CET-6 Listening Lecture: Why Heavy Multitaskers Struggle to Focus

Recording Three.

講座三。

Be honest. How many screens are open in front of you right now?

老實說，你面前現在開著幾個螢幕？

Many of us believe we're good at doing several things at once.

我們很多人都以為自己很會一心多用。

In 2009, researchers at Stanford University put this belief to the test.

2009年，史丹佛大學的研究人員檢驗了這種想法。

They surveyed more than two hundred students about their media habits.

他們針對媒體使用習慣調查了兩百多名學生。

Then they compared heavy multitaskers with light ones.

接著，他們把經常一心多用的人和很少這樣做的人拿來比較。

In one task, students had to remember red shapes and ignore blue ones.

在其中一項任務裡，學生要記住紅色圖形，忽略藍色圖形。

The heavy multitaskers were more easily distracted by the blue shapes!

經常一心多用的人，反而更容易被藍色圖形分心！

Even more surprising, they were also slower at switching between tasks!

更讓人驚訝的是，他們在不同任務之間切換也比較慢！

That's exactly the skill you would expect them to be best at.

而這偏偏是大家以為他們最拿手的能力。

The researchers suggested that heavy multitaskers find it harder to filter out what isn't relevant.

研究人員認為，經常一心多用的人比較難過濾掉不相關的資訊。

But the study doesn't show that multitasking causes the problem.

但這項研究並沒有證明是一心多用造成了這個問題。

It's possible that easily distracted people simply multitask more.

也有可能只是容易分心的人比較常一心多用。

Either way, the practical advice is the same.

無論如何，實用的建議都一樣。

When you need to focus, close the extra tabs and put your phone in another room.

需要專心的時候，就把多餘的分頁關掉，手機放到另一個房間。

Questions twenty-two to twenty-five are based on the recording you have just heard.

第22題到第25題根據你剛才聽到的講座。

Question twenty-two. What did the researchers first ask the students about?

第22題。研究人員一開始問了學生什麼？

Question twenty-three. What did the heavy multitaskers find difficult in the shape task?

第23題。在圖形任務中，經常一心多用的人覺得什麼比較困難？

Question twenty-four. Why does the speaker find the task-switching result surprising?

第24題。說話者為什麼覺得任務切換的結果出乎意料？

Question twenty-five. What does the speaker say about the cause of the problem?

第25題。關於問題的原因，說話者怎麼說？

And if you listened to this whole lecture without checking your phone, well done!

如果你聽完整場講座都沒看手機，那真的很厲害！