O autor admite o vício em checar e-mail (Fuvest 2003)
[Ao lado do texto há uma ilustração colorida: um homem de rosto distorcido, com os olhos substituídos por ícones de mensagens, suando em frente a um computador portátil, enquanto uma caixa de e-mail com a palavra "Read" e o ícone de correio aparece na tela.]
I USED TO THINK I COULD quit checking my e-mail any time I wanted to, but I stopped kidding myself years ago. My e-mail program is up and running 24 hours a day, and once I submit to its siren call, whole hours can go missing. I have a friend who recently found herself stuck on a cruise ship near Panama that didn't offer e-mail, so she chartered a helicopter to take her to the nearest Internet café. There was nothing in her queue but junk mail and other spam, but she thought the trip was worth it. I know how she felt. You never know when you're going to get that note from Uncle Eric about your inheritance. Or that White House dinner invitation with a time-sensitive R.S.V.P.
TIME, JUNE 10, 2002
Fonte: TIME, 2002-06-10.
The passage tells us that the writer
- A) believes it's about time he stopped thinking he can break the e-mail habit any time.
- B) is fully aware that he's a compulsive e-mail checker.
- C) used to think only kids wasted whole hours checking their e-mail.
- D) didn't think it would take him years to break the e-mail habit.
- E) thinks that once he's able to stay away from his e-mail for 24 hours, he'll get rid of his addiction.