by Marcus Maurice
In a world dominated by social networking, what is happening to our brains?
Have you noticed that your attention
span for doing things like reading a novel is extremely short? _(1)_ Recently, a top scientist stated that this generation has a short attention span and desires
constant feedback on their lives. _(2)_
One of the biggest reasons Facebook is popular is that every single user is the star of their own real-life
reality show. Some add friends as if it were a popularity
contest or
show off sexy pictures to get likes and people
commenting on them. _(3)_ While this is not very nice, it does attract a lot of attention.
Baroness Susan Greenfield, an Oxford University professor of
pharmacology, believes that our brains are being
rewired. She says that people who spend a lot of time on social
networking sites or have most of their friends online are starting to lose their
nonverbal skills. _(4)_ Also, Greenfield thinks what people post on Facebook and Twitter is mostly just
nonsense. She says that a lot of people may be having some kind of
identity crisis. She goes on to suggest some users
strive to have lots of friends on Facebook or
followers on Twitter to make themselves feel like
mini-celebrities. _(5)_
Interaction with people in the real world
counts a lot more than the number of times someone likes what you do on Facebook.
說明:請依文意在所提供的 (A) 到 (F) 6 個選項中,選出最適當的 5 個選項。 (A) This
fantasy indicates that they are living in a world that's not real.
(B) She believes the main
culprits for this are Facebook and Twitter.
(C) For example, they may
have a hard time looking people
in the eyes when talking to them.
(D) Others even
post links to
controversial topics to make people upset
on purpose.
(E) The more books you read, the more you want to read.
(F) Every two or three pages, you may get the
burning urge to check your cell phone to see if anyone has
text messaged you.
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