Television Never Died: o velho hábito sob um nome novo (B2)
Every few years someone announces that television is dying. The announcement is always premature. What has died is a particular ritual: the family gathered at eight o'clock because the schedule said so. Everything else survived, and then multiplied. We now watch serialised drama on trains, on laptops, on screens no bigger than a hand, and we call it something else so that we can feel modern. Streaming platforms did not replace television; they inherited it, along with its habits of cliffhangers, seasons and advertising breaks disguised as recommendations. The set in the corner has even returned, larger and thinner than before, because it turns out that people quite like sitting down together. The technology changed at remarkable speed. The appetite it feeds has barely moved in seventy years.
Fonte: English for ALL (texto original).
A ironia contida no trecho "and we call it something else so that we can feel modern" sugere que, para o autor,
- A) as novas plataformas exigem um vocabulário técnico que o público ainda desconhece.
- B) quem assiste a séries no celular busca de fato uma experiência inédita.
- C) o público moderno finalmente abandonou os hábitos televisivos do passado.
- D) trocar o nome do hábito de assistir cria apenas uma falsa sensação de novidade.
- E) os aparelhos de televisão desapareceram das salas por parecerem antiquados.