"死了都要爱"的互联网
(2008-10-21 10:41:24)
网络拓宽了我们的视野，丰富了我们的生活。众多网友沉溺其中而乐此不疲。今天我们就来聊聊"死了都要爱"的互联网。
Internet Survey 网络调查
"A mixed blessing" is the very expression to describe what the Internet brings to us. The nine-item survey below is designed to test your tendency to become addicted to the "Net". 互联网时代，世界越来越被科技所操纵。那么，互联网给予人类的，到底是喜是忧？
In the mid-1990's people became fascinated with the Internet. All of the sudden, information was available on any topic imaginable. It was as if someone collected all of the world's knowledge, put it together on an easy-to-use interface, and handed it to anyone who wanted it. With so much information at our fingertips, it is hardly an astonishingphenomenon that some users couldn't seem to get enough. For hours on end, these people would sit at their computers and breathe in the entire universe of knowledge. As the content increased and the number of things one could actually do increased dramatically, people began to display symptoms of what is now called "Internet addiction." 网络初兴之时，人们为它神魂颠倒。大量资讯，世界互通。指尖键盘间，一切皆有可能。有些人深陷其中而乐此不疲，"网络沉溺症"由此而生。
The nine-item survey below is designed to test your tendency to become addicted to the "Net". Please review each of the questions below and make a note of how many times you answer "Yes." After completing the survey, read the explanation that best corresponds to your score. 你中了网络的毒了吗？回答下面的九个问题，数一数你选择了几个"是"。做完调查后，不要忘了算出分数，然后根据说明文字对号入座哦。
1. Do you spend more time than you think you should surfing the Net?
Yes No
2. Do you feel you have a problem limiting the time you spend on the Net?
Yes No
3. Have any of your friends or family members complained about the time you spend at your computer?
Yes No
4. Do you find it hard to stay away from the 'Net for several days at a time?
Yes No
5. Has either your work output or your personal relationships suffered as a result of spending too much time on the Net?
Yes No
6. Are there particular areas of the 'Net, or types of files, you find hard to resist?
Yes No
7. Do you have troubling controlling your impulses to purchase items, products, or services on the Net?
Yes No
8. Have you tried, unsuccessfully, to curtail your use of the Net?
Yes No
9. Do you derive much of your pleasure and satisfaction in life from being on the Net?
Yes No
结果分析：
If you gave 0-3 Yes Answers
--If you scored between 0-3 yes answers on this survey--congratulations! You probably have very little tendency to become addicted to the Net.
If you gave 4-6 Yes Answers, you may want to read both reports.
--If you scored 4 yes answers, you may or may not have a tendency to become addicted to the Net.
--If you scored 5 or 6 yes answers, you may have a greater chance of developing a problem.
If you gave 7-9 Yes Answers
You may very well be addicted to the Net.
Internet Search 网络搜索
If you are assigned to write an article about space research, we will be visiting both a university library and a virtual library (namely, the internet) to see how we can get information we need from them. 如果有人安排你写一篇有关太空的文章，而你对此知之甚少，那么下面的这些途径也许是你可以利用的：
Go and ask help from a friend.
Go to the library to search for information.
Go to a bookstore and buy books on the topic.
Get onto the internet and search for relevant information from websites.
Go and ask help from a teacher.
如果身边无人可问，图书馆的确是个好去处。但是，图书馆也是个容易叫人晕头转向的地方。Piles and piles of catalogue cards, stacks and stacks of bookshelves, loads and loads of books. It could take you an hour or more before you can lay your hands on the book you want. 所以，上网查找资料实在是个不错的选择！ We just sit in front of a computer, get on to the Internet, key in the words "space research" and will have a whole list of available resources in an instant (瞬间).
那么，上网查资料怎么操作呢？让我们来看看下面的小提示：
If I need to get some up-to-date information on space research, I can visit (search for) a lot of websites. All I need to do is to get onto the Internet, and key in (type in) the key words or the website, then click on Go. The information there will be free. I only need to pay the cost of a local call.
Internet Problems 上网困扰
Some educational specialists point out the negative effect the Internet can bring to people, especially the young learners. 让我们听听教育家们是如何论述网络的弊端的。
教育专家们怀疑的3个观点：
1. Computers in the classroom can raise educational standards.电脑教学能够提高教学水平。
Educational specialists point out that there is no evidence to support this. Some even question whether it is a good idea to encourage young learners to have access to the Internet.
2. Internet is a vast storehouse of valuable knowledge. 网络是个巨大的知识宝库。
Educational specialists describe the Internet as a medium that has no quality control（质量监控） because anyone can post anything on the Internet. No editors will test their contributions. It is like a library that contains works of both the talentless and the talented, a picture gallery that exhibits both great works of art and childish scribbles, a museum that contains rubbish as well as wonderful treasures.
