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全新版大学英语综合教程第四册Unit6IntegratedCourseBook4Unit6Listentotherecordingtwoorthreetimesandthenthinkoverthefollowingquestions:1.Doyoukeepadiary?Whatsortofthingsdoyouwriteabout?2.Howdoesthesingertreathisdiary?Why?3.Whatdoesthesingerthinkabouthowotherpeoplespendtheirtime?4.Canweinferwhatattitudethesingertakestowardsthepaceoflifetoday?Inthesongyouareabouttolistentowehearwhatthesingeristhinkingashewriteshisdiary.Likemanypeoplewhokeepadiary,hetreatsitlikeafriendtowhomhecanpourouthisinmostfeelings.Fromtheconfidencesheentruststohisdiarywelearnofwhathethinksofthewaymostpeoplelive.Hethinkstheyspendtheirdaysinarush,somuchsothattheyhavenotimeforhim.Ashesays:Somanypeoplebythescore.Rushingaroundsosenselessly.Theydon'tnoticethere'speoplelikeme.Perhapshe'sright,perhapspeoplearetoomuchinarushtospareenoughtimeforoneanother.Thoughonesuspectstheymayhaveotherreasonsfornotsparingthesingertime.Hesoundsaltogetherself-centred,lookingattheworldonlyfromhisownnarrowpointofview.Wehearthisattheendofthesong,whenhepasseslightlyoveranH-bombexplosionassomethingofnoconcerntohimasnobodyheknewwasinvolved.Givenhisoutlook,itisprobablyjustaswellhehashisdiaryasafriend,asothersmightfinditabithardtoputupwithhim.DearDiaryTheMoodyBluesDeardiary,whatadayit'sbeenDeardiary,it'sbeenjustlikeadreamWokeuptoolate.Wasn'twhereIshouldhavebeenForgoodnesssakewhat'shappeningtomeWritelightly,yourstruly,deardiaryItwascoldoutsidemydoorSomanypeoplebythescoreRushingaroundsosenselesslyTheydon'tnoticethere'speoplelikemeWritelightly,yourstruly,deardiaryTheydon'tknowwhatthey'replayingThey'venowayofknowingwhatthegameisStilltheycarryondoingwhattheycanOutsideme,yourspolitely,deardiary全新版大学英语综合教程第四册Unit6It'sover.WilltomorrowbethesameIknowthatthey'rereallynottoblameIftheyweren'tsoblindthensurelythey'dseeThere'samuchbetterwayforthemtobeInsideme,yourstruly,deardiarySomebodyexplodedanH-bombtodayButitwasn'tanyoneIknewTextAAsthepaceoflifeintoday'sworldgrowseverfaster,weseemforeveronthego.Withsomuchtodoandsolittletimetodoitin,howarewetocope?RichardTomkinssetsaboutuntanglingtheproblemandcomesupwithananswer.随着当今世界生活节奏日益加快，我们似乎一直在不停奔忙。事情那么多，时间却那么少，我们该怎么办？里查德·汤姆金斯着手解决这一问题，并提出了建议。OldFatherTimeBecomesaTerrorRichardTomkins1Onceuponatime,technology,wethought,wouldmakeourliveseasier.Machineswereexpectedtodoourworkforus,leavinguswithever-increasingquantitiesoftimetowasteawayonidlenessandpleasure.时间老人成了可怕的老人理查德·汤姆金斯从前，我们以为技术发展会使我们的生活变得更安逸。那时我们觉得机器会替代我们工作，我们则有越来越多的时间休闲娱乐。