2024_2025学年新教材高中英语Unit3TimeschangePeriod2Understandingideas课时素养检测含解析外研版选择性必修第二册.doc

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Severalyearsago,mostyoungBritonswantedacareerinlaw,tobeadoctor,or,iftheywerecreativeenough,totakeupsinging.Buttoday,thingsstanddifferently.

AccordingtoasurveybyTescoMobile,aUKtelecomscompany,the“dreamjob”ofyoungpeopleagedbetween16and25intheUKisavideoblogger,or“vlogger”.Thesurvey,carriedoutamong1,002people,foundthatasmuchas40percentofthemputvloggerastheirnumberonechoiceonalistofidealcareers.ThesinglefactorcontributingtothischangeisundoubtedlytheInternetandsocialmedia.Theyhavemadeitsomucheasiertoreachaglobalaudience,withouthavingtoenteracareerinshowbusinessinthetraditionalway.

“Inyearsthathavegoneby,thebiggeststarswererecommendedandtrainedbytheHollywoodstudios;now,anyonewithacomputercameracanbecomeanidol,”aTescoMobilespokespersonsaidinanewsrelease.“Fromfashiontocomedy,theseself-madestarsdocumenttheirhobbiestoanadoringfanbase.Vloggersarethebigstarsoftodaybecausetheyarenormalpeopleinteractingwiththeirfansabouteverydaylife.”

However,whatpeopleseeisonlythebrightsideofbeingavloggerandtheyignorethefactthatonlythosewhoaresuccessfulgainfameandfortune.Foreverysuccessthereareahundredotherswhonevergetoffthestartingblock.Therearethedreamsthatcometrueandthedreamsthataredestinedtoremaindreams.Thisiswhydespitethepopularityofvloggers,someyoungpeoplechosetofollowcareersthatdon’tnecessarilyearnthemfame,butallowthemtomakegooduseoftheInternettosharetheirhobbies.?

YoungIsraeliDavidLeshaw,forexample,runsabusinesscalledtheFinishersClub.It’sanonlineplatformforrunnerstokeeparecordoftheirraces.HetoldthecareerwebsiteZippiathathisjoballowshimtoexpresshispassion,andisalwaysalearningexperience.Andthat’senoughforhim.

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