2011年职称英语教材阅读理解新增文章英文+中文(6)

职称英语

excessive /ik'sesiv/ adj. 过多的，额外

个任务

hail /heil/ vt.赞扬 multitask /’m lti,ta:sk/ vi.同时进行多claim /kleim/ vt.声称，主张 considerable /k n'sid r bl/ adj.相当大的,相当多的 fritter /frit / vt.消耗，浪费 juggle /'d ɡl/ vt. 耍弄，玩耍 electronic device /,ilek'tr nik/ /di'vais/ n. 电子装置，电子仪器

surf /s :f/ vi. （网上）冲浪，漫游，浏览

affect / 'fekt/ vt. 影响

隔绝的 indicate /'indikeit/ vt. 表明，指出 isolated /'ais ’leitid/ adj.孤立的，与世

可替换题目关键知识点：

1. Being able to multitask is hailed by most people as a welcome skill, but not according to a

recent study which claims that young people between the ages of eight and eighteen of the so-called Generation M1 are spending a considerable amount of their time in fruitless efforts as they multitask. 许多人对能同时兼顾几样工作的本领赞誉有加。然而最近研究却发现，八岁到十八岁，被称为“多媒体时代”的年轻人在同时进行多种任务的过程中常常事倍功半、了无成果。

2. It argues that, in fact, these young people are frittering away as much as half of their time

again as they would if they performed the very same tasks one after the other. 研究认为，正像依次完成各个任务一样，这些年轻人仍旧浪费了一半时间。

3. At the same time that they are working, young adults are also surfing on the Internet, or

sending out emails to their friends, and/or answering the telephone and listening to music on their iPods or on another computer. 在学习的同时，他们还在上网、给朋友发邮件、打电话、听MP3或者另一台电脑上的歌。

4. As some new device comes along it too is added to the list rather than replacing one of the

existing devices. 随着新产品的出现，他们的电子设备的数量还会不断增加,而不是代替已存在的设备。

5. Other research has indicated that this multitasking is even affecting the way families

themselves function as young people are too wrapped up3 in their own isolated worlds to interact with the other people around them. 另一项调查还显示：封闭的自身孤立世界里的年轻人，他们与周围人越发疏于交流。

6. They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house nor can they eat at the

family table. 这种“兼顾”甚至影响了正常的家庭生活——年轻人到家后不再向家人问号，吃饭时也不同家人坐在一起。

7. When asked about their perception of the impact of modem gadgets on their performance of

tasks, the overwhelming majority of young people gave a favourable response. 。但当被问及现代科技产品对于他们工作表现的影响，绝大多数都认为是都是正面的。

8. The former feel that multitasking with electronic gadgets by children affects later

development of study skills, resulting in a decline in the quality of writing, for example,