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1Unplugging Your Life 你的生活不插电2Unplugging Your Life 你的生活不插电Living without the Media 在没有网络媒体的世界中生活Read the text below and do the activity that follows. 阅读下面的短文，然后完成练习：Are you a media addict who would go mad after two hours without TV, friend requests, exciting online games and your mobile – or would you easily survive?Recently, university students around the world were asked to volunteer in a global experiment called Unplugged. It was designed to see how young people would react if they were asked to observe a total media ban by unplugging all forms of media devices for 24 hours.Unplugged is being run by Dr Roman Gerodimos, a lecturer in Communication and Journalism at Bournemouth University. The experiment is now over but he doesn't yet know the full findings .However, during the experiment, Dr Gerodimos said there were already signs of how much the exercise affected volunteers. He said: "They're reporting withdrawal symptoms , overeating , feeling nervous, isolated and disconnected ."During their 24-hour ordeal , three of the experiment's guinea pigs had to endure one intrusion from the media: a BBC reporter plus cameraman who followed them around for the day. They were asked to write down 100 lines about their day offline , but of course, they all waited until the next day when they had access to their laptops.Elliot Day wrote: "Today, my whole morning routine was thrown up into the air . Despite being aware of the social importance of the media, I was surprised by how empty my life felt without the radio or newspapers."From Caroline Scott, we read: "I didn't expect it, but being deprived of the media for 24 hours resulted in my day-to-day activities becoming so much harder to carry out than usual… I didn't break out in a cold sweat like our lecturer expected us all to, but it's not something I would like to do again!"And Charlotte Gay wrote: "I have to say the most difficult item for me to be without has been my mobile; not only is it a social gadget , it's my main access point of communication."Earlier in the year, a UK government study found that in the UK we spend about half our waking hours using the media, often plugged into several things at once. And a recent study by Nielson found that on average, US teenagers send and receive over 3,000 texts per month – that's about six texts per waking hour.So, with technology continuing to develop at an alarming rate, how much time will you set aside for sleep in the future?3Glossary 词汇表addict – 有…瘾的人 friend request – 好友请求to observe – 尝试去做某事 unplugging – 停止（原意指拔掉插头） the full findings – 完整的调查结果withdrawal symptom - 脱瘾症状(戒除某习惯时所引起的痛苦和不适) overeating – 过度饱食isolated – 与世隔绝的to be disconnected – （与现实）分离的 ordeal – 煎熬 guinea pig – 参加试验的人 to endure – 忍受 intrusion – 入侵offline – 脱机的to be thrown up into the air – 被打乱 to be deprived of – 不能使用 to break out into a cold sweat – 吓得浑身冒冷汗gadget – 小工具 waking hours – 醒着的时间to set aside – 留出来1. Reading Quiz 阅读测验Are these sentences true or false? Circle the correct answer.以下句子哪句是真?哪句是假？请圈出正确答案。

1. Unplugged only used students in the UK.True / False2. Dr Gerodimos's findings following the Unplugged experiment are conclusive.True / False3. Media devices help people to organise their day-to-day lives.True / False4. The 24-hour media ban affected Caroline Scott's temperature.True / False5. People in the UK spend about half the time while they are awake using themedia.True / False42. Expressions Using the Word 'Hour' 和单词 ‘Hour’ 连用的短语a) In the article the expression 'our waking hours' was used, meaning the time when we are awake rather than sleeping. Below are some moreexpressions that use the word 'hour' or 'hours'. Match each expression with its definition.在今天的短文里，我们学习了短语 ‘our waking hours’ 我们醒着的时间。

下面的短语都用到了单词 ‘hour’ 或 ‘hours’. 请把这些短语和其正确解释连线。

1. someone's finest hour a. the time when a company isallowed to sell alcoholic drinks.2. in someone's hour of need b. the time when employees stopwork to eat lunch.3. paid by the hour c. the time of day when most peopleare travelling to and from work.4. licensing hours d. the time when we most requirehelp from other people.5. rush hour e. the time when we are at our verybest and feel really proud.6. lunch hour f. a system where workers are onlypaid for the hours they work.b) Now complete the sentences below using the correct expression. You may need to change the expression slightly to fit the grammar of the sentence.请用以上练习中的短语来完成下列句子。