05 Why do we get bored? 我们为什么无法忍受无聊？
Feeling bored can also be a good chance for us to learn new things. These days many people spend hours looking at their phones. Why? A possible answer is that they just feel bored. Why don’t we like feeling bored? What is boredom? Boredom is a feeling. There are two types of boredom: meaningless and attentional. The first type happens when we don’t find meaning in our actions. The second type comes when people find it too difficult to focus on something. For example, students might say that “math is boring”. That is because it’s too difficult for them. Is boredom bad? Boredom is neither good nor bad . What matters is our attitude. For example, we may find a math problem boring. If we can’t deal with our feelings well, we might just give up and feel bad. But things change when we can control our feelings and try to solve the problem. Boredom can then become a good chance to learn new things. Are we more bored now? No, boredom is not a new thing. Over 2,000 years ago, people already felt bored. However, it’s now much easier to get away from boredom because of things like phones. But because we’re always using them, we might be worse at dealing with boredom.
1. a good chance for us to:对我们来说是一个做...的好机会
2. spend time doing : 花时间做...
3. boredom :n.无聊
4. meaningless and attentional : 无意义型和注意力型
5. neither... nor... :既不，也不
6. attitude : n.态度
7. get away from：摆脱
8. deal with：处理
纸质版阅读练习答案:
1.B 2.A 3.B 4.C 5.B
别忘了点击跟读版录音进行练习。 这里是黛西英文，我们明天再见。
