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话题：人与自我（生活与学习）
Passage22
YouCanTrickYourBrainIntoUsingYourPhoneLess
Evenwhenit’ssilent,yourphoneisconstantlybeggingforyourattention.Maybe
yougettheurgetoseewhat’shappeningonWeibo,__1__youjustchecked15
minutesago.Increasingly,oursmartphoneshavebecomemorelikeappendages(附属
品)wecan’tlivewithout.Here’showtouseyourpocketcomputerless.…atleasta
littlebit.
“__2__youcan’tgocoldturkey(一下子戒掉),”sayspsychologistLarryRosen,
authorofTheDistractedMind:AncientBrainsinaHigh-TechWorld.“Puttingyour
phoneawayfortheweekendmightseemlikea(n)__3__solution,butit’sjustgoing
tomakeyouhighlyanxious.”
He’sgotprooffromsomeofhisexperimentsinthelab:Ifpeoplereceiveatext
messagebuttheyaren’t__4__totouchtheirphones,theirgalvanic(电流的)skin
responsewillspike(激发),showingananxietyreaction.
“Iusuallytellpeopletostartwith15minutes,”hesays.“Checkinwithyour
phone,thenturnyourphoneonsilentandsetthealarmfor15minutes.Putitin
frontofyou,facedown,soyoudon’tseeanynotifications(通知).”Puttingit__5__
iskey,Rosensays--thissendsasignaltoyourbrainthatyoudontneedtoget
anxious,becausethedeviceisstillwithinarmsreach.
Then,whenthat15-minutealarmgoesoff,feelfreetocheckyourphoneforup
tooneminute.Repeatthatprocessuntilyoudon’tfeeltheurgetocheck.Onceyou’ve
mastered15minutes,youcangoupto20minutes,andsoon.
ThereisoneperiodoftimeRosendoesrecommendavoidingyourphoneentirely,
however:__6__.“Putyourphoneawayanhourbeforebedtime,”hesays.“Thishas
beenastandardrecommendationfromtheNationalSleepFoundationfordecades.”
1.A.asB.eventhoughC.sinceD.while
2.A.Asaresult