3. We should give young learners increased access to the Internet so that they can get a vast amount of materials. 我们应该增加年轻人接触网络的机会，让他们通过网络汲取大量的资料。
Educational specialists point out that this is a mixed blessing（好坏参半） because if the young learners are not educated to be discriminating (有辨别能力的), they may gain knowledge and genuine understanding, but at the same time they may be exposed to ignorance and foolishness as well.
Internet People 上网人群
On the Internet, as in life, men and women have different motivations for doing what they do.让我们来看看上网的男女之间有什么不同之处。
On the Internet, as in life, men and women have different motivations for doing what they do. According to a recent report from Pew Internet and American Life, women view the Internet as a place to extend, support, and nurture relationships and communities. Men tend to see it as an office, a library, or a playground--screw the community, this is about function not family.
男人和女人上网的目的以及想做的事情是有所不同的。调查显示，女人把网络看作一个延伸、支撑和滋养人际关系和社会交往的平台。而男人则趋向于把网络当成公司、图书馆或者运动场，一个帮助自己在社会生活中提升的场所。
The report found that women are more enthusiastic communicators, using email in a more robust way. Not only sending and receiving more email than men, women are more likely to write to family and friends about a variety of topics, sharing news, joys and worries, planning events, and forwarding jokes and stories.
报告发现，网络中，女人更热衷于交流，她们会不知疲倦地收发邮件。此外，女人更愿意在邮件中和家人、朋友探讨各种各样的话题，分享新闻轶事，喜怒哀乐，计划安排以及转发故事趣闻。
While both sexes equally appreciate the efficiency and convenience of email, women are more likely than men to value the medium for its positive effects on improving relationships and encouraging teamwork at the office.
无论如何，男人和女人都很认可网络邮件的高效和便捷。而女人则更看重网络邮件对于增强人际关系以及促进公司成员间的协作所具有的积极影响。
"Women also value email for a kind of positive, water-cooler effect, which lightens the atmosphere of office life," reads the 54-page report.
这份报告的54页写道："女人喜欢邮件交流，也是因为邮件能发挥有效的降温作用，它能缓和公司里紧张的工作氛围。"
The report found that women are more likely to use the Internet for emailing, getting maps and directions (after all, we men always know where we're going), looking for health and medical information, seeking support for health and personal problems, and getting religious information.
报告还发现，女人更愿意上网收发邮件，看地图查找道路（毕竟男人总是不容易迷路），搜寻健康医药资讯，查找自身疾患的治疗方法，以及获取宗教方面的信息。
Men tend to be more intense Internet users than women, being more likely to go online daily (61% of men and 57% of women) and more likely to go online several times a day (44% of men and 39% of women).
男人比女人更易为网而狂。他们每天上网的人数要比女人多（男人占61%，女人占57%），每天上网若干次的比例也要比女人多（男人占44%，女人占39%）。
Men also tend to go online in greater numbers than women but for a much broader variety of reasons. Men are more likely to use the Internet to check the weather, get news, acquire sports scores and information, look for political information, do job-related research, download software, listen to music, download music, use a webcam, and take a class.
男人不仅上网的人数比女人多，他们上网的原因也更为五花八门。男人上网更乐意接触天气预报，新闻报道，体育赛况，政治信息，招聘广告，软件下载，听音乐，下载音乐，使用网络摄像以及参加网络课程。
调查数据显示：
• 67% of the adult American population goes online, including 68% of men and 66% of women
67%的美国成年人使用网络，其中男人占68%，女人占66%
• 86% of women ages 18-29 are online, compared with 80% of men that age.
18-29岁的女人中有86%的上网，而男人组的数据为80%
• 34% of men 65 and older use the Internet, compared with 21% of women that age.
