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①The goal of this book is to make the case for digital minimalism, including a detailed exploration of what it asks and why it works, and then to teach you how to adopt this philosophy if you decide it's right for you.
(Key words of Para.1: _______________________________________________________________ )
②To do so I divided the book into two parts. In part one I describe the philosophical foundations of digital minimalism, starting with an examination of the forces that are making so many people's digital lives increasingly intolerable, before moving on to a detailed discussion of the digital minimalism philosophy.
③Part one concludes by introducing my suggested method for adopting this philosophy: the digital declutter. This process requires you to step away from optional online activities for thirty days. At the end of the thirty days, you will then add back a small number of carefully chosen online activities that you believe will provide massive benefits to the things you value.
④In the final chapter of part one, I'll guide you through carrying out your own digital declutter. In doing so, I'll draw on an experiment I ran in 2018 in which over 1,600 people agreed to perform a digital declutter. You'll hear these participants’ stories and learn what strategies worked well for them, and what traps they encountered that you should avoid.
⑤The second part of this book takes a closer look at some ideas that will help you cultivate (培养) a sustainable digital minimalism lifestyle. In these chapters, I examine issues such as the importance of solitude(独处)and the necessity of cultivating high-quality leisure to replace the time most now spend on mindless device use. Each chapter concludes with a collection of practices, which are designed to help you act on the big ideas of the chapter. You can view these practices as a toolbox meant to aid your efforts to build a minimalist lifestyle that works for your particular circumstances.
After-Reading Questions
1. Devide Para.2-5 into two parts.
_______________________________________________________________________________________
2. Summarize briefly the two parts of the book.
Part One:_________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Part Two:_________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
字词积累
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make the case for digital minimalism - ____________________________________
____________________________________ - 详细探讨
____________ this philosophy - 采纳这种哲学 (n. ____________ )
philosophical ____________________ - 哲学基础
an examination of the forces - ____________________
_________________________ - 日益无法忍受 (v. tolerate(=put up with)-- n. toleration--adj. tolerant)
____________________ - 继续讨论 (=proceed to)
____________________ -以...结束
(_________________________________________________________. 我从自己的经历中得出这个结论。)
__________________________ optional online activities - 远离_____________在线活动
_______________________ - 精心挑选(__________________________ 有精美插图的)
______________________________ - 提供巨大好处
___________________ - 执行 (= ____________________)
draw on - ________________ (= ________________________________________)
_________an experiment - 进行实验
____________________ - 参与者 (____________________ 参与---n. ____________________)
______________ - 策略 (adj. ________________ 有策略的---adv.__________________)
work well for - ________________
_______________________ - 更仔细地观察
______________________________ - 培养可持续的生活方式 (_________________ n.可持续性)
the importance of solitude - ___________的重要性
__________________ - n. 必要性 (adj. ________________ )
____________________________________ - 培养高质量的休闲
mindless device use - ________________________________
_______________________ - 旨在 (= _____________/ __________________...)
act on the big ideas - ______________________________
___________...as... - 将...视为...(=______________________________________________________)
aid your efforts - _____________________________________
work for your particular circumstances - ____________________________
_______________________ - 批判性思维
______________ a simple digital lifestyle - 倡导简约的数字生活方式(_____________ n. 拥护者,支持者)
_____________ philosophical problems - 解决哲学问题 (_________________ n.解决方法)
____________________ the use of a digital device - 促进数字设备的使用
theoretical models - _________________ (theory n. 理论 in theory_________________)
statistical methods - _________________(statistics n. /stəˈtɪs.tɪks/ ________________statistician n. 数据学家)
historical analyses -___________________
evaluate - ________________ (=assess/rank/rate)
identify the ideas - ____________________
文中长难句二次开发
1. The goal of this book is ______________(make) the case for digital minimalism, including a detailed exploration of _________ it asks and ____________ it works, and then _______________ you how to adopt this philosophy if you decide it's right for you.
2. In part one I describe the philosophical ____________________(foundation) of digital minimalism, __________(start)with an examination of the forces ___________ are making so many people's digital lives ________________(increasing) intolerable, before moving on ________ a ________________(detail) discussion of the digital minimalism philosophy.
3. Part one concludes by _________________(introduce) my _______________(suggest) method for adopting this philosophy: the digital declutter.
4. _________ the end of the thirty days, you will then add back a small number of carefully _________(chose) online activities _________ you believe will provide massive benefits to the things you value.
