英语听力文摘 English Digest 110、数码时代对EQ的影响
时间：2019-02-16 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力文摘 English Digest
Harvard University professor John Palfrey recently spoke 1 in Taipei on the subject of youth and contemporary media, the digital age, and parenting. I read the news on his lecture with care.
"(Palfrey) said it is down to parents and schools to determine which life skills－human interaction, argument making, [or] analysis－children should develop. Digital content can be a powerful tool to support those goals..."
I would like to put in a word for the first skill, human interaction.
One deficiency from which I feel many college students suffer these days is in self-knowledge and an understanding of how their words and actions affect others. That may be another way to speak of "EQ," or "emotional quotient."
"IQ" designates a student's ability to grasp and express ideas and to know how to put knowledge to good use, so it follows that EQ points to people's understanding of themselves and their impact on those around them.
I sometimes wonder if too many of our young friends are overly computer literate 2, even as they are starving inwardly from loneliness and alienation 3. How many college students in Taiwan are more adept 4 at Internet use and software than they are at human relationships? Too many, I am afraid.
contemporary:同時代的
interaction:互动
deficiency：缺点，不足
to grasp：领会，理解
alienation：疏离
adept：熟练地內行的
the digital age：数码时代
to put in a word for:为...美言，为...说好话
computer literate:懂得用电脑的
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- Only a few of the nation's peasants are literate.这个国家的农民中只有少数人能识字。
- A literate person can get knowledge through reading many books.一个受过教育的人可以通过读书而获得知识。
- The new policy resulted in the alienation of many voters.新政策导致许多选民疏远了。
- As almost every conceivable contact between human beings gets automated,the alienation index goes up.随着人与人之间几乎一切能想到的接触方式的自动化，感情疏远指数在不断上升。