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【題目】Answer the questions(根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答下列問(wèn)題)

Few people would disagree that email makes our lives easier. But misusing email can cause problems. Answering all those emails and processing all that information can overload(使負(fù)荷過(guò))the brain, causing stress. So says the Future Work Center, a business based in London. This company carries out psychological (心理的) )research on people’s experiences in their workplaces.

Dr Richand Memnon at the center was the lead author of a report on messaging habits. He calls email a double-edged sword: Emails provide a useful way to communicate, but they could add to tension(緊張情緒) in the mind, causing stress. Come rain or shine(無(wú)論如何)，some office workers are under pressure to read and answer emails all day long. Psychologists care about the pressure that workers bring on themselves. Dr. Mackinnon says that while email can be a valuable, time-saving communication tool, it can also be a source of stress and even anger for many of us. He adds that the stress does not come from the number of emails you get. The problems result from when and how you deal with them.

According to the study, leaving email on all day and never signing off(簽收), along with reading and answering emails early in the day and late at night, are what makes email stressful. Dr. MacKinnon says these bad email habits are linked to higher levels of stress in office workers. The report gives several suggestions on avoiding emails stress.

Use email with a plan. Do not just react to endless email. If you use email application, or app, close it down when you want to be left alone.

If you need to communicate with a co-worker, call or better still walk to their office and talk about it.

Be careful with the “ reply all” option. For example, if you are accepting an invitation to attend training, just write back to those who need to know. Trust me. Other workers on that mailing list will thank you.

And accept the fact that if a matter is urgent, employers will call you about it. Email is certainly not going anywhere, so it is important to take control of your emails and not the other way around.

【1】Many people disagree that email makes our lives easier, don’t they?

【2】Why does Dr. MacKinnon call email “a double-edged sword”?

【3】What is linked to bad email habits in office workers?

【4】What’s the purpose of giving suggestions according to the report?

【5】If you want to receive an invitation by email, what should you do to reply it?

【6】What good or bad habit of email processing have you got?

Why do you think it is good or bad?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Yes, they do.

【2】Because Emails not only provide a useful way to communicate, but also can add to tension in the mind, causing stress.

【3】Higher levels of stress

【4】In order to avoid email stress.

【5】I just write back to those who need to know.

【6】參考答案：I often delay replying any email no matter how important it is .

I think it is bad because this may cause many mistakes.

【解析】

本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，講述了郵件讓人們的生活便利的同時(shí)也給大家?guī)��?lái)了負(fù)擔(dān)，文章給了大家一些建議，如何處理生活中的郵件、信息轟炸。

【1】從第一段第一句 Few people would disagree that email makes our lives easier. 可知許多人同意email讓生活更簡(jiǎn)單，這句話(huà)是雙重否定等于肯定。故答Yes, they do。

【2】這是一道事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題，通過(guò)題目中的重要信息“ a double-edged sword” 定位到文章第二段的第二行，答案就在冒號(hào)后面的解釋部分，故答Because Emails not only provide a useful way to communicate, but also can add to tension in the mind, causing stress。

【3】由題干重要信息link 以及bad email habits 可以講目光迅速定位到第三段的倒數(shù)第二行bad email habits are linked to higher levels of stress in office workers，可知是更高的壓力，故答Higher levels of stress。

【4】根據(jù)第三段的最后一句The report gives several suggestions on avoiding emails stress，可知是為了避免郵件壓力，故答In order to avoid email stress。

【5】抓住題干信息 receive an invitation by email，迅速到文中定位，第三條建議中有提到此信息，根據(jù)if you are accepting an invitation to attend training, just write back to those who need to know，可知只回復(fù)那些需要知道的人，故答 I just write back to those who need to know。

【6】開(kāi)放性作答，答案合理即可。參考答案：I often delay replying any email no matter how important it is. I think it is bad because this may cause many mistakes.