年龄大于65岁的男人中有34%的人上网，而女人组的数据只为21%
• 62% of unmarried men compared with 56% of unmarried women go online
有62%的未婚男人上网，而未婚女人的上网比例为56%
• 75% of married women and 72% of married men go online
75%的已婚女人上网，72%的已婚男人上网
• 61% of childless men compared with 57% of childless women go online
61%的无子女男人上网，57%的无子女女人上网
• 81% of men with children and 80% of women with children go online
81%的有子女男人上网，80%有子女女人上网
• 94% of online women and 88% of online men use email
上网人群中，使用邮件的女人占女人群的94%，男人的此项比例为88%
关键字:双语新闻
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(2008-10-21 10:41:24)
网络拓宽了我们的视野，丰富了我们的生活。众多网友沉溺其中而乐此不疲。今天我们就来聊聊"死了都要爱"的互联网。
Internet Survey 网络调查
"A mixed blessing" is the very expression to describe what the Internet brings to us. The nine-item survey below is designed to test your tendency to become addicted to the "Net". 互联网时代，世界越来越被科技所操纵。那么，互联网给予人类的，到底是喜是忧？
In the mid-1990's people became fascinated with the Internet. All of the sudden, information was available on any topic imaginable. It was as if someone collected all of the world's knowledge, put it together on an easy-to-use interface, and handed it to anyone who wanted it. With so much information at our fingertips, it is hardly an astonishingphenomenon that some users couldn't seem to get enough. For hours on end, these people would sit at their computers and breathe in the entire universe of knowledge. As the content increased and the number of things one could actually do increased dramatically, people began to display symptoms of what is now called "Internet addiction." 网络初兴之时，人们为它神魂颠倒。大量资讯，世界互通。指尖键盘间，一切皆有可能。有些人深陷其中而乐此不疲，"网络沉溺症"由此而生。
The nine-item survey below is designed to test your tendency to become addicted to the "Net". Please review each of the questions below and make a note of how many times you answer "Yes." After completing the survey, read the explanation that best corresponds to your score. 你中了网络的毒了吗？回答下面的九个问题，数一数你选择了几个"是"。做完调查后，不要忘了算出分数，然后根据说明文字对号入座哦。
1. Do you spend more time than you think you should surfing the Net?
Yes No
2. Do you feel you have a problem limiting the time you spend on the Net?
Yes No
3. Have any of your friends or family members complained about the time you spend at your computer?
Yes No
4. Do you find it hard to stay away from the 'Net for several days at a time?
Yes No
5. Has either your work output or your personal relationships suffered as a result of spending too much time on the Net?
Yes No
6. Are there particular areas of the 'Net, or types of files, you find hard to resist?
Yes No
7. Do you have troubling controlling your impulses to purchase items, products, or services on the Net?
Yes No
8. Have you tried, unsuccessfully, to curtail your use of the Net?
Yes No
9. Do you derive much of your pleasure and satisfaction in life from being on the Net?
Yes No
结果分析：
If you gave 0-3 Yes Answers
--If you scored between 0-3 yes answers on this survey--congratulations! You probably have very little tendency to become addicted to the Net.
If you gave 4-6 Yes Answers, you may want to read both reports.
--If you scored 4 yes answers, you may or may not have a tendency to become addicted to the Net.
--If you scored 5 or 6 yes answers, you may have a greater chance of developing a problem.
If you gave 7-9 Yes Answers
You may very well be addicted to the Net.
Internet Search 网络搜索
If you are assigned to write an article about space research, we will be visiting both a university library and a virtual library (namely, the internet) to see how we can get information we need from them. 如果有人安排你写一篇有关太空的文章，而你对此知之甚少，那么下面的这些途径也许是你可以利用的：
Go and ask help from a friend.
Go to the library to search for information.
Go to a bookstore and buy books on the topic.
Get onto the internet and search for relevant information from websites.
Go and ask help from a teacher.
如果身边无人可问，图书馆的确是个好去处。但是，图书馆也是个容易叫人晕头转向的地方。Piles and piles of catalogue cards, stacks and stacks of bookshelves, loads and loads of books. It could take you an hour or more before you can lay your hands on the book you want. 所以，上网查找资料实在是个不错的选择！ We just sit in front of a computer, get on to the Internet, key in the words "space research" and will have a whole list of available resources in an instant (瞬间).
那么，上网查资料怎么操作呢？让我们来看看下面的小提示：
If I need to get some up-to-date information on space research, I can visit (search for) a lot of websites. All I need to do is to get onto the Internet, and key in (type in) the key words or the website, then click on Go. The information there will be free. I only need to pay the cost of a local call.
Internet Problems 上网困扰
Some educational specialists point out the negative effect the Internet can bring to people, especially the young learners. 让我们听听教育家们是如何论述网络的弊端的。
教育专家们怀疑的3个观点：
1. Computers in the classroom can raise educational standards.电脑教学能够提高教学水平。
Educational specialists point out that there is no evidence to support this. Some even question whether it is a good idea to encourage young learners to have access to the Internet.
2. Internet is a vast storehouse of valuable knowledge. 网络是个巨大的知识宝库。
Educational specialists describe the Internet as a medium that has no quality control（质量监控） because anyone can post anything on the Internet. No editors will test their contributions. It is like a library that contains works of both the talentless and the talented, a picture gallery that exhibits both great works of art and childish scribbles, a museum that contains rubbish as well as wonderful treasures.
