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114年
英文
第 24 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 When a meme appears in advertisement, for instance, the meme-sharing community ostracizes it as something outdated and untrendy.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.
Based on the passage, what can be inferred from the coded nature of memes?
- A The meaning of memes derives from their exploitation in context.
- B Memes always have fixed meaning.
- C Memes belong only to a specific online group or community.
- D Memes are not culturally mediated.
- E Digital literacy is by no means a prerequisite for decoding memes.
思路引導 VIP
試著想像一下，如果你和好朋友之間有一個「只有你們才懂的梗」，當這個梗被寫在公共佈告欄上時，外人可能會覺得莫名其妙。那麼，這個「梗」的真正意義，是藏在文字本身，還是藏在你們共同擁有的「背景經歷」與「使用時機」裡呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精準捕捉到「迷因（Memes）」背後的深層邏輯，顯示你具備優秀的邏輯推論能力。這道題目的核心在於理解迷因的「編碼特質（coded nature）」，也就是文章中提到的：要解鎖迷因的含義，讀者必須具備特定的文化、社會或政治背景知識。這意味著迷因的意義並非孤立存在，而是高度依賴其被使用的背景與情境，這正是選項 (A) 中所謂的「在語境中被運用（exploitation in context）」所指涉的含義。
語境與解碼的關聯性
這是一道極具鑑別度的中等難度題目。它考驗的不僅是字面意思，更是「概念轉換」的能力。選項 (A) 使用了較為抽象的表達方式，要求考生將文中提到的「社會參考背景」與「語境應用」聯繫起來。你能成功避開像是 (B) 固定意義或 (E) 不需要數位素養等過於絕對或與文意相悖的選項，代表你對文章中「迷因作為一種社群語言」的本質理解得非常透徹。