情景交际-你有资讯癖
英语课
A: can't bear it, right? I've been there before. I'll feel uncomfortable if no one calls me or sends me text messages, like there is something missing.
R: yeah, that's right. If no one sends me tect messages, I'll go crazy.
A: actually, this is a kind of addiction 1 called "information" or "information overload 2".
R: addiction? checking emails and text messages often can be called an addiction? no way!
A: yes, it is. Do you consider a frequent check of your income emails to be an integral part of your working day?
R: aboslutely.
A: do you have your cell phone with you wherever you go and check text messages and phone calls from time to time?
R: yeah, it's a must. Otherwise,I may miss important phone calls and text messages.
A: do you open all your IM tools whenever you're using a computer?
R: yes. MSN, QQ, Skype, Google Talk, Ali wangwang, everything, so that I'll be in touch with all friends and relatives.
A: now I can tell you're definitely addicted 3 to the overflow 4 of information.
n.上瘾入迷，嗜好
- He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
- Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。
vt.使超载；n.超载
- Don't overload the boat or it will sink.别超载，否则船会沉。
- Large meals overload the digestive system.吃得太饱会加重消化系统的负担。
adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的
- He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
- She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。