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Gadgets for Work and Play
It¡¯s 7£º45 in the morning£¬and 26-year-old Steve Clarkson is going to work£®1£®As he leaves the house£®he turns on his MP3 player and puts on his headphone£®He is ready to go£®
Today£¬for millions of people£¬gadgets(С»ú¼þ)like Clarkson¡¯s ale a normal part of life£®¡°I¡¯m a reporter for a magazine£¬and I¡¯m usually not in the office£® 2£¬¡± says Clarkson£®Today many people can check e-mails£¬send messages£¬or surf the Web£¬using their mobile phones£®
Tina Fang is studying photography in New York City£®¡°Some of these gadgets are expensive£¬but they can save your money in the long run£¬I have a digital camera£®3 £®
I listen to music on my MP3 player£¬and I Call download and read books on it£¬too£®I use the camera and MP3 for both learning and fun£®¡±
It¡¯s now 9£º45£®4 She has a gadget that lets her send e-mails£¬play games£¬and take notes£®She is in class right now£®¡° 5 ¡±£¬laughs Clarkson£®¡°These gadgets are fun£¬but sometimes they can distract(·ÖÉ¢×¢ÒâÁ¦)people£¬too£®¡±
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Gadgets for Work and Play
What we often see nowadays is that young people juggle a larger number of electronic devices (µç×Ó²úÆ·) as they study. While working, they also surf on the Internet, send out emails, answer the telephone and listen to music on their iPods. In a sense, they are spending a large amount of time in fruitless efforts (ŬÁ¦) as they multitask.
Multitasking is even changing the relationship between family members. As young people give so much attention to their own worlds, they seem to have no time to spend with the other people around them. They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they eat at the family table.
Multitasking also has an effect (Ó°Ïì) on young people¡¯s performance at university and in the workplace. When asked about their opinions of the effects of modern gadgets (Æ÷¾ß) on their performance of tasks, many young people gave a positive (¿Ï¶¨µÄ) response (»ØÓ¦). However, the response from the worlds of education and business was not quite as positive. Educators feel that multitasking by children has a serious effect on later development of study skills. They believe that many college students now need help to improve their study skills. Similarly, employers (¹ÍÖ÷) feel that young people entering the job market need to be taught all over again, as modern gadgets have made it unnecessary (û±ØÒª) for them to learn special skills to do their work.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿ What does the underlined word ¡°juggle¡± most probably mean?
| A£®Want to buy. | B£®Use at the same time. |
| C£®Take the place of. | D£®Search information from. |
| A£®family members do not greet each other |
| B£®family members do not eat at the family table |
| C£®young people get on well with their families |
| D£®young people hardly communicate with their family members |
| A£®Young people must learn skills for future jobs. |
| B£®Young people benefit (»ñÒæ) a lot from modern gadgets. |
| C£®Multitasking is an important skill to young people. |
| D£®Multitasking influences young people¡¯s development seriously. |
| A£®Young people think multitasking is good for their study and work. |
| B£®Employers consider it unnecessary for young people to be taught all over again. |
| C£®Educators feel that young people don¡¯t need to improve their study skills. |
| D£®People from the world of education believe multitasking has a good effect on children¡¯s later study skills. |
| A£®providing special examples |
| B£®following the natural time order |
| C£®giving out a cause and analyzing (·ÖÎö) its effects |
| D£®comparing opinions from different worlds |