2Butinsteadofliberatingus,technologyhasenslavedus.Innovationsareoccurringatabewilderingrate:asmanynowarriveinayearasoncearrivedinamillennium.Andaseachinventionarrives,iteatsfurtherintoourtime.但技术发展没有把我们解放出来，而是使我们成为奴隶。新技术纷至沓来，令人目不暇接：一年涌现的技术创新相当于以前一千年。而每一项新发明问世，就进一步吞噬我们的光阴。全新版大学英语综合教程第四册Unit63Themotorcar,forexample,promisedunimaginablelevelsofpersonalmobility.Butnow,trafficincitiesmovesmoreslowlythanitdidinthedaysofthehorse-drawncarriage,andwewasteourlivesstuckintrafficjams.比如，汽车曾使我们希望个人出行会方便得让人难以想象。可如今，城市车辆运行得比马车时代还要慢，我们因交通堵塞而困在车内，徒然浪费生命。4Theaircraftpromisednewhorizons,too.Thetroubleis,itdeliveredthem.Itsveryexistencecreatedademandfortime-consumingjourneysthatwewouldneverpreviouslyhavedreamedofundertaking--thetransatlanticshoppingexpedition,forexample,orthetriptoaconventionontheothersideoftheworld.飞机也曾有可能为我们拓展新天地。问题是，飞机提供了新的天地。其存在本身产生了对耗时的长途旅行的需求，这种旅行，如越洋购物，或远道前往地球的另一半参加会议，以前我们是根本无法想象的。5Inmostcases,technologyhasnotsavedtime,butenabledustodomorethings.Inthehome,washingmachinespromisedtofreewomenfromhavingtotoiloverthelaundry.Inreality,theyencouragedustochangeourclothesdailyinsteadofweekly,creatingseventimesasmuchwashingandironing.Similarly,theweeklybathhasbeenreplacedbythedailyshower,multiplyingthehoursspentonpersonalgrooming.在大多数情况下，技术发展并未节省时间，而是使我们得以做更多的事。在家里，洗衣机可望使妇女摆脱繁重的洗衣劳作。但事实上，它们促使我们每天，而不是每星期换一次衣服，这就使熨洗衣物的工作量变成原来的7倍。同样地，每周一次的沐浴为每日一次的淋浴所代替，使得用于个人穿着打扮的时间大大增加。6Meanwhile,technologyhasnotonlyallowedworktospreadintoourleisuretime--thelaptop-on-the-beachsyndrome--butaddedthenewburdenofdealingwithfaxes,e-mailsandvoicemails.IthasalsoprovideduswiththeopportunitytospendhoursfixingsoftwareglitchesonourpersonalcomputersorfillingourheadswithuselessinformationfromtheInternet.与此同时，技术发展不仅听任工作侵入我们的闲暇时间──带着便携式电脑全新版大学英语综合教程第四册Unit6去海滩综合症──而且添加了收发传真、电子邮件和语音邮件这些新的负担。技术发展还向我们提供机会，在个人电脑上一连几小时处理软件故障，或把因特网上那些无用的信息塞进自己的大脑。7Technologyapart,theInternetpointsthewaytoasecondreasonwhywefeelsotime-pressed:theinformationexplosion.除去技术发展，因特网指出了我们为何感到时间如此紧迫的第二个原因：信息爆炸。8Acoupleofcenturiesago,nearlyalltheworld'saccumulatedlearningcouldbecontainedintheheadsofafewphilosophers.Today,thoseheadscouldnothopetoaccommodatemorethanatinyfractionoftheinformationgeneratedinasingleday.几个世纪以前，人类积累的几乎所有知识都能装在若干哲人的大脑之中。如今，这些大脑休想容纳下一天中产生的新信息中的小小一部分。9News,factsandopinionspourinfromeverycorneroftheworld.Thetelevisionsetoffers150channels.TherearemillionsofInternetsites.Magazines,booksandCD-ROMsproliferate.各种消息、事实和见解从世界各个角落大量涌入。电视机能收到150个频道。因特网网址多达千百万。杂志、书籍和光盘只读存储器的数量也激增。10Inthewholeworldofscholarship,therewereonlyahandfulofscientificjournalsinthe18thcentury,andthepublicationofabookwasanev