5. In doing so, I'll draw______ an experiment I ran in 2018 ____ which over 1,600 people agreed to perform a digital declutter. You'll hear these ______________(participate) stories and learn _________ strategies worked well for them, and what __________(trap) they encountered that you should avoid.
6. The second part of this book takes a __________(close) look at some ideas that will help you cultivate (培养) a __________________(sustain) digital minimalism lifestyle. In these chapters, I examine issues such as the importance of solitude(独处)and the ____________(necessary) of cultivating high-quality leisure_________(replace) the time most now spend on mindless device use. Each chapter concludes with a collection of practices, which___________(design) to help you act ______ the big ideas of the chapter. You can view these practices as a toolbox ______________(mean) to aid your efforts to build a minimalist lifestyle that works for your particular circumstances.
题目:
28. What is the book aimed at?
A. Teaching critical thinking skills. B. Advocating a simple digital lifestyle.
C. Solving philosophical problems. D. Promoting the use of a digital device.
29. What does the underlined word “declutter” in paragraph 3 mean?
A. Clear-up. B. Add-on. C. Check-in. D. Take-over.
30. What is presented in the final chapter of part one?
A. Theoretical models. B. Statistical methods. C. Practical examples. D. Historical analyses.
31. What does the author suggest readers do with the practices offered in part two?
A. Use them as needed. B. Recommend them to friends.
C. Evaluate their effects. D. Identify the ideas behind them.
D
①On March 7, 1907, the English statistician Francis Galton published a paper which illustrated what has come to be known as the “wisdom of crowds” effect. The experiment of estimation he conducted showed that in some cases, the average of a large number of independent estimates could be quite accurate.
②This effect capitalizes on the fact that when people make errors, those errors aren’t always the same. Some people will tend to overestimate, and come to underestimate. When enough of these errors are averaged together, they cancel each other out, resulting in a more accurate estimate. If people are similar and tend to make the same errors, then their errors won’t cancel each other out. In more technical terms, the wisdom of crowds requires that people’s estimates be independent. If for whatever reasons, people’s errors become correlated or dependent, the accuracy of the estimate will go down.
③But a new study led by Joaquin Navajas offered an interesting twist (转折) on this classic phenomenon.
(What does “this classic phenomenon” refer to? )
④The key finding of the study was that when crowds were further divided into smaller groups that were allowed to have a discussion, the averages from these groups were more accurate than those from an equal number of independent individuals. For instance, the average obtained from the estimates of four discussion groups of five was significantly more accurate than the average obtained from 20 independent individuals.
⑤In a follow-up study with 100 university students, the researchers tried to get a better sense of what the group members actually did in their discussion. Did they tend to go with those most confident about their estimates? Did they follow those least willing to change their minds? This happened some of the time, but it wasn’t the dominant response. Most frequently, the groups reported that they “shared arguments and reasoned together.” Somehow, these arguments and reasoning resulted in a global reduction in error.
⑥Although the studies led by Navajas have limitations and many questions remain, the potential implications for group discussion and decision-making are enormous.
字词积累
statistician - _____________ (statistics n. /stəˈtɪs.tɪks/ ________________ statistical adj. _____________ )
publish a paper - _____________________
_________ the experiment - 进行实验 (= _____________ 执行/_________)
estimation - n. ___________(estimate v. ____________;n. _____________)
in some cases - ___________________
_____________ - 准确的(n. _____________ 准确性 inaccurate _____________ )
capital on - _____________
_____________ - 倾向于
overestimate - _____________
underestimate - _____________
cancel out - _____________
_____________ - 导致 (=______________________ )
in more technical terms - ____________________
_____________ - n.智慧 (adj. __________ 明智的)
correlate - _________ ( be correlated with 与...相关)
offer an interesting____________ - 提供了一个有趣的转折
______________________ - 被划分为
_____________ - 个体 (可数名词);个体的
_______________ - 从...获得 (= attain/ acquire /achieve)
_______________ - 显著地 (______________________________________)
follow-up study - _____________
____________________ - 更好地理解
go with - ______________________
_______________________- 最不愿意
_______________________ - 主导反应
______________________ - 最频繁地
reason - v. ________________ n. 理由
a global ______________ in error - 全球范围内的错误减少
________________ - n. 局限性
__________________________ - 潜在影响
___________________- 巨大的 (= massive)
underlying logic - _____________________
the cause _____ - ...的原因 (=_____________________...)
relatively - _________________
________________ - adj. 偶尔的 (__________________ =______________ adv.偶尔地)
_______________ - 主导的 (n. __________________)
dismissive - ____________________ (be dismissive ____________..)
approving - __________ (______________ 不同意的 n. __________________________她同意地点点头)
长难句二次开发
1. _______ March 7, 1907, the English statistician Francis Galton published ______ paper which illustrated
___________ has come to be known as the “wisdom of crowds” effect.
2. This effect capitalizes on the fact that _________ people make errors, those errors aren’t always the same.
3. When enough of these errors________________(average) together, they cancel each other out, __________
(result) in a more accurate estimate.
