Monday 14 June 2010

College Students Are Less Empathic Than Generations Past

Url: http://www.scientificamerican.com

Useful phrases:

1) social media sites
2) “Generation Me”
3) Is there any actual scientific evidence for that view?
4) a study of 14,000 college students found
5) Researchers analyzed data from studies
6) sharpest drop
7) for instance
8) social lives is done through a computer
9) through real life interaction
10) they’re spending much more time working on
11) students are facing increasing competition
12) force yourself to step outside the computer a little bit each day

Pronunciation:

emphatic - em'fatik
interact - ɪntərˈækt
resume - rɪˈzuːm
socialize - səʊʃəlaɪz
association - əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃn

New words:

accompany - əˈkʌmpəni - to happen or appear with sth else
Example: Each pack contains a book and accompanying CD.

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