现代人的新毛病：时间饥荒
<p>事情好多，忙完这又开始忙那，感到时间严重不够用，你是否也遭遇了“时间饥荒”?不禁大喊一声，时间都去哪儿啦?</p><p><span word="It">It</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="qualify">qualify</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="epidemic">epidemic</span>: <span word="We">We</span>’<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="time">time</span>. <span word="Too">Too</span> <span word="busy">busy</span>.</p><p>我们没时间了，太忙了。这个问题相当普遍，已经成为美国新的流行现象。</p><p><span word="Overwhelmed">Overwhelmed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="work">work</span>, <span word="family">family</span> <span word="obligations">obligations</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fast">fast</span>-<span word="paced">paced</span> <span word="nature">nature</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="run">run</span>-<span word="ragged">ragged</span> <span word="world">world</span>, <span word="many">many</span> <span word="Americans">Americans</span> — <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="adults">adults</span>, <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="children">children</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="college">college</span> <span word="degrees">degrees</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="polls">polls</span> — <span word="feel">feel</span> <span word="strapped">strapped</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="leading">leading</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="happy">happy</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="result">result</span>.</p><p>我们被工作、家庭责任、以及极度疲惫的世界的快节奏性质搞的不堪重负。调查显示，很多美国人，特别是成年职场人士、带孩子的父母、有大学文凭的毕业生都感到时间不够用，因此生活反而不那么快乐。</p><p><span word="Researchers">Researchers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1990<span word="s">s</span> <span word="gave">gave</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="familiar">familiar</span>, <span word="if">if</span> <span word="dreadful">dreadful</span>, <span word="feeling">feeling</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="name">name</span>: <span word="time">time</span> <span word="famine">famine</span>.</p><p>上世纪90年代，研究人员将这种常见但并不愉快的感触命名为：时间饥荒。</p><p><span word="More">More</span> <span word="recently">recently</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="coined">coined</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="term">term</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="describe">describe</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="opposite">opposite</span>: <span word="time">time</span> <span word="affluence">affluence</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="elusive">elusive</span> <span word="feeling">feeling</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="rich">rich</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="time">time</span>.</p><p>最近，他们又创造了一个新词，来描述相反的，时间很充足的感触：时间富裕。</p>
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