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We reached our conclusions after conducting two separate online experiments in which we asked about 450 participants to read a series of product reviews based on actual reviews from Amazon.
我们在开展了两项独立的线上实验后得出了结论，我们让约450名受试者读了一系列基于亚马逊真实评价产生的产品评论。
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双语阅读
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Browsing videos on TikTok or YouTube can be a hit-and-miss affair, with gems lurking amid mediocre efforts. But researchers have found that switching to another video, or skipping forwards and backwards in the same one, actually makes people more bored. Writing in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Tam and colleagues report how they carried out seven experiments involving a total of more than 1,200 participants. The first, involving 140 participants, revealed that people tended to switch between videos more when they rated the content more boring, while the second – an online survey involving 231 participants – suggested people thought having the option to skip through a video or switch to another would make viewing a video less boring.
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Data from a group of 166 undergraduates suggests participants felt more bored when allowed to skip about within a video than when they were not able to, while results from 159 undergraduates revealed they reported higher levels or boredom when given a collection of five-minute videos they could switch between, compared with a single 10-minute video. The researchers found similar results when the latter experiment was repeated with 174 undergraduates who were allowed to pick their own videos from YouTube – although the size of the effect was smaller.
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However, when they looked at the results from 175 participants of a broader age range, they found no difference in reported boredom when the participants were given five-minute videos they could switch between, or a single 10-minute video to watch. What’s more, unlike in the earlier experiments, the order in which participants undertook the viewing tasks had an influence on their levels of reported boredom. Tam said one explanation for the differences could be demographics, noting the later experiments involved participants with a broader age range and an older mean age than the earlier experiments. “We speculated that people of different ages may have different habits when it comes to watching videos and switching,” she said. “How people consume videos and how this affects boredom may vary based on age and digital media habits, but further research is needed to explore this.”
本文节选自：The Guardian（卫报）
发布时间：2024.8.19
作者：Nicola Davis
原文标题：Scrolling through online videos increases feelings of boredom, study finds
一、批改英语作文
二、制定英语学习计划
三、精读真题原文
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写作句总结
原句：Tam said one explanation for the differences could be demographics, noting the later experiments involved participants with a broader age range and an older mean age than the earlier experiments.
结构：X said one explanation for the differences could be Y, noting that Z.
X（某人）表示，差异的一个解释可能是Y（某因素），并指出Z（具体情况）。
例句：Experts suggest one explanation for the variations in productivity could be work environment, noting that remote workers often experience fewer distractions compared to those in office settings.
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阅读理解题
According to the research described in the article, what factor was identified as potentially influencing differences in reported boredom among participants in later experiments?
A) The length of the video content
B) The type of video platform used
C) The order in which viewing tasks were undertaken
D) The genre of videos watched
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