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Hey guys! It's June 19th, 2024. Today’s news is about internet addiction. Are you addicted to your phone? And do you feel that time passed really fast once you are scrolling on your phone – with apps like TikTok and Weibo? Scientists have found out that internet addiction works similarly to drug addition, and that’s why young people cannot easily get rid of it. Let’s find out more from the news.
【听力原文】How internet addiction moulds teenagers’ brains
Many people worry that too much screen time for youngsters could be a bad thing. A new study sets out to examine those concerns, published in PLOS Mental Health, a journal. The authors analysed data from 12 recent studies, all of which scanned the brain activity of teenagers diagnosed with internet addiction.
The results were clear: all of the studies showed significant disruption to the neural networks of internet-addicted teens. Moreover, all of them found that this disruption directly contributes to negative tendencies that are strikingly similar to those of drug addicts. These include compulsions, cravings and lying about use. The studies had one more thing in common: all of them were conducted in Asian countries. But this is probably because Asians fret more than Westerners about internet addiction, rather than because Western teens are any less hooked.
【参考译文】网瘾如何塑造青少年的大脑
Mould: v. 对…影响重大;将…塑造成 SYN influence, affect, shape.
n. 模具;铸模 粘土模具
n. 霉;霉菌 < There's mould on the cheese.> 干酪发霉了。
【逐句分析】
①Many people worry that too much screen time for youngsters could be a bad thing. A new study sets out to examine those concerns, published in PLOS Mental Health, a journal. The authors analysed data from 12 recent studies, all of which scanned the brain activity of teenagers diagnosed with internet addiction.
许多人担心青少年看屏幕时间过长可能是一件坏事。一项发表在《公共科学图书馆心理健康》杂志上的新研究开始调查这些担忧。作者分析了最近12项研究的数据,所有这些研究都扫描了被诊断为网瘾的青少年的大脑活动。
Screen time: 看屏幕的时间
Set out to do sth: If you set out to do something, you start trying to do it. 开始努力做某事
< He has achieved what he set out to do three years ago.> 他已经完成了3年前开始努力做的事情。
Diagnose: v. 诊断(疾病);判断(问题的原因)
Sb be diagnosed as having…/with… 某人确诊患上…
< The soldiers were diagnosed as having flu.> 这些士兵被诊断为患了流感。
Sth be diagnosed as 被确诊为…
Diagnosis: n. 诊断;(问题原因的)判断
< diagnosis of lung cancer>肺癌的诊断
②The results were clear: all of the studies showed significant disruption to the neural networks of internet-addicted teens. Moreover, all of them found that this disruption directly contributes to negative tendencies that are strikingly similar to those of drug addicts.
结果很清楚:所有的研究都表明,上网成瘾的青少年的神经网络受到了严重的破坏。此外,他们都发现,这种破坏直接导致了与吸毒成瘾者惊人相似的消极倾向。
Significant: adj. 显著的 SYN obvious, great, large.
< The results of the experiment are not statistically significant.>从统计学的观点看,实验结果意义不明显。
< Your work has shown a significant improvement.> 你的工作有了显著改进。
Disruption (to sth): n. 对…的妨碍
< The plan was designed to ensure disruption to business was kept to a minimum.>
该计划旨在确保对业务的妨碍保持在最低限度。
Disrupt: v. 扰乱;使中断;打乱 = interrupt
< Demonstrators succeeded in disrupting the meeting.> 示威者成功地扰乱了会议。
Contribute to: to be one of the causes of sth是…的原因之一 = lead to, affect
Be strikingly similar to: 与…惊人相似
Addict: [/ˈædɪkt/] n. 吸毒成瘾的人;瘾君子
Addicted: adj. 上瘾;成瘾;**be addicted to**
Addiction: n. 瘾;入迷;嗜好
< He is now fighting his addiction to alcohol.> 他现在正努力戒酒。
③These include compulsions, cravings and lying about use. The studies had one more thing in common: all of them were conducted in Asian countries. But this is probably because Asians fret more than Westerners about internet addiction, rather than because Western teens are any less hooked.
这些包括冲动、渴望和谎报使用情况。这些研究还有一个共同点:它们都是在亚洲国家进行的。但这可能是因为亚洲人比西方人更担心网瘾,而不是因为西方青少年不那么沉迷于网络。
Compulsion: n. (尤指做不道德、愚蠢或危险事的)强烈欲望,冲动 SYN urge.
Craving (for sth/to do sth): n. 强烈的愿望;渴望;热望
< a craving for chocolate>非常想吃巧克力
< a desperate craving to be loved> 对爱的极度渴望
Have…in common: 有…共同点
Fret: v. to be worried or unhappy and not able to relax苦恼;烦躁;焦虑不安
Fret about/over sth: 对…表示不安
< Fretting about it won't help.> 苦恼于事无补。
Hook: n. 钩;钓钩;挂钩;鱼钩
Hooked: adj. 上瘾; (对某事)着迷
< He spent a number of years hooked on alcohol.>
他有几年时间对酒上瘾。