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date: 2018-03-22 22:58:00 +0800
title: "Comments on 2018 HKDSE Chinese questions"
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> 16/3，第一題，5:00PM
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> 有人認為智能電話使人成為孤島，也有人認為智能電話是孤島間的橋樑。試談談你的看法。
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>（考材附有一幅獨自坐在島上的插圖）

(Source: <https://www.facebook.com/Beacon.YYLam/posts/1975075409169941>)

It's interesting how people see "smartphones" as a thing which "connects" people.

I prefer to call them "portable computers", which are able to communicate with each other iff a communication link is established.

If I were to set the question, I would replace "smartphones" with "the advancement of telecommunication technologies and digital electronics".

> 22/3，第二題，6:30PM
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> 如果一天由24小時增加至27小時，增加三小時，你認為香港人生活會變得更好還是更壞？試談談你的看法。

(Source: <https://www.facebook.com/Beacon.YYLam/posts/1983487261662089>)

根據國際單位制(SI)，"hour"（「小時」）及"day"（「日」或「天」）之定義均為秒的倍數，而秒則定義作銫133原子基態的兩個超精細能階間躍遷對應輻射的9,192,631,770個週期的持續時間，與地球自轉速度無關。惟人類及其他動植物的生活特性以日出日落之時間作基礎，故改變「天」之定義對人類生活絕無影響。人類只會再發明另一與地球自轉週期相約之單位，並於日常生活中改用該單位。