2021大学英语四级美文赏析：Computer Addiction思维导图

Itis3A.M..Everythingontheuniversitycampusseemsghostlikeinthequiet,mistydarkness—everythingexceptthecomputercenter.Here,twentystudentssittransfixedattheirconsoles,tappingawayontheterminalkeys.Witheyesgluedtothevideoscreen,theytaponforhours.

Fortherestoftheworld,itmightbethemiddleofthenight,butheretimedoesnotexist.Thisisaworlduntoitself.Theseyoungcomputer“hackers”arepursuingakindofcompulsion,adrivesoconsumingitovershadowsnearlyeveryotherpartoftheirlivesandformsthefocalpointoftheirexistence.Theyarecompulsivecomputerprogrammers.Someofthesestudentshavebeenattheconsoleforthirtyhoursormorewithoutabreakformealsorsleep.Somehavefallenasleeponsofasandloungechairsinthecomputercenter,tryingtocatchafewwinksbutloathetogettoofarawayfromtheirbelovedmachines.

Mostofthesestudentsdon’thavetobeatthecomputercenterinthemiddleofthenight.Theyaren’tworkingonassignments.Theyaretherebecausetheywanttobe—theyareirresistiblydrawnthere.Andtheyarenotalone.Therearehackersatcomputercentersallacrossthecountry.Intheirextremeform,theyfocusonnothingelse.Theyflunkoutofschoolandlosecontactwithfriends;theymighthavedifficultyfindingjobs,choosinginsteadtowanderfromonecomputercentertoanother.

Theymayevenforgopersonalhygiene.“Irememberonehacker.Weliterallyhadtocarryhimoffhischairtofeedhimandputhimtosleep.Wereallyfearedforhishealth,”saysacomputerscienceprofessoratMIT.Computerscienceteachersarenowmoreawareoftheimplicationsofthishackerphenomenonandareonthelookoutforpotentialhackersandcasesofcomputeraddictionthatarealreadysevere.Theyknowthatthecaseofthehackersisnotjustthestoryofoneperson’srelationshipwithamachine.Itisthestoryofasociety’srelationshiptotheso-calledthinkingmachines.