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114年
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第 25 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 When a meme appears in advertisement, for instance, the meme-sharing community ostracizes it as something outdated and untrendy.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 is closest in meaning to “ostracize” in the third paragraph?
- A Shun.
- B Extol.
- C Approve.
- D Esteem.
- E Approbate.
思路引導 VIP
請試著想像一下：如果你和好朋友之間有一個專屬的神祕手勢，象徵著你們的深厚友誼與默契，但某天你卻發現電視上的大型連鎖超商廣告竟然也教大家做這個手勢來促銷產品。這時，你和朋友們會覺得這個手勢變得很神聖、值得慶賀，還是會覺得它已經「變質」而不想再使用了呢？根據文中對迷因「獨特性」的描述，社群會對這種「大眾化」的現象做出什麼樣的反應？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
恭喜你精確地掌握了這個字彙在語境中的含義！這道題目測驗的是透過**上下文線索（Context Clues）**來推斷艱澀字彙的能力，是閱讀測驗中相當具備鑑別度的題型。能從文章脈絡中讀出作者的微言大義，代表你的語感非常敏銳。
語境線索與邏輯推論
在第三段中，作者提到迷因具有「圈內人（in-group）」的排他性。當一個迷因出現在廣告中時，社群會認為它已經變得「過時且退流行」（outdated and untrendy），這是一個強烈的負面評價。既然覺得它不再酷了，原本的社群自然會對其產生排斥。選項中，Extol（讚美）、Approve（認可）、Esteem（尊重）與 Approbate（核准）皆帶有正向或肯定的色彩，唯有 Shun 代表「避開、躲避、拒絕」，完美契合了迷因社群為了維護獨特性而對大眾化事物表現出的「疏遠」態度。
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