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【正文】 technology would make our lives easier.2. In what ways have inventions such as the motorcar and the aircraft brought us benefits? And what about the advent of washing machines? Inventions such as the motorcar and the aircraft have offered us unimaginable levels of personal mobility. Washing machines have freed women from having to toil over the laundry.3. What new burdens has technology produced apart from cramming work into our leisure time? According to the author, aside from allowing work to spread into our leisure time, technology has also added the new burden of dealing with faxes, s and voics.4. How fast is information generated today as pared to a couple of centuries ago? A couple of centuries ago, nearly all the world39。s accumulated learning could be contained in the heads of a few philosophers. Today, those heads could not hope to acmodate more than a tiny fraction of the information generated in a single day.5. What is Edward Wilson39。s purpose in subscribing to sixtyodd journals and magazines? His purpose is to keep him up with what is going on in his specialized field entomology.6. What gives rise to our discontent with super abundance? The confusion of endless choice.7. Is everyone timestarved today? What percentage of the population is suffering under the stresses and strains of life today? No. About half the population is suffering under the stresses and strains of life today.8. What is stress envy, as conceived by Paul Edwards? According to Paul Edwards, lots of people have a sense that if you39。re not stressed, you39。re not succeeding. Therefore everyone wants to have a little bit of this stress to show they39。re an important person.9. How much free time has the average American gained since the mid1960s? How are the gains distributed between the sexes? The average American has gained five hours a week in free time since the mid1960s. The gains are unevenly distributed between the sexes.10. What is meant by the growth of the worklife debate? It is meant that there are more and more debates on how many years people should work and whether long hours or shorter hours working policies should be adopted, etc11. What does Godbey mean by saying It39。s the kid in the candy store? Here Godbey makes a parison. The kid in the candy store is more often than not attracted by a wide variety of good candies and doesn39。t know which to choose. This is true of us, too. There are so many good things to do, but we don39。t have enough time to do them all.12. What remedy does the author offer for time stress? The author points out that a more successful remedy may lie in understanding the problem rather than evading it. We should have fewer desires and set boundaries for ourselves. 專業(yè)整理分享
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