3. We should give young learners increased access to the Internet so that they can get a vast amount of materials. 我们应该增加年轻人接触网络的机会，让他们通过网络汲取大量的资料。
Educational specialists point out that this is a mixed blessing（好坏参半） because if the young learners are not educated to be discriminating (有辨别能力的), they may gain knowledge and genuine understanding, but at the same time they may be exposed to ignorance and foolishness as well.
Internet People 上网人群
On the Internet, as in life, men and women have different motivations for doing what they do.让我们来看看上网的男女之间有什么不同之处。
On the Internet, as in life, men and women have different motivations for doing what they do. According to a recent report from Pew Internet and American Life, women view the Internet as a place to extend, support, and nurture relationships and communities. Men tend to see it as an office, a library, or a playground--screw the community, this is about function not family.
男人和女人上网的目的以及想做的事情是有所不同的。调查显示，女人把网络看作一个延伸、支撑和滋养人际关系和社会交往的平台。而男人则趋向于把网络当成公司、图书馆或者运动场，一个帮助自己在社会生活中提升的场所。
The report found that women are more enthusiastic communicators, using email in a more robust way. Not only sending and receiving more email than men, women are more likely to write to family and friends about a variety of topics, sharing news, joys and worries, planning events, and forwarding jokes and stories.
报告发现，网络中，女人更热衷于交流，她们会不知疲倦地收发邮件。此外，女人更愿意在邮件中和家人、朋友探讨各种各样的话题，分享新闻轶事，喜怒哀乐，计划安排以及转发故事趣闻。
While both sexes equally appreciate the efficiency and convenience of email, women are more likely than men to value the medium for its positive effects on improving relationships and encouraging teamwork at the office.
无论如何，男人和女人都很认可网络邮件的高效和便捷。而女人则更看重网络邮件对于增强人际关系以及促进公司成员间的协作所具有的积极影响。
"Women also value email for a kind of positive, water-cooler effect, which lightens the atmosphere of office life," reads the 54-page report.
这份报告的54页写道："女人喜欢邮件交流，也是因为邮件能发挥有效的降温作用，它能缓和公司里紧张的工作氛围。"
The report found that women are more likely to use the Internet for emailing, getting maps and directions (after all, we men always know where we're going), looking for health and medical information, seeking support for health and personal problems, and getting religious information.
报告还发现，女人更愿意上网收发邮件，看地图查找道路（毕竟男人总是不容易迷路），搜寻健康医药资讯，查找自身疾患的治疗方法，以及获取宗教方面的信息。
Men tend to be more intense Internet users than women, being more likely to go online daily (61% of men and 57% of women) and more likely to go online several times a day (44% of men and 39% of women).
男人比女人更易为网而狂。他们每天上网的人数要比女人多（男人占61%，女人占57%），每天上网若干次的比例也要比女人多（男人占44%，女人占39%）。
Men also tend to go online in greater numbers than women but for a much broader variety of reasons. Men are more likely to use the Internet to check the weather, get news, acquire sports scores and information, look for political information, do job-related research, download software, listen to music, download music, use a webcam, and take a class.
男人不仅上网的人数比女人多，他们上网的原因也更为五花八门。男人上网更乐意接触天气预报，新闻报道，体育赛况，政治信息，招聘广告，软件下载，听音乐，下载音乐，使用网络摄像以及参加网络课程。
调查数据显示：
• 67% of the adult American population goes online, including 68% of men and 66% of women
67%的美国成年人使用网络，其中男人占68%，女人占66%
• 86% of women ages 18-29 are online, compared with 80% of men that age.
18-29岁的女人中有86%的上网，而男人组的数据为80%
• 34% of men 65 and older use the Internet, compared with 21% of women that age.
年龄大于65岁的男人中有34%的人上网，而女人组的数据只为21%
• 62% of unmarried men compared with 56% of unmarried women go online
有62%的未婚男人上网，而未婚女人的上网比例为56%
• 75% of married women and 72% of married men go online
75%的已婚女人上网，72%的已婚男人上网
• 61% of childless men compared with 57% of childless women go online
61%的无子女男人上网，57%的无子女女人上网
• 81% of men with children and 80% of women with children go online
81%的有子女男人上网，80%有子女女人上网
• 94% of online women and 88% of online men use email
上网人群中，使用邮件的女人占女人群的94%，男人的此项比例为88%
关键字:双语新闻
生词表:
- curtail [kə:´teil]
vt.缩短；削减 六级词汇 - storehouse [´stɔ:haus] n.仓库；(知识的)宝库 四级词汇
- rubbish [´rʌbiʃ] n.垃圾；碎屑；废话 四级词汇
- foolishness [´fu:liʃnis] n.愚蠢 六级词汇
- robust [rəu´bʌst] a.强建的；茁壮的 六级词汇
- unmarried [,ʌn´mærid] a.未婚的，独身的 四级词汇
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