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Withdrawal① symptoms experienced by young people deprived of gadgets② and technology is compared to those felt by drug addicts or smokers going “cold turkey③”, a study has concluded.
Researchers found nearly four in five students had significant mental and physical distress, panic, confusion and extreme isolation④ when forced to unplug from technology for an entire day.
They found college students at campuses across the globe admitted being “addicted” to modern technology such as mobile phones, laptops⑤ and television as well as social networking.
A “clear majority” of almost 1,000 university students, interviewed at 12 campuses in 10 countries, including Britain, America and China, were unable to voluntarily avoid their gadgets for one full day, they concluded.
The University of Maryland research described students’ thoughts in vivid detail, in which they admit to cravings⑥, anxiety attacks and depression when forced to abstain from using media.
One unnamed American college student told of their overwhelming cravings, which they confessed was similar to “itching like acrackhead⑦ （crack cocaine addict）”.
The study concluded that “most students… failed to go the full 24 hours without media”.
The research, titled The World Unplugged, also found students used “virtually the same words to describe their reactions”. These included emotions such as fretful⑧,confused, anxious, irritable, insecure, nervous, restless, crazy, addicted, panicked⑨, jealous, angry, lonely, dependent, depressed, jittery⑩ and paranoidB11.
Prof Susan Moeller, who led the research, said technology had changed the students’ relationships.
“Students talked about how scary it was, how addicted they were,” she said. They expected the frustration. But they didn’t expect to have the psychological effects, to be lonely, to be panicked, the anxiety, literally heart palpitationsB12.
“Technology provides the social network for young people today and they have spent their entire lives being ‘plugged in’.”
Q&A
1. When forced to unplug from technology for a whole day, most students would not feel .
A. happy B. isolation
C. jitteryD. paranoid
2. What is the title of the research?
A. Student Addiction
B. Plugged In
C. The World Unplugged
D. Withdrawal
注释：①withdrawal：撤退、撤出；
②gadget：小机械、小器具；
③cold turkey：突然完全戒赌或戒烟；
④isolation：隔离、与世隔绝；
⑤laptop：便携式电脑；
⑥craving：渴望、渴求；
⑦crackhead：强效纯可卡因瘾君子；
⑧fretful：烦躁不安的；
⑨panicked：惊慌、恐慌；
⑩jittery：神经过敏的、战战兢兢的；
B11paranoid：多疑的、患妄想症的；
B12palpitations：心悸。
Q&A答案 1. A 2. C.
资料来源 中国日报
注释编辑 桑 实
责任编辑 张丹凤
Researchers found nearly four in five students had significant mental and physical distress, panic, confusion and extreme isolation④ when forced to unplug from technology for an entire day.
They found college students at campuses across the globe admitted being “addicted” to modern technology such as mobile phones, laptops⑤ and television as well as social networking.
A “clear majority” of almost 1,000 university students, interviewed at 12 campuses in 10 countries, including Britain, America and China, were unable to voluntarily avoid their gadgets for one full day, they concluded.
The University of Maryland research described students’ thoughts in vivid detail, in which they admit to cravings⑥, anxiety attacks and depression when forced to abstain from using media.
One unnamed American college student told of their overwhelming cravings, which they confessed was similar to “itching like acrackhead⑦ （crack cocaine addict）”.
The study concluded that “most students… failed to go the full 24 hours without media”.
The research, titled The World Unplugged, also found students used “virtually the same words to describe their reactions”. These included emotions such as fretful⑧,confused, anxious, irritable, insecure, nervous, restless, crazy, addicted, panicked⑨, jealous, angry, lonely, dependent, depressed, jittery⑩ and paranoidB11.
Prof Susan Moeller, who led the research, said technology had changed the students’ relationships.
“Students talked about how scary it was, how addicted they were,” she said. They expected the frustration. But they didn’t expect to have the psychological effects, to be lonely, to be panicked, the anxiety, literally heart palpitationsB12.
“Technology provides the social network for young people today and they have spent their entire lives being ‘plugged in’.”
Q&A
1. When forced to unplug from technology for a whole day, most students would not feel .
A. happy B. isolation
C. jitteryD. paranoid
2. What is the title of the research?
A. Student Addiction
B. Plugged In
C. The World Unplugged
D. Withdrawal
注释：①withdrawal：撤退、撤出；
②gadget：小机械、小器具；
③cold turkey：突然完全戒赌或戒烟；
④isolation：隔离、与世隔绝；
⑤laptop：便携式电脑；
⑥craving：渴望、渴求；
⑦crackhead：强效纯可卡因瘾君子；
⑧fretful：烦躁不安的；
⑨panicked：惊慌、恐慌；
⑩jittery：神经过敏的、战战兢兢的；
B11paranoid：多疑的、患妄想症的；
B12palpitations：心悸。
Q&A答案 1. A 2. C.
资料来源 中国日报
注释编辑 桑 实
责任编辑 张丹凤