英语新词：“社交不工作”你是这样的人吗？

 　　Social notworking refers to the practice of spending timeunproductively on social-networking websites, especially whenone should be working.

　　Social notworking(暂译为“社交不工作”)指在工作时间上社交网站闲逛的行为。

　　With today's social media -- especially sites with lots ofinteractivity and immediate¹ feedback such as Twitter -- you caneasily get caught up in chatting and surfing. It's a constant mental interruption. Before you knowit, you've squandered² a couple of perfectly³ good hours of prime workday.

　　现在的社交网站，尤其是像Twitter那样互动和即时反馈很频繁的网站，很容易让你流连其中，要么聊天、要么浏览网站内容。这样就会不停打断工作思路。不知不觉，你已经把好几个小时的黄金工作时间耗费在那里了。

　　For example:

　　Amanda spent day in the office social notworking instead of helping⁴ patients.

　　阿曼达整天泡在社交网站上无所事事，也不好好照看病人。

1 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

2 squandered   

v.（指钱，财产等）浪费，乱花( squander的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He squandered all his money on gambling. 他把自己所有的钱都糟蹋在赌博上了。
• She felt as indignant as if her own money had been squandered. 她心里十分生气，好像是她自己的钱给浪费掉了似的。 来自飘（部分）

3 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。