在世纪之交,那些急着向新世纪探头看望的人们正思考着新世纪会给人们带来什么新东西?这些新东西的出现是否会改变人们的生活习惯?提这样的问题并不奇怪,因为,二十世纪曾经给人们带来了满天飞的飞机、进入家庭的计算机、载人进入太空的火箭以及家用电器和移动电话等新奇的工具。在十九世纪,一家人围着火炉倾听小说朗诵、潜心地对经典著作反复推敲、细心品味着书中主人翁的情感,探求着作 At the turn of the century, those who are anxious to visit the probes of the new century are contemplating what new things the new century will bring to people and whether the appearance of these new things will change people’s living habits. It is not surprising that such questions should be raised. For the twenty-first century, there were people who brought flying planes, computers into homes, rockets that carried people into space, and novel tools such as home appliances and mobile phones. In the nineteenth century, a family listened to novel readings around the fireplaces, concentrating on repeated scrutiny of classic books, careful taste of the masters of the book, and exploration of books