The Photograph and the Place
照片與地方
— English reading, C1
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Visit any famous viewpoint today and you will find crowds holding up phones, often barely glancing at the view itself. The aim, it seems, is less to see than to be seen seeing.
今天去任何一個有名的觀景點，你都會看到成群的人舉著手機，往往幾乎沒正眼看過風景本身。目的似乎不是去看，而是讓別人看到自己在看。
Psychologists have found that photographing an experience can actually weaken our memory of it. We hand the job of remembering over to the camera.
心理學家發現，拍下一段經歷，其實可能削弱我們對它的記憶。我們把記住的工作交給了相機。
None of this means we should stop taking pictures. But perhaps, before reaching for the phone, we might first take a moment simply to look.
這並不表示我們應該停止拍照。但也許，在伸手拿手機之前，我們可以先花一點時間，單純地看一看。
生詞
viewpoint 觀景點
barely 幾乎不
glance 瞥一眼
aim 目的
psychologist 心理學家
weaken 削弱
experience 經歷
reach for 伸手去拿