Adults forget three things a day, research finds 调查发现:
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Men are more likely to forget things than women - even though women generally have more to remember like watering the plants.
Men are more likely to forget things than women - even though women generally have more to remember like watering the plants.

Around 15 million of us will leave a cup of tea to go cold today while a similar amount will forget where they put the keys to their house or car.

Meanwhile, 12 million go to the shops only to completely forget what they went for - and the same will forget about wet washing in the machine, according to research carried out by National-Lottery1.co.uk

PIN numbers, passwords and chores such as taking food out of the freezer the night before and charging your mobile phone also featured highly on the list. And more than one in ten admits forgetting to buy a lottery ticket which may have cost them a win.

The study also found men are more likely to forget things than women - even though women generally have more to remember.

Modern hectic2 lifestyles and increased workloads3 and pressures as well as modern technology were blamed for the increase in our levels of forgetfulness.

A National Lottery spokesman said: "Brits are busier than ever in their work and personal lives and it seems we just have too much to remember for our crowded minds.

The study found the technology boom has also played a part, leaving us with more gadgets4 than ever before to plug in and charge or take care of.

Despite work pressures it is within the home environment where most things are forgotten, such as credit card payments, children's school events or food related things.

The study found one in four people have missed an important appointment and nearly one in five have fallen out with a friend over a forgotten date or event.

It also emerged that despite the number of things we forget only one in four people actually admit they are forgetful.

Women fared much better than men in the report, failing to recall an average of two and a half things every day compared to 3.5 things for men.

现在大约有1500万成年人会把茶放到冷掉而忘了喝,也有数量相近的人会忘记自己把家里或车的钥匙放在哪里了。

此外,根据全国彩票网(National-Lottery.co.uk)的调查,约1200万成年人去商店时会完全忘记自己打算买什么东西,或者会忘记湿衣服还放在洗衣机里。

排在“易忘清单”前列的还有:个人识别号码、密码和一些杂务,例如前一天晚上把食物从冰箱中拿出来,给手机充电等。每十个人中至少有一个人会承认忘记买可能中奖的彩票。

研究还发现男人比女人更健忘,尽管女人要记的东西一般比男人多。

现代忙乱的生活方式、日益繁重的工作负担和压力,还有现代科技是造成我们越来越健忘的原因。

全国彩票的发言人说:“英国人的工作和私人生活越来越忙,我们似乎有太多的东西要记。”

研究发现科技繁荣也是造成我们健忘的原因之一,我们有比以往更多的机件要插入电源、充电或处理。

尽管工作时压力比较大,但是最容易忘事的地方却是在家里,比如结算信用卡款额,孩子学校里的事情或是和与食物相关的琐事。

研究发现每四个人中有一个人会错过一个重要的约会,每五个人中会有一个由于忘记约定时间或失约而与朋友闹翻。

尽管我们忘记的事情如此之多,但是每四个人中只有一个愿意承认他们是健忘的。

在报告中女人的记事能力比男人要好得多,女人平均每天会忘记2.5件事,而男人平均每天则会忘记3.5件事。

Vocabulary:

National Lottery: 英国把彩票分为以下5类:小彩票(Small lotteries)、私人彩票(Private lotteries)、社会彩票(Society lotteries)、地方政府彩票(Local Authority lotteries)和国家彩票(National lottery)。国家彩票是英国的公益彩票(lottery for good causes)。英国国家彩票委员会(The National lottery Commission)监管国家彩票。

fall out with sb.: 与某人闹翻

fare: 进展



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1 lottery 43MyV     
n.抽彩;碰运气的事,难于算计的事
参考例句:
  • He won no less than £5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
  • They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。
2 hectic jdZzk     
adj.肺病的;消耗热的;发热的;闹哄哄的
参考例句:
  • I spent a very hectic Sunday.我度过了一个忙乱的星期天。
  • The two days we spent there were enjoyable but hectic.我们在那里度过的两天愉快但闹哄哄的。
3 workloads 958b02c400c047232a859dc7d17c9c99     
(某一人或组织)工作量,工作负担( workload的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Project management software can provide such visibility into everyone's skills and workloads. 项目管理软件可以提供这样的能见度到每个人的技能和工作量。
  • Doctors have complained of heavy workloads. 医生投诉工作越来越繁重。
4 gadgets 7239f3f3f78d7b7d8bbb906e62f300b4     
n.小机械,小器具( gadget的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Certainly. The idea is not to have a house full of gadgets. 当然。设想是房屋不再充满小配件。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
  • This meant more gadgets and more experiments. 这意味着要设计出更多的装置,做更多的实验。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史
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