托福詞匯之“數(shù)字失憶digital amnesia”

          Digital amnesia refers to the inability to remember basic things, such as telephone numbers, dates, how to get somewhere without a GPS, or how to do math without using a calculator, etc. as a result of over-reliance on mobile phones and the Internet for storing information.

          新通教育老師介紹：“數(shù)字失憶癥”指因?yàn)檫^度依賴手機(jī)和互聯(lián)網(wǎng)儲(chǔ)存信息而導(dǎo)致的基本記憶能力喪失，比如，連手機(jī)號(hào)碼、約會(huì)日期等基本事項(xiàng)都記不住，沒有導(dǎo)航就不知道怎么到達(dá)目的地，沒有計(jì)算器就不會(huì)算術(shù)，等等。

          Survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab showed that 91 percent of consumers can easily admit their dependency on the Internet and devices as a tool for remembering and an extension of their brain.

          由卡巴斯基實(shí)驗(yàn)室進(jìn)行的調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，91%的消費(fèi)者坦承依賴互聯(lián)網(wǎng)和數(shù)字設(shè)備作為記憶和大腦存儲(chǔ)功能的延伸。>>>了解更多托福高頻詞匯

          The findings also suggest that our inability to retain important information is due to the fact that we are handing over responsibility for remembering it to digital devices.

          該調(diào)查結(jié)果也顯示，我們無法記住重要信息是因?yàn)槲覀儼延洃浶畔⒌墓δ芏嫁D(zhuǎn)移給了數(shù)字設(shè)備。

          Almost half (44%) of survey participants say that their smartphone holds almost everything they need to know or recall.
          接近一半(44%)的受調(diào)查者表示他們的智能手機(jī)里存儲(chǔ)著他們需要記住的所有事項(xiàng)。