在練習(xí)題中學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)閱讀技巧（1）

Being plugged into an iPod is a hallmark of adolescence, but a new study suggests that teens who spend too much time listening to music may be at higher risk of depression.

The study, led by Brian, an assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, found that teens who reported listening to music more often were at higher risk of having major depressive disorder (MDD)， compared with teens who listened to music less frequently. And they had an 80 percent higher risk of depression, the study found.

The study didn't measure total listening times, but based on previous data, the study authors estimated that teens in the highest-use group were likely listening to music for at least four or five hours a day.

"At this point, it is not clear whether depressed people begin to listen to more music to escape, or whether listening to large amounts of music can lead to depression, or both," said Brian in a statement. By contrast, researchers found that reading books had the opposite association: with increase in time spent reading, teens' risk of depression dropped 50 percent.

For the study, the researchers surveyed 106 participants aged seven to 17 for two months; 46 participants had been previously diagnosed with depression. Of all the media reported, only music showed significant associations with increased depression risk, after researchers controlled for factors like age, sex and ethnicity. But that doesn't necessarily mean that music causes depression - for some depressed teens, music may even help.

【內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】

文章首先介紹青少年整日與iPod為伴這一事實(shí)，并指出聽(tīng)音樂(lè)太久更易陷入憂郁。

接著文章闡述了這一結(jié)果的研究過(guò)程，即實(shí)踐觀測(cè)。

【詞匯短語(yǔ)講解】

①plug into 收聽(tīng)，收看，接通，把（電器）插頭插入

②at risk of  有……的危險(xiǎn)，  at higher/lower risk of  某某的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)更高/更低

③by contrast 相反，相比之下

【快速閱讀支招】

在平常空余時(shí)間里我們要有意識(shí)地多閱讀英文讀物，比如英文報(bào)刊，英文小說(shuō)等，由淺入深，由易到難，逐漸培養(yǎng)對(duì)英語(yǔ)閱讀的興趣和技巧。同時(shí)，多閱讀可以增加自己的詞匯量、文化背景知識(shí)，提高閱讀速度，和培養(yǎng)良好的閱讀習(xí)慣等。