备战2013四级阅读练习：TED的绝妙创意——关闭科技.docVIP

本篇阅读材料“TED的绝妙创意——关闭科技”选自《时代》（原文标题：The Surprising Big Idea at TED: Turn Off Technology 2012.3.6）。如果大家觉得比较简单，就当作泛读材料了解了解，认识几个新单词或新表达方式也不错。如果大家觉得这些材料理解上有难度，不妨当做挑战自己的拔高训练，希望大家都有进步^^?　　It’s a TED tradition: when the stage lights go up at the beginning of a talk, the little gadgets go away—iPhones, iPads, and Blackberries all have to be powered down, even by the tech big wigs who were in attendance, including Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Linked In’s Reed Hoffman, and Google’s Marissa Mayer. Fully listen without technological distraction. Though it sounds simple, it was the most radical message being spread