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CAMPUSCONVERSATIONCD1Track2PAGE6,FIRSTLISTENINGStudent:ProfessorBabcock,canI,uh,canItalktoyouforaminute?Professor:Sure,Lisa,thisismyofficehour.What'sup?S:Well,OK,I'mworkingonthatpaperyouassigned—theoneondrugaddiction—and,well,Iwaswondering...Yousaidthepapershouldbetwotothreepages,butcouldIwriteonethat's,like,sixpages?P:That'sarequestIdon'tgettoooften.S:It'sjustthatI'vedoneallthisInternetresearchandI'vefoundsomuchstuff—alltheseinterestingdetails—and,youknow,I'djusthatetoleaveanyofthemoutofmypaper.P:Butthispaperissupposedtobeanoverviewofthetopic,Lisa,notadescriptionofeverydrugaddictionthateverexisted.S:Iknow.ButI'vespentsomuchtimelookingupstuff...P:Howmuchtimeareyoutalkingabout?S:Well,let'ssee...Istartedtwodaysagoand,uh,IthinkIspentaboutacoupleofhoursthatday.Then,yesterday,Ireallystartedfindingsomegoodwebsites,soitwasprobablyaboutfivehours.It'sjustamazinghowmuchstuffthereisoutthere.P:That'salotoftime.Youknow,theInternetisawonderfultool—Iuseitformyownresearch—butyouhavetobecarefulthatyoudon'tbecomeaddictedtoit.Youdon'twantittostartdoingyourthinkingforyou.S:Butyoucanlearnsomuch—therearesomanywebsites—P:Andsomeofthemarealotmorereliablethanothers—so,youneedtobediscriminatinginyourresearch.Butapartfromthereliabilityissue,there'sjustapointwhereyouneedtostopaccumulatinginformation...whereyouneedtostartunderstandingit.Thispaperwillbeagoodexerciseforyou—you'llneedtotakeallthatinformationyou'vegathered,andsummarizeitintwotothreepages.Youcan'tjustcopyovereverydetailthatturnsup.S:Well,Iwouldneverjustcopymaterial.Iknowitneedstobeinmyownwords.P:I'msorry,Lisa,Iwasn'tsuggestingyou'ddoanythingunethical.Infact,it'sobviousyou'reveryhardworking.WhatI'mtryingtogetat...Look,I'dlikeeverystudenttoknowhowtodoresearch,butwhatreallymattersisthis:canyoucommunicatetheinformationyouuncover—inagenuinelymeaningfulway?Beingabletograsp...beingabletodescribethekeypointsisalotmoreimportantthanknowingabunchoffactsanddetails.S:So,Ican'twritealongerpaper.You'resayingIjusthavetothrowoutalltheseinterestingdetails.P:Notallofthem—selectafewtoillustrateyourpaper'smainthemes.Tellyouwhat,whydon'tyouplanalittletalkfortheclass—say,aboutfiveminutes—andyoucansharesomeofwhatyou'velearned—aftereveryone'sturnedintheirpapers.S:OK.IwonderifanyoneelsespentasmuchtimeontheInternetasIdid.P:Honestly...AsIsaid,it'sagreattool,butIdon'twanttocreateabunchofInternetaddictsinthisclass.S:I'llrememberthat.Thanks,professor.ACADEMICLISTENING4PAGE7,FIRSTLISTENINGWarrenLevinson:It’sNewsweekonAir,I'mWarrenLevinsonoftheAssociatedPress.DavidAlpern:I'mDavidAlpernofNewsweek.WL:DavidBrooks,youarguethatwealreadyliveinanovercommunicatedworldthatwillonlybecomemoresointhenexttechera.Whatexactlydoyoumeanbythat?DavidBrooks:Theproblemisthatwe'vedevelopedtechnologythatgetsussomuchinformationthatwe'vegotcellphonesringingeverysecond,we'vegotcomputersandlaptops,we'vegotpersonalorganizersandit'sjust—we'rejustbeingbombardedwithcommunicationandeveryadvanceandtechnologyseemstocreatemoreandmorecommunicationsatus.Idobelieveattheendofthedayitshapesourpersonalitybecausewearesortofoverwhelmedbytheinformationflow.DA:Seriouslythough,justlastweekwereportedonresearchsuggestingthatallthemulti-taskingmayactuallymakeourbrainsworkbetterandfaster,producing,asit'sbeenreported,aworld-wideincreaseinIQupto20pointsandmoreinrecentdecades.Canyouseeanybenefitinallthesementalgymnasticswenowhavetogothrough?DB:Yeah,I,Idon'tthinkwe'rebecomingaraceofglobalidiots,uh,butIthinkcertainskillsareenhancedandcertainarenot.Youknow,theabilitytomakefastdecisions,toansweradozene-mailsinfiveminutes,uh,tofilloutmaybebigSAT-typetests.That'senhanced.Butcreativityissomethingthathappensslowly.Ithappenswhenyourbrainisjustnoodlingaround,justplaying.Whenitputstogetherideaswhichyouhadn'tthoughtoformaybeyouhavetime,say,toreadabook.Youareabusinessperson,butyouhavetimetoreadabookabouthistoryortimetoreadabookaboutaphilosopherandsomethingthathappenedlongagoorsomethingorsomeideasomebodythoughtoflongago.Actually,youknow,itoccurstoyouthatyoucanthinkofyourownbusinessinthatway,andsoit'sthismixtureofunrelatedideas,ah,thatfeedsyourproductivity,feedsyourcreativity,andifyourmindisdisciplinedtoanswereverye-mail,thenyoudon'thavetimeforthatplayfulnoodling.Youdon'thavetimeforthoseunexpectedconjunctions,soIthinkmaybewe'regettingsmarterinsomesenses,butIthinkitisathreattoourcreativityandtoourreflection.DA:Sohowwiredorwirelesslyareyoutiedintothenewtechnology?DB:Atotaladdict.WhenI'mouttherewithmykidsplayinginourlittleleagueorsomethinglikethat,I'vegotmycellphoneinmypocket.Fmalwayswondering,Gee,didIgetavoicemail?”uhandthat'swhyIthinkI’msortofdriventowriteaboutthisbecauseIdoseethenegativeeffectsit'shavingonmyownbrainpatterns.DA:CouldbeNewsweekonAircalling...DavidBrooksthanksalot.DB:Thankyou.INTEGRATEDTASKPAGE14,LISTENING7Teresa:Hi.I’mTeresa.Ibecameacompulsiveshopperalmostovernight.Myjobhadbecomejusttoostressful.So,tounwindafterwork,I'dheadofftothemall.IstartedbuyingsmallthingsIreallydidn'tneed,butthenIstartedspendingmoreandmore,andcominghomelaterandlater.Itwasshop'tilyoudro