e英语教程1智慧版课文翻译 Indeed,we might feel as if we are suddenly awash in friends.Yet right before our eyes,we're also changing the way we conduct relationships.Face-to-face chatting is giving way totextingand messaging;people even prefer these electronic exchanges to,for instance,simply talking on a phone.Smaller circles of friends are being partially eclipsed by Facebook acquaintances routinely numbered in the hundreds.Amid these smaller trends,growing research suggests we could be entering a period of crisis for the entire concept of friendship.Where is all this leading modern-day society?Perhaps to a dark place,one where electronic stimuli slowly replace the joys of human contact.确实如此，我们似乎感到突然之间好友数量井喷。不过，我们眼前也正在改变为人处世的方式。面对面的聊天正在被短信取代；相比打个电话，人们甚至更愿意使用这些电子交流方式。脸谱网上的熟人圈儿动辄数百人，相比之下，现实生活中规模较小的朋友圈则显得黯淡少光。在这些较细微的趋势中，越来越多的研究表明友谊的整个概念正在遭受危机，而我们也许正在一步步地迈向这个危机时代。所有这一切要把现代社会引向何方？也许现代社会就此陷入黑暗深渊，在这个深渊里，人与人之间交往的乐趣慢慢地被电子诱惑所取代。 8、No single person is at fault,of course.The pressures on friendship today are broad.They arise from the demands of work,say,or a general busyness that means we have less quality time for others.How many individuals would say that friendship is the most important thing in their lives,only to move thousands of miles across the continent to take up a better-paid job?当然，这并不是某个人的错。如今，交友压力来自方方面面。比如来自工作压力，或是整天瞎忙，无法和他人享有高质量的沟通时间。有人嘴上说友谊是生命中最重要的东西，却为了一份收入颇丰的工作远赴千里之外。这样的人还少吗？ 9、Of course,we learn how to make friends—or not—in our most formative years,as children.Recent studies on childhood,and how the contemporary life of the child affects friendships,are illuminating.Again,the general mood is one of concern,and a central conclusion often reached relates to a lack of what is called"unstructured time."当然，我们是在性格成型的最重要的孩提时期学会如何结交朋友或是如何断交。最近，关于儿童期和儿时生活对交友的影响的研究很有启发性。这些研究再一次关注了风气这个问题，其主要结论都与孩子缺少“计划外时间”有关。 10、Structured time results from the way an average day is parceled up for our kids—time for school,time for homework,time for music practice,even time for play.Yet too often today,no period is left unstructured.After all,who these days lets his child just wander off down the street?But that is precisely the kind of fallow time so vital for deeper friendships.It's then that we simply"hang out,"with no tasks,no deadlines and no pressures.It is in those moments that children and adults alike can get to know others for who they are in themselves. 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/5395e403a9ea998fcc22bcd126fff705cc175c3b.html