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1、PassageOneUnpluggingYourLife你的生活不插电AreyouamediaaddictwhowouldgomadaftertwohourswithoutTV,friendrequests,excitingonlinegamesandyourmobile–orwouldyoueasilysurvive?Recently,universitystudentsaroundtheworldwereaskedtovolunteerinaglobalexperimentcalledUnplugged.Itwasdesignedtoseehowyoungpeople
2、wouldreactiftheywereaskedtoobserveatotalmediabanbyunpluggingallformsofmediadevicesfor24hours.UnpluggedisbeingrunbyDrRomanGerodimos,alecturerinCommunicationandJournalismatBournemouthUniversity.Theexperimentisnowoverbuthedoesn'tyetknowthefullfindings.However,duringtheexperiment,DrGerodimoss
3、aidtherewerealreadysignsofhowmuchtheexerciseaffectedvolunteers.Hesaid:"They'rereportingwithdrawalsymptoms,overeating,feelingnervous,isolatedanddisconnected."Duringtheir24-hourordeal,threeoftheexperiment'sguineapigshadtoendureoneintrusionfromthemedia:aBBCreporterpluscameramanwhofollowedthe
4、maroundfortheday.Theywereaskedtowritedown100linesabouttheirdayoffline,butofcourse,theyallwaiteduntilthenextdaywhentheyhadaccesstotheirlaptops.ElliotDaywrote:"Today,mywholemorningroutinewasthrownupintotheair.Despitebeingawareofthesocialimportanceofthemedia,Iwassurprisedbyhowemptymylifefelt
5、withouttheradioornewspapers."FromCarolineScott,weread:"Ididn'texpectit,butbeingdeprivedofthemediafor24hoursresultedinmyday-to-dayactivitiesbecomingsomuchhardertocarryoutthanusual…Ididn'tbreakoutinacoldsweatlikeourlecturerexpectedusallto,butit'snotsomethingIwouldliketodoagain!"AndCharlotte
6、Gaywrote:"Ihavetosaythemostdifficultitemformetobewithouthasbeenmymobile;notonlyisitasocialgadget,it'smymainaccesspointofcommunication."Earlierintheyear,aUKgovernmentstudyfoundthatintheUKwespendabouthalfourwakinghoursusingthemedia,oftenpluggedintoseveralthingsatonce.AndarecentstudybyNielso
7、nfoundthatonaverage,USteenagerssendandreceiveover3,000textspermonth–that'saboutsixtextsperwakinghour.So,withtechnologycontinuingtodevelopatanalarmingrate,howmuchtimewillyousetasideforsleepinthefuture?Glossary词汇·addict有…瘾的人·friendrequest好友请求·toobserve尝试去做某事·unpluggin
