don't stop, we keep our faces expressionless and eyes straight ahead, and in doing so, we are not just protecting ourselves but are avoiding overloading other people as well.
We make use of stereotypes(刻板的模式)as convenient ways to make quick judgments about situations and people around us. They may not always be accurate(准确的), and they can often be dangerously wrong, but they are used regularly.
The problem with the stereotypes is that they restrict experience. By using limited clues to provide us with a rapid opinion of other people or places we may choose to limit our communication. We may decide not to go to certain places because we believe they will not offer something we enjoy.
In the city, styles of dress are particularly important with regard to self-presentation. Different groups often use clearly identifiable styles of clothes so that they can be easily recognized. It is becom-ing increasingly common for brand names to be placed on the outside of clothes, and this labeling makes it easy to send out information about fashion and price instantly, and lets others tell at a distance whether an individual has similar tastes and is a suitable person to associate with.
In England, where social grouping or class continues to make social distinctions (区分), clothes, hairstyles, people's pronunciation and the manner of speaking are all clues to our social group. Class distinctions tend to be relatively fixed, although in the city where greater variety is permitted, they are more likely to be secondary determining factors of friendship and association.
64. People walking in cities ignore(忽视) the surroundings because________.
A. the environment is already familiar to them
B. everyone else is expressionless
C. they do not wish to talk to other people
D. there is too much information to take in
65. According to the passage, the main disadvantage of using stereotypes is that they ________.
A. can rarely be relied on
B. may make us miss some pleasant experience
C. are likely to lead us into dangerous airports
D. make us mentally lazy
66. From the passage we may conclude that ________.
A. dressing can send messages about individuals
B. people are becoming more interested in fashion
C. stereotypes can help to understand people fully
D. stereotypes can do more good than harm to people
67. It would appear that in England, a person's class ________.
A. plays a more important role than it did in the past
B. is mainly determined by his pronunciation
C. might be less important in making friends in a city
D. is something that can be changed easily
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