4. ____ more technical terms, the ___________(wise) of crowds requires that people’s estimates be independent. If ______ whatever reasons, people’s errors become correlated _____ dependent, the __________
(accurate) of the estimate will go down.
5. The key finding of the study was that when crowds were further divided into _________(small) groups that were allowed to have a discussion, the averages from these groups were more accurate than ________(that) from an equal number of independent _______________(individual). For instance, the average ___________
(obtain) from the estimates of four discussion groups of five was _______________(significant) more accurate than the average ____________(obtain) from 20 independent individuals.
6. In a follow-up study with 100 university students, the researchers tried to get a better sense of ________ the group members actually did in their discussion. Did they tend _________(go) with those most confident about their estimates? Did they follow those least willing to change their minds? This happened some of the time, but it wasn’t the _____________(dominate) response. Most frequently, the groups reported that they “shared arguments and ______________(reason) together.” Somehow, these arguments and reasoning resulted in a global _______________(reduce) in error.
题目
32. What is paragraph 2 of the text mainly about?
A. The methods of estimation. B. The underlying logic of the effect.
C. The causes of people’s errors. D. The design of Galton’s experiment.
33. Navajas’ study found that the average accuracy could increase even if________
A. the crowds were relatively small B. there were occasional underestimates
C. individuals did not communicate D. estimates were not fully independent
34. What did the follow-up study focus on?
A. The size of the groups. B. The dominant members
C. The discussion process. D. The individual estimates.
35. What is the author’s attitude toward Navajas’ studies?
A. Unclear. B. Dismissive. C. Doubtful. D. Approving.
Keys: C
①The goal of this book is to make the case for digital minimalism, including a detailed exploration of what it asks and why it works, and then to teach you how to adopt this philosophy if you decide it's right for you.
(Key words of Para.1: goal---digital minimalism (explore+teach) )
②To do so I divided the book into two parts. In part one I describe the philosophical foundations of digital minimalism, starting with an examination of the forces that are making so many people's digital lives increasingly intolerable, before moving on to a detailed discussion of the digital minimalism philosophy.
③Part one concludes by introducing my suggested method for adopting this philosophy: the digital declutter. This process requires you to step away from optional online activities for thirty days. At the end of the thirty days, you will then add back a small number of carefully chosen online activities that you believe will provide massive benefits to the things you value.
④In the final chapter of part one, I'll guide you through carrying out your own digital declutter. In doing so, I'll draw on an experiment I ran in 2018 in which over 1,600 people agreed to perform a digital declutter. You'll hear these participants’ stories and learn what strategies worked well for them, and what traps they encountered that you should avoid.
⑤The second part of this book takes a closer look at some ideas that will help you cultivate (培养) a sustainable digital minimalism lifestyle. In these chapters, I examine issues such as the importance of solitude(独处)and the necessity of cultivating high-quality leisure to replace the time most now spend on mindless device use. Each chapter concludes with a collection of practices, which are designed to help you act on the big ideas of the chapter. You can view these practices as a toolbox meant to aid your efforts to build a minimalist lifestyle that works for your particular circumstances.
After-Reading Questions
1. Devide Para.2-5 into two parts.
Part One (para.2-4)/ Part Two (Para.5)
2. Summarize briefly the two parts of the book.
Part One dives into the philosophical foundations of digital minimalism, examining the negative forces affecting digital lives. It concludes with the digital declutter process, encouraging readers to take a thirty-day break from optional online activities and selectively reintroduce beneficial ones.
Part Two offers practical strategies for maintaining a sustainable digital minimalism lifestyle, emphasizing the importance of solitude and high-quality leisure. It provides actionable practices to help readers implement the concepts discussed and adapt them to their individual situations.
