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Longago,peoplebelievedthatinthefuturewewouldworklesshavemorefreetimeandgetmorerelaxed.1
Todayweworkharderworklongerhoursandhavemorestressesthantenyearsago.walkWefasterfasterandsleeplessthanpreviousgenerations.talkAndalthoughweusemachinesthatsaveustimehavelessfreetimethanourparentsandgrandparents.2AnAmericanjournalistweJamesGleickinanewbooksaysthatpeoplearesufferingfrom“hurrysickness”-we’retrying9todomorethingsinlesstime.Asaresultourlivesarestressful.Hesaysthatifwedon’tslowdownwewon’tliveaslongasourparents.3
Newspaperarticlestodayareshorterandtheheadlinesarebigger.Mostpeopledon’thaveenoughtimetoreadthearticlestheyonlyreadtheheadlines.TVandtheradiosoOnnewsreadersspeakmorequicklythantenyearsago.IntheUSAthereisabookcalledOne-MinuteBedtimeStoriesforchildren.Theseareshorterversions(版本)oftraditionalstoriesspeciallywrittenfor“busyparents”whowanttosavetime!Someanswerphonesnowhave“quickplayback”buttonssothatwecanreplaypeople’smessagesfaster-wecan’twastetimelisteningtopeoplespeakingatthenormalspeed!4Tenyearsagowhenpeoplewenttoartgalleriestheyspentsecondslookingateachpicture.Todaytheyspendjustthreeseconds!Nowadaysmanypeoplepreferfasteranddynamicsportslikebasketball.
5Ourcarsarefasterbutthetrafficisworse.sowedrivemoreslowly.Wespendmoretimesittinginourcarsfeelingstressed.Expertspredictthatintenyearstheaveragespeedontheroadincitieswillbeonly17km/h.
A.Peopledidn’tfeelstressedtenyearsago.
B.Butunluckily,thishasnothappenedyet.
C.Evenwhenwerelaxwedoeverythingmorequickly.
D.Butwhatisthisdoingtoourhealth?
E.Formostpeople,fasterdoesn’tmeanbetter.
F.Theonlythingthatisslowerthanbeforeisthewaywedrive.
G.Noweverythingisfasterthanbefore,whichbringsusmoreconvenience.