48 What does the word “dim” in the first paragraph mean?
(A) Pessimistic.
(B) Dark.
(C) Gossipy.
(D) Illiterate.

A或B都嘛可以，look是連綴動詞當作BE動詞看，

the intellectual future of the United States looks dim. = is dark 或 is pessimistic 

dark 跟 pessimistic 都能當作悲觀的意思，甚至我覺得dark更好，跟dim算是同義詞。

算了，每次考國文或英文，都有題目要看委員大人的智商來決定答案ZZ

Such is the kind of recklessly魯莽地 distracted impatience心煩意亂 that makes Mark Bauerlein fear for his country.

正是這種魯莽而心煩意亂讓Mark Bauerlein擔心他的國家。

“As of 2008,” the 49-year-old professor of English at Emory University writes in “The Dumbest Generation,” “the intellectual future of the United States looks dim.”
截至 2008 年，”這位 49 歲的Emory大學英語教授在《最愚蠢的一代》一書中寫道，“美國知識分子的未來看起來暗淡無光。

The way Bauerlein sees it, something new and disastrous慘重 has happened to America’s youth with the arrival of the instant立即的 gratification滿足 go-go-go digital age. 
在 Bauerlein 看來，隨著即時滿足的數位時代的到來，一些新的和災難性的事情發生在美國的年輕人身上。


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