C. Evaluate their effects. D. Identify the ideas behind them.
字词积累
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make the case for digital minimalism - 为数字简约主义辩护
a detailed exploration of - 详细探讨
adopt this philosophy - 采纳这种哲学 (n. adpotion )
philosophical foundations - 哲学基础
an examination of the forces - 对力量的考察
increasingly intolerable - 日益无法忍受 (v. tolerate(=put up with)-- n. toleration--adj. tolerant)
move on to - 继续讨论 (=proceed to)
conclude by -以...结束 (I conclude this lesson from my own experience. 我从自己的经历中得出这个结论。)
step away from optional online activities - 远离可选的在线活动
carefully chosen - 精心挑选(beautifully illustrated 有精美插图的)
provide massive benefits - 提供巨大好处
carry out - 执行 (= conduct)
draw on - 借鉴 (= take advantage of/ make use of/ utilize)
run an experiment - 进行实验
participant - 参与者 (participate in 参与---n. participation )
strategy - 策略 (adj. strategic 有策略的---adv. strategically )
work well for - 对...有效
take a closer look at - 更仔细地观察
cultivate a sustainable lifestyle - 培养可持续的生活方式 (sustainability n.可持续性)
the importance of solitude - 独处的重要性
necessity - n. 必要性 (adj. necessary )
cultivate high-quality leisure - 培养高质量的休闲
mindless device use - 无意识的设备使用
be designed to - 旨在 (= be meant to/ be intended to...)
act on the big ideas - 付诸实践重要的想法
view...as... - 将...视为...(=refer to ...as.../regard...as.../consider...as...)
aid your efforts - 帮助你的努力,支持你的工作
work for your particular circumstances - 对你特定情况有效
critical thinking - 批判性思维
advocate a simple digital lifestyle - 倡导简约的数字生活方式(advocate n. 拥护者,支持者)
solve philosophical problems - 解决哲学问题 (solution n.解决方法)
promote the use of a digital device - 促进数字设备的使用
theoretical models - 理论模型 (theory n. 理论 in theory 在理论上)
statistical methods - 统计方法 (statistics n. /stəˈtɪs.tɪks/ 统计学,统计数据)
historical analyses - 历史分析
evaluate - 评估 (=assess/rank/rate)
identify the ideas - 确定想法
文中长难句二次开发
1. The goal of this book is to make the case for digital minimalism, including a detailed exploration of what it asks and why it works, and then to teach you how to adopt this philosophy if you decide it's right for you.
2. In part one I describe the philosophical foundations of digital minimalism, starting with an examination of the forces that are making so many people's digital lives increasingly intolerable, before moving on to a detailed discussion of the digital minimalism philosophy.
3. Part one concludes by introducing my suggested method for adopting this philosophy: the digital declutter.
4. At the end of the thirty days, you will then add back a small number of carefully chosen online activities that you believe will provide massive benefits to the things you value.
5. In doing so, I'll draw on an experiment I ran in 2018 in which over 1,600 people agreed to perform a digital declutter. You'll hear these participants’ stories and learn what strategies worked well for them, and what traps they encountered that you should avoid.
6. The second part of this book takes a closer look at some ideas that will help you cultivate (培养) a sustainable digital minimalism lifestyle. In these chapters, I examine issues such as the importance of solitude(独处)and the necessity of cultivating high-quality leisure to replace the time most now spend on mindless device use. Each chapter concludes with a collection of practices, which are designed to help you act on the big ideas of the chapter. You can view these practices as a toolbox meant to aid your efforts to build a minimalist lifestyle that works for your particular circumstances.
题目
28. What is the book aimed at?
A. Teaching critical thinking skills. B. Advocating a simple digital lifestyle.
C. Solving philosophical problems. D. Promoting the use of a digital device.
29. What does the underlined word “declutter” in paragraph 3 mean?
A. Clear-up. B. Add-on. C. Check-in. D. Take-over.
30. What is presented in the final chapter of part one?
A. Theoretical models. B. Statistical methods.
C. Practical examples. D. Historical analyses.
31. What does the author suggest readers do with the practices offered in part two?
A. Use them as needed. B. Recommend them to friends.
C. Evaluate their effects. D. Identify the ideas behind them.
D
①On March 7, 1907, the English statistician Francis Galton published a paper which illustrated what has come to be known as the “wisdom of crowds” effect. The experiment of estimation he conducted showed that in some cases, the average of a large number of independent estimates could be quite accurate.
②This effect capitalizes on the fact that when people make errors, those errors aren’t always the same. Some people will tend to overestimate, and come to underestimate. When enough of these errors are averaged together, they cancel each other out, resulting in a more accurate estimate. If people are similar and tend to make the same errors, then their errors won’t cancel each other out. In more technical terms, the wisdom of crowds requires that people’s estimates be independent. If for whatever reasons, people’s errors become correlated or dependent, the accuracy of the estimate will go down.
