[简答题]
In the early 1800s, groups of English workers wrecked machines
that they felt threatened their jobs. (46)They were called "Luddites" after
one of their leaders, a term that is now used for anyone who puts up resistance
to new technologies. (47) The odd thing about nanotechnology’s Luddites
is that they have started resisting before the technology has really established
itself.
As people start to buy products involving
nanotechnology, from odour-resistant shirts to window glass that repels dirt,
they will realise that many of these new things are useful and harmless. And as
awareness of nanotechnology grows, they will begin to understand that it covers
a range of different ways of doing things, some of which carry some risk and
others do not. As a result, the technology’s detractors will probably become
more nuanced in their complaints.
Nanotechnology has the
potential to cause an industrial upheaval, just as electricity did in i