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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 。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。re not succeeding. Therefore everyone wants to have a little bit of this stress to show they39。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。t got a vacancy in his office when he set the condition.Unit 61. What did we use to expect from technology? We used to think that 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 office one day? He called at his namesake39。t. Because his personal experience tells him this is wrong.2. What was Edward Burton by profession? How did he look? He was a merchant and had been in business in Japan for many years. He was a tiny little fellow, not much more than five feet four in height, and very slender, with white hair, a red face much wrinkled, and blue eyes.3. What struck the narrator most about Edward Burton? Why? Edward Burton had done something the narrator could never have believed he would, unless he had heard the story from his own lips. Both in appearance and manner he suggested the type of character you would not associate with such an action.4. Who was Lenny Burton? How did Edward Burton get to know him? Lenny