时间:2018-12-25 作者:英语课 分类:和老外聊天地道口语


英语课

R: not a single email until now? it's already twelve o'clock. I can't believe it!

A: can't bear it, right? I've been there before. I'll feel comfortable if no one calls me or sends me text messages, like there is something missing.

R: yeah, that's right. If no one sends me tect messages, I'll go crazy.

A: actually, this is a kind of addiction 1 called "information" or "information overload 2".

R: addiction? checking emails and text messages often can be called an addiction? no way!

A: yes, it is. Do you consider a frequent check of your income emails to be an integral part of your working day?

R: aboslutely.

A: do you have your cell phone with you wherever you go and check text messages and phone calls from time to time?

R: yeah, it's a must. Otherwise,I may miss important phone calls and text messages.

A: do you open all your IM tools whenever you're using a computer?

R: yes. MSN, QQ, Skype, Google Talk, Ali wangwang, everything, so that I'll be in touch with all friends and relatives.

A: now I can tell you're definitely addicted 3 to the overflow 4 of information.

还没有人给我发邮件?已经过了12点了,真是难以置信!

受不了了,是吧?我也遇到过这种情况.如果没有人给我打电话,发短信,我会觉得不舒服,跟少了点什么的.

对.如果没人给我发短信,我肯定受不了.

实际上,这是一种上瘾的症状,叫做"咨询癖",或者是"资讯超载".

上瘾?经常查看邮件和短信也叫上瘾?不可能吧?

没错,就是上瘾.你觉得,频繁查询邮箱的邮件是工作中必不可少的一部分吗?

没错.

你是不是哪都带这手机,不停地看有没有短信和电话?

是啊,这是必须的,要不然我该错过重要电话和短信了.

你是不是只要电脑开机,就打开所有的即时通讯工具?

是啊,MSN,QQ,Skype,Google Talk,还有阿里旺旺,都打开,这样我就能和家人保持联系了.

现在,我能判断出来你确实是对泛滥的信息上瘾了.

integral:being an essential part of something 必需的;不可或缺的 ~ (to sth)

Music is an integral part of the school's curriculum.

音乐是这所学校的课程中基本的一环.

Practical experience is integral to the course.

这门课程不可缺少实践经验.


overflow:the action of liquid flowing out of a container that is already full; the liquid that flows out 溢出;漫出;溢出的液体

Stop the overflow from the cistern 5.

止住水箱溢水.

an overflow of water from the lake

漫出的湖水

an overflow of powerful emotions

横流的激情

 



1 addiction
n.上瘾入迷,嗜好
  • He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
  • Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。
2 overload
vt.使超载;n.超载
  • Don't overload the boat or it will sink.别超载,否则船会沉。
  • Large meals overload the digestive system.吃得太饱会加重消化系统的负担。
3 addicted
adj.沉溺于....的,对...上瘾的
  • He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
  • She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。
4 overflow
v.(使)外溢,(使)溢出;溢出,流出,漫出
  • The overflow from the bath ran on to the floor.浴缸里的水溢到了地板上。
  • After a long period of rain,the river may overflow its banks.长时间的下雨天后,河水可能溢出岸来。
5 cistern
n.贮水池
  • The cistern is empty but soon fills again.蓄水池里现在没水,但不久就会储满水的。
  • The lavatory cistern overflowed.厕所水箱的水溢出来了
学英语单词
abominable snowman
agreement of investment protection
alkylammoniums
amplitude of beats
an increase in taxes
anti - skid braking
APUHS
attitude of absolute denial
auxiliary contact
bacteria vector
bad laugh
bazuco
bypoint
castanopsis cuspidata carlesii sessilis
cat-head
chloridizing leaching
cidariplura bilineata
class-oriented ring associated language
commercial range of devices
compressible medium
convex metric space
Cortadren
daily show
degeneracy in atom
dyslipidemia
e-lists
embryonic apparatus
endothelin-3
epicarp
fibro-areolar fascia
floating auger
flour-
gas flame thermopile
genus geums
group of lines
hand ladle
harpoons
hayat
high-yield bond
houttuyninum
INH-G(gluconiazide)
jinfoshanensis
joint moment
kissing disease
Kolai
ladies-in-waiting
laugh lines
LBHT
lignaloes
logical-construction
make ... bread
maximum generator pick-up
microbiological(assay)
midintestine
mire sauce
monserrats
nawl
nested statement
Nitrocine
Notoseris nanchuanensis
nutritive cord
oratorized
ornithomimosaur
outgrowings
overhauling weight
perico
person undergoing sentence
pin-hold
Pine River
pistol-grip pneumatic wrench
propliner
rise-free design
roof door
savour of the pan
selected item
self-registering anemometer
Selling Into Strength
seraphic dialogue
shaftlocking device
sir arthur sullivans
smooth crabgrasses
soft mark
solid - state relay
spatial frequency multiplexing
steady rest
studios
submerged launch
tea-growing
technical administration
temporary equilibrium of demand and supply
tension gauge
terminal handle cost
the courage of one's convictions
thermoluminescent dosimeter (tld)
third-order light mixing
timegrapher
Transinne
uveitic
variolated
veiling-glare
ventral ramjet
vibration-absorption alloy