首页
登录
职称英语
There are more than 300 millions of us in the United States. and sometimes
There are more than 300 millions of us in the United States. and sometimes
游客
2024-05-30
12
管理
问题
There are more than 300 millions of us in the United States. and sometimes it seems like we’re all friends on Face book. But the sad truth is that Americans are lonelier than ever. Between 1985 and 2004, the number of people who said there was no one with whom they discussed important matters tripled, to 25 percent, according to Duke University researchers. Unfortunately, as a new study linking women to increased risk of heart disease shows, all this loneliness can be detrimental to our health.
The bad news doesn’t just affect women. Social isolation in all adults has been linked to a series of physical and mental ailments, including sleep disorders, high blood pressure, and an increased risk of depression and suicide. How lonely you feel today actually predicts how well you’ll sleep tonight and how depressed you’ll feel a year from now, says John T. Cacioppo, a neuroscientist at the University of Chicago and coauthor of Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need .for Social Connection. Studies have shown that loneliness can cause stress levels to rise and can weaken the immune system. Lonely people also tend to have less healthy lifestyles, drinking more alcohol, eating more fattening food, and exercising less than those who are not lonely.
Though more Americans than ever are living alone (25 percent of U.S. households, up from 7 percent in 1940), the connection between single-living and loneliness is in fact quite weak. "Some of the most profound loneliness can happen when other people are present," says Harry Reis, professor of psychology at the University of Rochester. Take college freshmen: even though they’re surrounded by people almost all the time, many feel incredibly isolated during the first quarter of the school year with their friends and family members far away, Cacioppo says. Studies have shown that how lonely freshmen will feel can be predicted by how many miles they are from home. By the second quarter, however, most freshmen have found social replacements for their high-school friends. Unfortunately, as we age, it becomes more difficult to recreate those social relationships. And that can be a big problem as America becomes a more transient society, with and increasing number of Americans who say that they’re willing to move away from home for a job.
Loneliness can be relative: it has been defined as an aversive (反感的) emotional response to a perceived discrepancy between a person’s desired levels of social interaction and the contact they’re actually receiving. People tend to measure themselves against others, feeling particularly alone in communities where social connection is the norm. That’s why collectivist cultures, like those in Southern Europe, have higher levels of loneliness than individualist cultures, Cacioppo says. For the same reason, isolated individuals feel most acutely alone on holidays like Christmas Eve or Thanksgiving, when most people are surrounded by family and friends. [br] For all grown-ups, isolation from society can lead to ______.
选项
答案
a series of physical and mental ailments
解析
根据题干关键词isolation from society.定位到原文第二段第二句:Social isolation in all adults has been linked to a series of physical and mental ailments... 可知成年人与社会的隔离会导致一系列身体和精神上的疾病,如睡眠失调,高血压等。题干中的grow-up和link to与句中的adult和lead to为同义替换。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3612093.html
相关试题推荐
Therearemorethan300millionsofusintheUnitedStates.andsometimes
Therearemorethan300millionsofusintheUnitedStates.andsometimes
Therearemorethan300millionsofusintheUnitedStates.andsometimes
[originaltext]Millionsofyearsago,whaleslivedonlandandwalkedonfo
[originaltext]Millionsofyearsago,whaleslivedonlandandwalkedonfo
Beforethe1850stheUnitedStateshadanumberofsmallcolleges,mostof
Beforethe1850stheUnitedStateshadanumberofsmallcolleges,mostof
[originaltext]Recently,aprofessorofphilosophyintheUnitedStateshas
[originaltext]Recently,aprofessorofphilosophyintheUnitedStateshas
[originaltext]FourschoolsaroundtheUnitedStatesaretakingpartinap
随机试题
WhichofthefollowingisNOTthecausethatwillleadtoemployees’stressatw
TheFightAgainstSmogForthispart,youareallowed30minutestowrite
A.accordinglyB.affluentC.classifiedD.destructionE.dispariti
Weknowthatthepeopleinourfamily,school,andpeergroupaffecttheper
A.代谢性酸中毒 B.代谢性碱中毒 C.呼吸性酸中毒 D.呼吸性碱中毒
肾血管平滑肌脂肪瘤在B超和CT的表现分别为A.B超较强回声,平扫CT值为正值
下列财产中,属于集体所有权范围的有( )。A.山岭 B.水流 C.荒地 D
异丙肾上腺素的作用有A.收缩血管、舒张支气管、增加组织耗氧量 B.收缩血管
患者女,30岁。于中午进餐后,晚6时左右出现上腹痛,伴呕吐,护理查体:T:37.
(2019年)某新建化工厂平面布局分为一区、二区两个厂区、一区危化品库甲醇储罐设
最新回复
(
0
)