③But a new study led by Joaquin Navajas offered an interesting twist (转折) on this classic phenomenon.
(What does “this classic phenomenon” refer to? )
④The key finding of the study was that when crowds were further divided into smaller groups that were allowed to have a discussion, the averages from these groups were more accurate than those from an equal number of independent individuals. For instance, the average obtained from the estimates of four discussion groups of five was significantly more accurate than the average obtained from 20 independent individuals.
⑤In a follow-up study with 100 university students, the researchers tried to get a better sense of what the group members actually did in their discussion. Did they tend to go with those most confident about their estimates? Did they follow those least willing to change their minds? This happened some of the time, but it wasn’t the dominant response. Most frequently, the groups reported that they “shared arguments and reasoned together.” Somehow, these arguments and reasoning resulted in a global reduction in error.
⑥Although the studies led by Navajas have limitations and many questions remain, the potential implications for group discussion and decision-making are enormous.
字词积累
statistician - 统计学家 (statistics n. /stəˈtɪs.tɪks/ 统计学,统计数据 statistical adj. 统计的,数据的)
publish a paper - 发表了一篇论文
conduct the experiment - 进行实验 (= carry out 执行/run)
estimation - n. 估计(estimate v. 估计,估算;n. 估算值)
in some cases - 在某些情况下
accurate - 准确的(n. accuracy 准确性 inaccurate 不准确的)
capital on - 关注于
tend to - 倾向于
overestimate - 过高估计
underestimate - 低估
cancel out - 相互抵消
result in - 导致 (=lead to/ contribute to)
in more technical terms - 用更专业的术语, 更精准地说
wisdom - n.智慧 (adj. wise 明智的)
correlate - 相关 ( be correlated with 与...相关)
offer an interesting twist - 提供了一个有趣的转折
be divided into - 被划分为
individual - 个体 (可数名词);个体的
obtain from - 从...获得 (= attain/ acquire /achieve)
significantly - 显著地 (obviously/ apparently/ clearly/evidently)
follow-up study - 后续研究
get a better sense of - 更好地理解
go with - 选择;伴随
be least willing to - 最不愿意
dominant response - 主导反应
most frequently - 最频繁地
reason - v. 推理,推断;劝服n. 理由
a global reduction in error - 全球范围内的错误减少
limitation - 局限性
potential implications - 潜在影响
enormous - 巨大的 (= massive)
underlying logic - 潜在逻辑
the cause of - ...的原因 (= the reason for ...)
relatively - 相对地
occasional - adj. 偶尔的 (on occasions =occasionally adv.偶尔地)
dominant - 主导的 (n. dominance )
dismissive - 轻蔑的, 不予理会 (be dismissive of...)
approving - 赞同的 (disapproving 不同意的 n. approval: She nodded in approval . 她同意地点点头)
长难句二次开发
1. On March 7, 1907, the English statistician Francis Galton published a paper which illustrated what has come to be known as the “wisdom of crowds” effect.
2. This effect capitalizes on the fact that when people make errors, those errors aren’t always the same.
3. When enough of these errors are averaged together, they cancel each other out, resulting in a more accurate estimate.
4. In more technical terms, the wisdom of crowds requires that people’s estimates be independent. If for whatever reasons, people’s errors become correlated or dependent, the accuracy of the estimate will go down.
5. The key finding of the study was that when crowds were further divided into smaller groups that were allowed to have a discussion, the averages from these groups were more accurate than those from an equal number of independent individuals. For instance, the average obtained from the estimates of four discussion groups of five was significantly more accurate than the average obtained from 20 independent individuals.
6. In a follow-up study with 100 university students, the researchers tried to get a better sense of what the group members actually did in their discussion. Did they tend to go with those most confident about their estimates? Did they follow those least willing to change their minds? This happened some of the time, but it wasn’t the dominant response. Most frequently, the groups reported that they “shared arguments and reasoned together.” Somehow, these arguments and reasoning resulted in a global reduction in error.
题目
32. What is paragraph 2 of the text mainly about?
A. The methods of estimation. B. The underlying logic of the effect.
C. The causes of people’s errors. D. The design of Galton’s experiment.
33. Navajas’ study found that the average accuracy could increase even if________
A. the crowds were relatively small B. there were occasional underestimates
C. individuals did not communicate D. estimates were not fully independent
34. What did the follow-up study focus on?
A. The size of the groups. B. The dominant members
C. The discussion process. D. The individual estimates.
35. What is the author’s attitude toward Navajas’ studies?
A. Unclear. B. Dismissive. C. Doubtful. D. Approving.
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