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114年
英文
第 23 題
📖 題組：
Reading 1 Memes are the Internet vernacular—which, nevertheless, does not make all of them universally understood, even among digitally savvy users. This situation also limits their benefits for the discussion about and among under-represented social categories. The prominent feature of memes is their coded nature—in order to unpack them, one has to be aware of the cultural, social, political and Internet-specific references. The most niche memes can be obscure to the majority, if they don’t follow a particular television show or a slang of a particular community, as an example. From this critical viewpoint, memes incorporate a sophisticated interplay of common sense and originality. Users appropriate memes to benefit from inclusivity in the circulation of an in-joke, and adjust it for the sake of exclusivity, attempting to draw an innovative rendition of a common pattern. The necessity to conform to the existing unwritten rules of conduct that shape online interaction preserves the recognizable features of the memetic format. A recent study of the Belarusian youth and their uses of memes revealed that young people tend to see memes as “in-jokes” of their group of friends and would be embarrassed to share them with parents or older generation. This non-Western research proved the findings of the Western colleagues and suggested that youngsters have “local” memes for in-group sharing and “common” memes that they tolerate in the common space—the Internet at large. The niche character of memetic communication as a slang of a group brings us to the first drawback of its exclusivity. Meme sharers are very sensitive to the changing trends and appropriation of memes by other groups and elites. When a meme appears in advertisement, for instance, the meme-sharing community ostracizes it as something outdated and untrendy. The second shortcoming of the reputation of memes as “in-jokes” of the online community is the highly coded, postmodern and sophisticated message of a meme. Memes are coded messages and therefore can be confusing for various people: members of the audience may have varying abilities and skills to read the ‘code’. Those who are unfamiliar with the rules of digital discussion and styles of the Internet slang, or possess limited awareness of the broader sociopolitical context may consider memes meaningless. In order to be able to read a meme, one has to be digitally savvy or at least have basic familiarity with this format of communication. In some instances, memes can impede the inclusivity of communication—the issue of ‘meme divide’ questions the legacy of memes as the mutually understood lingua franca.
Reading 1 Memes are the Internet vernacular—which, nevertheless, does not make all of them universally understood, even among digitally savvy users. This situation also limits their benefits for the discussion about and among under-represented social categories. The prominent feature of memes is their coded nature—in order to unpack them, one has to be aware of the cultural, social, political and Internet-specific references. The most niche memes can be obscure to the majority, if they don’t follow a particular television show or a slang of a particular community, as an example. From this critical viewpoint, memes incorporate a sophisticated interplay of common sense and originality. Users appropriate memes to benefit from inclusivity in the circulation of an in-joke, and adjust it for the sake of exclusivity, attempting to draw an innovative rendition of a common pattern. The necessity to conform to the existing unwritten rules of conduct that shape online interaction preserves the recognizable features of the memetic format. A recent study of the Belarusian youth and their uses of memes revealed that young people tend to see memes as “in-jokes” of their group of friends and would be embarrassed to share them with parents or older generation. This non-Western research proved the findings of the Western colleagues and suggested that youngsters have “local” memes for in-group sharing and “common” memes that they tolerate in the common space—the Internet at large. The niche character of memetic communication as a slang of a group brings us to the first drawback of its exclusivity. Meme sharers are very sensitive to the changing trends and appropriation of memes by other groups and elites. When a meme appears in advertisement, for instance, the meme-sharing community ostracizes it as something outdated and untrendy. The second shortcoming of the reputation of memes as “in-jokes” of the online community is the highly coded, postmodern and sophisticated message of a meme. Memes are coded messages and therefore can be confusing for various people: members of the audience may have varying abilities and skills to read the ‘code’. Those who are unfamiliar with the rules of digital discussion and styles of the Internet slang, or possess limited awareness of the broader sociopolitical context may consider memes meaningless. In order to be able to read a meme, one has to be digitally savvy or at least have basic familiarity with this format of communication. In some instances, memes can impede the inclusivity of communication—the issue of ‘meme divide’ questions the legacy of memes as the mutually understood lingua franca.
Which of the following statements is most likely TRUE according to the author?
- A One can readily make sense of a meme as long as s/he is digitally savvy.
- B Memes could become obsolete.
- C The more highly coded a meme, the more it speaks to under-represented groups.
- D The more niche a meme is, the more likely it becomes a lingua franca.
- E Memes are intelligible to netizens regardless of their cultural backgrounds.
思路引導 VIP
當一個原本專屬於小眾社群的「圈內笑話」，突然出現在電視廣告或是被長輩廣泛使用時，根據文章第三段的描述，原本的社群通常會如何看待這個笑話的「新鮮感」或「流行地位」？這種對「過時」的集體反應，反映了這個溝通媒介在時間軸上具備什麼樣的特性？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
恭喜你精準地捕捉到了文章中關於迷因「時效性」的細微觀察！這題考查的是對長篇閱讀細節的綜整能力。在文章第三段中，作者特別提到迷因分享者對趨勢變化非常敏感，一旦迷因被主流廣告或菁英階層挪用，社群便會將其視為 outdated and untrendy（過時且不再流行），這與選項 (B) 中的 obsolete（過時、廢棄的）含義完全吻合，成功驗證了迷因並非永恆，而是會隨著社會情境演變而失效。
迷因的生命週期與解題關鍵
從難度切入點來看，這題屬於中等偏易的細節推論題。它的鑑別度在於測試學生是否會被「常識」誤導。例如選項 (A) 與 (E) 雖然在字面上看起來與「數位科技」有關，但文章第一段明確指出，即使是數位達人（digitally savvy），若缺乏特定的文化背景或社群切入點，依然無法解讀某些利基型（niche）迷因。你沒有落入這些概括性選項的陷阱，而是回歸文獻尋找關於「過時性」的實據，表現得非常專業且細心！