新概念雙語：驚人研究：過度依賴電腦會使記憶力減退

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根據(jù)一項研究結果顯示，過分依賴使用電腦和搜索引擎會使人腦的記憶力減退。以下是 Oliver Farrimond 的報道。

Scientists spoke to 6,000 adults in eight European countries and found that while many were able to recall phone numbers from their childhood, fewer could remember their current work numbers, or the contact details of family members.

About a third turned first to computers to recall information.

British adults seemed to be the worst affected. Only about half knew their partners' phone numbers, compared with four fifths of Italians.

Researchers say people have become accustomed to using digital devices as extensions of their brains, and that repeatedly looking up information does not create a lasting memory in the same way as simple recollection.

詞匯表

recall 回想起

four fifths 五分之四

accustomed to 習慣了，習慣于

extensions 延展部分

lasting 持久的

recollection 記憶

測驗

請聽報道并回答下列問題。

1. Why are people's memories getting worse?

2. Which word means 'machines'?

3. True or false? People found it easier to remember phone numbers from long ago.

4. What percentage of Italians knew their partners' phone numbers?

答案

1. Why are people's memories getting worse?

People's memories are getting worse because they rely on using computers to look up information, which affects their ability to form new memories.

2. Which word means 'machines'?

Devices.

3. True or false? People found it easier to remember phone numbers from long ago。

True. They found it easier to remember numbers from their childhood.

4. What percentage of Italians knew their partners' phone numbers?

80% of Italians knew their partners' phone numbers (four fifths).