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[澎湖民宿。夏天來了民宿] Shortening Attention Spans

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	本週課文介紹	Shortening Attention Spans Family Skateboarding Amazing Aerogel
	英語達人	英語達人 absurdly, thought-provoking, metaphorically...
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Shortening Attention Spans

SOCIETY / 2009 March 16, 17

Is the Internet affecting our ability to concentrate?

誰害我們專注時間縮短？

網路是否影響到我們專注的能力呢？

The words are almost absurdly provocative: "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" reads the title Atlantic Monthly has used to draw attention— successfully—to Nicholas Carr's new article.

Yes, you suppose, it may be, especially after you read a headline like that on a piece that's a lot more subtle and thought-provoking…

Family Skateboarding

SPORTS / 2009 March 18, 19 Looking for a new hobby? A trip to the skate park is fun for the entire family 全家滑板總動員想培養新嗜好嗎？全家到滑板場同樂吧！...


Amazing Aerogel
SCIENCE / 2009 March 20, 21 Discover a substance that collects space particles flying faster than a speeding bullet 神奇的氣凝膠見識這種能捕捉速度比子彈還快的高速飛行太空粒子的物質... [詳全文]

英語達人

Q1: covet (v) a) desire b) repair c) conceal d) resist Q2: jump on the bandwagon (idiom) a) dive into the pool b) forget the past c) blow a horn d) follow a trend 解答請至《活動快遞》

absurdly, thought-provoking, metaphorically...

absurdly (adv) ridiculously 可笑地；荒謬地 Jennifer thought the small handbag in the store was absurdly expensive. thought-provoking (adj) making people think a lot about a subject 引人深思的 The professor's thought-provoking class gave his students much to discuss. metaphorically (adv) in a manner that describes something by referring to something else that has similar characteristics 比喻地；隱喻地 Jonah spoke metaphorically when he said New York City was a jungle. navigate (v) to carefully make your way across something, usually with difficulty 通過；航行 George needs a map to navigate around the city. fine-tune (v) to make very small changes to something in order to make it work as well as possible 微調；調整 The groom wants to fine-tune his speech until it's perfect.