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choices about how to spend their time.

Some may use this freedom to share less time with certain friends or family members,

but new technology will also let them stay in closer touch with those they care most

about. I know this from personal experience.

E-mall makes it easy to work at home, which is where I now spend most weekends

and evenings. My working hours aren't necessarily much shorter than they once were,

but I spend fewer of them at the office. This lets me share more time with my young

daughter than I might have if she' d been born before electronic marl became such a

practical tool.

The Internet also makes it easy to share thoughts with a group of friends. Say you

do something fun -- see a great movie perhaps and there are four or five friends who

might want to hear about it. If you call each one, you may be tired of telling the story.

With E-mail, you just write one note about yourexperienceat your convenience

and address it to all the friends you think might be interested. They can read your

message when they have time, and read only as much as they want to. They can reply

jt their convenience and you can read what they have to say at your convenience.

E-mail is also an inexpensive way to stay in close touch with people who live far

away. More than a few parents use E-mail to keep in touch, even daily touch, with

their children off at college.

We just have to keep in mind that computers and the Internet offer another way of

staying in touch. They don't take the place of any of the old ways.

B. describe the writer's joy of keeping up with the latest technology

C. tell the value of the Internet

D. introduce the reader to basic knowledge about computers and the Internet

B. haw more time with his child

C. work at home on weekends

D. work comfortably to him

B. Internet: New Tool to Keep Good Friendship

C. Computers Have Made Life Easier

D. Internet: a Convenient Tool for Communication

A. 方便

B. 有空.

C. 工作

D. 在家