Ever hear of the lemming Lemmings are
arctic rat-like animals with very odd habits: periodically, for unknown reasons,
they mass together in large herd and commit suicide by rushing into deep water
and drowning themselves. They all run in together, blindly, and not one of them
ever seems to stop and ask, "Why am I doing this Is this really what I ’want to
do" and thus save it serf from destruction. Obviously, lemmings are driven to
perform their strange suicide rites by common instinct. People choose to "follow
the herd" for more complex reasons, yet we are still too often the unwilling
victims of the bandwagon appeal. Essentially, the bandwagon urges us to an action or an opinion because it is popular—be- cause "everyone else is doing it." This call to "get on the bandwagon" appeals to the strong de- sire in most of us to be one of the crowd, not to be A. raise public awareness B. support his viewpoint C. justify bandwagon appeal D. discredit their habit [单项选择]Ever hear of the lemming Lemmings are arctic rat-like animals with very odd habits: periodically, for unknown reasons, they mass together in large herd and commit suicide by rushing into deep water and drowning themselves. They all run in together, blindly, and not one of them ever seems to stop and ask, "Why am I doing this Is this really what I ’want to do" and thus save it serf from destruction. Obviously, lemmings are driven to perform their strange suicide rites by common instinct. People choose to "follow the herd" for more complex reasons, yet we are still too often the unwilling victims of the bandwagon appeal.
Essentially, the bandwagon urges us to an action or an opinion because it is popular—be- cause "everyone else is doing it." This call to "get on the bandwagon" appeals to the strong de- sire in most of us to be one of the crowd, not to be left out or alone. Advertising makes extensive use of the bandwagon appeal, bat so do politicians. Senator Yakalot uses the bandw A. raise public awareness B. support his viewpoint C. justify bandwagon appeal D. discredit their habit 我来回答: 提交
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