科技的迅速发展.doc

所有标兰色的单词是文章后所附词表中的单词，请不要改变颜色。 Attached to Technology and Paying a Price By MATT RICHTEL /2010/06/07/technology/07brain.html?pagewanted=1 SAN FRANCISCO — When one of the most important e-mail messages of his life landed in his in-box a few years ago, Kord Campbell overlooked it. Not just for a day or two, but 12 days. He finally saw it while sifting through old messages: a big company wanted to buy his Internet start-up. “I stood up from my desk and said, ‘Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God,’?” Mr. Campbell said. “It’s kind of hard to miss an e-mail like that, but I did.” (effective move: specific case, a revealing fact: leads to the topic: neglect of coming of new information ) The message had slipped by him amid an electronic flood: two computer screens alive with e-mail, instant messages, online chats, a Web browser and the computer code he was writing. (View an interactive panorama of Mr. Campbells workstation.) (effective move: specific case, a revealing fact: leads to the research problem: neglect of coming of new information due to facing multitasks simultaneously) While he managed to salvage the $1.3 million deal after apologizing to his suitor, Mr. Campbell continues to struggle with the effects of the deluge of data. Even after he unplugs, he craves the stimulation he gets from his electronic gadgets. He forgets things like dinner plans, and he has trouble focusing on his family. His wife, Brenda, complains, “It seems like he can no longer be fully in the moment.” (effective move: directed speech following a description of the problem the multi-tasker faced.) This is your brain on computers. (effective move: further declaration of the research problem) Scientists say juggling e-mail, phone calls and other incoming information can change how people think and behave. They say our ability to focus is being undermined by bursts of information. (effective move: summaries of sources lead to the introduction of the argument: the negative impact of multi-tasks broug