英語聽力文摘502 “懶惰”的年輕人

M: Kids these days! They have no respect; they don't know the value of dollar;they can't pay attention to anything for long.

F: Actually, that last one may be true. Well,the older generation always complains about kids. But researchers who study the effects of television actually have data to suggest that young people today don’t pay attention in the way their parents do.

M: What's the connection to TV?

F: Annie Lang and her colleagues at Indiana University have done a series of studies in which college-age people and middle-aged people were shown a string of t.v. and movie clips. In one trial, they showed images that changed at a fast rate — over eleven shots every thirty seconds.

Other trials had images that changed at slower rates — five to six changes, or zero to three changes, every thirty seconds. People from all three groups were quizzed after watching the videos to see how much they could remember.

M: The results?

F: The results differed depending on a couple of factors, such as how arousing the images themselves were. But in general they found that young people have a much harder time than adults in paying attention to, and remembering, slower-moving material.

M:I knew it, those lazy kids!

F: It’s not quite laziness. They try, but slow material is hard for them. And adults fared worse at remembering fast-moving material.

男：現在的小孩子們不懂得尊重(別人)，不知道錢的價值，也不能把注意力長時間放在一件事上。

女：事實上，最后一個或許是真的。上一代人老是抱怨孩子。但是研究電視(對人的)影響的研究人員真的有數據可以證實現在的年輕人并不能像他們的父母一樣集中注意力。

男：跟電視有什么關系?

女：印第安納大學的Annie Lang和他的同事們對做了一系列的研究。(研究人員給)大學年齡層的年輕人和中年人展示了一系列的電視節(jié)目和電影剪輯。他們一組用很每30秒超過11次的速度快速給他們展示了圖像。另兩組，他們又以更慢—— 每30秒5到6次或是0到3次的速度(展示)。 看完錄像后，三組人會被測試能記憶多少內容。

男：結果是?

女：結果受一些因素的影響而有所不同。比如說圖像本身振奮人心的程度。但是總的來說，研究人員發(fā)現未成年人比成年人更難對慢速移動的東西集中注意力并且記憶住。

男：我知道了，懶惰的孩子們!

女：也不一定是懶惰。他們有嘗試，但是(運動)慢的東西對他們來說很難(集中注意力并且記憶住)。而成年人在記憶快速移動的東西上更遭。