外刊閱讀精選:數字化資產—不死的數據
本篇閱讀材料數字化資產不死的數據選自《經濟學人》(原文標題:Deathless data What happens to our digital property after we die? 2023.4.21)。如果大家覺得比較簡單,就當作泛讀材料了解了解,認識幾個新單詞或新表達方式也不錯。如果大家覺得這些材料理解上有難度,不妨當做挑戰自己的拔高訓練,希望大家都有進步^^
LORNE GLADSTONE of Toronto is 58, but prudently pondering how to bequeath his digital property. Doing the paperwork after his parents death was a challenge. When my time comes, I wonder if my children will even know what paper is, he says. As a software developer, his virtual assets are both valuable and vital to his business. That exemplifies a problem. Online lives have increasing economic and sentimental value. But testamentary laws offer muddled and incomplete ways of bequeathing and inheriting them.