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Back in the 1960s/futurists predicted that the biggest problem/for Americans/in the year 2000/
would, be managing /all their free time. What happened? People in the U.S. /have all the
timesaviig tools/they could want: jet travel,cell phones,microwave ovens/personal computers/and
faxes. Yet/they work more,/not less, Unstructured time
a day just to spend time with
is hard to find:Obviously, (1) the futurists' idea was the opposite. In reality/
friendsor family
the.
Pore
technology a society has, the less free time it has. Americans ín most cities feel/that time
is scarce,that there is never enough of it.
According to a social psychologist/ Robert Levine/we are experiencing (2) “a time famine."
We
are hungry/for time. People use/ their cell phones to stay/in touch with work when they are
shopping for dinner or at the beach on the weekend. They have computersand fax machines at
home so that they can be productive át any time of day or night. Everyone has 24 hours a day, of
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(3) What Americans say they do not have is time to spendwith people/who are important to
Course.
強,壁す
them. In a recent survey, nearly three-quarters of the respondents said they needed more time
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with family and friends/and less stress, in order to feel satisfied.e
A recent Harris 'poll*/showed' that American leisure time decreased almost 40 percent, within
the past 20 years/but (4) that is only half the story. During that time, Americans' consumption
increased/by 45 percent. When people buy more/they have to work more so they can pay/for the
things they buy. (5One question on the poll askedif people agreed with the comment,/“Most of us
Eighty-two percent/6f the respondents said yes.
buy and/consume far more than)we need."
るかに多い、
There is (6)good news.
Many people in the United States/are trying to take back their time.
Some people are choosing to have fewer possessions/and work less. Some people are changing
priorities and making time for family and friends. Others are turning off their cell phones and
taking time for leisure activities/ walking alonga beach at sunset, hiking up a hill to see the sunrise,
taking a child/to the park/for the afternoon. Americans are discovering/that they want these
things back/and they are the kinds of things/that only time can buy.
