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根据以下内容回答题。 Althoughtherehadbeenvarioussmallcamerasdeveloped,itwasnotuntilGeorgeEastmanin-troducedtheKodakin1888thatthemassappealofphotographyattractedAmericaandEuropeandthereafterspreadquicklytothefarcornersoftheearth.EastmancalledhisnewfamouscameratheKodakfornoparticularreasonexceptthathelikedtheword.Itwaseasytorememberandcouldbepronouncedinanylanguage.
AnimmediateconsequenceofEastman'sinventionwasablizzardofamateurphotographsthatsoonbecameknownassnapshots.Thewordcamefromhunters'jargon.Whenahunterfiredagunfromthehip,withouttakingcarefulaim,itwasdescribedasasnapshot.Photographersre-ferredtotheprocessoftakingpicturesasshooting,andtheywouldtakeprideinagoodday'sshootthewaycountrygentlemenwouldboastaboutthenumberofbirdsbroughtdowninanafter-noon.
PhotographybecamenotonlyeasybutfunbecauseoftheKodak.Almostovernightphotogra-phybecameoneoftheworld'smostpopularhobbies.Anewanduniversalfolkartwasborn;theshowingofone'slatestpicturesandthecreationoffamilyalbumsbecamepopularsocialpastimes.
Cameraclubsandassociationsnumberedtheirmembersinthemillions.OneardentamateurwastheFrenchnovelistEmileZola,whotookalotofphotographsofhisfamily,friends,andtravels.In-terviewedabouthisfavoritehobbyin1900,heobserved,"Ithinkyoucannotsayyouhavethor-oughlyseenanythinguntilyouhavegotaphotographofit."
"Thelittleblackbox,"astheKodakwasaffectionatelydubbed,revolutionizedthewaypeo-plecommunicated."Apictureisworthathousandwords"wastheclaimandtherewereliterally
bllionsofpictures.Inoneyearalone--1988,thecentenaryoftheinventionoftheKodak--itisestimatedthatalmostthirtybillionweretakeninAmericaalone.Theimpactofthesaleofphoto-graphicequipmentontheeconomyisequallymind-boggling.
Photographyhasplayedanessentialroleinthemediarevolution.Ithasgreatlyenhancedourabilitytoconveyinformation,sothattheconceptoftheglobalvillagehasbecomeacommonplace.
Photographshavegreatlyextendedourunderstandingofandcompassionforourfellowhumanbe-ings.
DidMr.Eastmanhavethefaintestideaofthepowerresidinginhis"littleblackbox"?
WhatwastheunderlyingsignificanceoftheinventionoftheKodak? A.Itmadetheworkofprofessionalsmoreenjoyable.
B.Itmadepicture-takingsuddenlypopularamongordinarypeople.
C.Itmarkedthebeginningofmanufacturingsmallcameras.
D.ItmettheneedofphotographersinAmericaandEurope.
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