小編寄語(yǔ)：英語(yǔ)四級(jí)六級(jí)考試，閱讀是不可或缺的一大部分，生詞多，理解難，時(shí)間少，是不少考生抱怨的問(wèn)題。要想在考場(chǎng)上做好閱讀理解，必須在平常多閱讀，掌握新詞匯，提高閱讀速度。而滬江小編就為大家準(zhǔn)備了閱讀材料系列，供大家練習(xí)。

我們的這個(gè)閱讀系列旨在為大家提供一些閱讀材料，不一定跟四六級(jí)考試的難度、篇幅、內(nèi)容完全一樣。對(duì)于很多童鞋糾結(jié)這是四級(jí)還是六級(jí)范圍的閱讀，其實(shí)沒(méi)有必要。如果大家覺(jué)得比較簡(jiǎn)單，就當(dāng)作泛讀材料了解了解，認(rèn)識(shí)幾個(gè)新單詞或新表達(dá)方式也不錯(cuò)。如果大家覺(jué)得這些材料理解上有難度，不妨當(dāng)做挑戰(zhàn)自己的拔高訓(xùn)練，希望大家都有進(jìn)步^^

【今日推薦閱讀】

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?？沼鄷r(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。

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