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A Not a single email until now? it's already twelve o'clock. I can't believe it!
还没有人给我发邮件?已经过了12点了,真是难以置信!
B 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.
受不了了,是吧?我也遇到过这种情况.如果没有人给我打电话,发短信,我会觉得不舒服,跟少了点什么的.
A Yeah, that's right. If no one sends me text messages, I'll go crazy.
对.如果没人给我发短信,我肯定受不了.
B Actually, this is a kind of addiction called 'informania' or 'information overload'.
实际上,这是一种上瘾的症状,叫做"咨询癖",或者是"资讯超载".
A Addiction? checking emails and text messages often can be called an addiction? no way!
上瘾?经常查看邮件和短信也叫上瘾?不可能吧?
B Yes, it is. Do you consider a frequent check of your in-coming emails to be an integral part of your working day?
没错,就是上瘾.你觉得,频繁查询邮箱的邮件是工作中必不可少的一部分吗?
A Aboslutely.
没错.
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