一项新的调查表明,英国正在成为短信狂的国度,交谈的艺术也日益沦亡。由英国天然气公司电信分部委托进行的此次调查显示,如今人们把多达1/4的醒觉时间用来打电话、发短信或是发电子邮件,面对面的交流因此减少。心理学家大卫·刘易斯说:“我们担心,过多的‘技术性交谈’会让人们对更加亲密的面对面交流感到不适应,导致人们不再进行有效的相互交 A new survey shows that Britain is becoming a country of short messages and the art of conversation is also getting worse. The survey, commissioned by the British GTC telecommunications division, shows that today as many as a quarter of people wake up to make phone calls, send text messages or send e-mails, reducing face-to-face conversations. Psychologist David Lewis said: ”We are worried that too much ’technical conversation’ will make people feel more ill-suited to more intimate face-to-face interactions, causing people to no longer engage effectively with each other