Directions: For this part you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay about the impact of the information explosion by referring to the saying “A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.” You can give examples to illustrate your point and then explain what you can do to avoid being distracted by irrelevant information. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

   It is apparent that we are living in an era of information explosion. There is a famous remark that "A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention”. People in mounting numbers complain that they are lost in the information age.
    It is true that the new information age has brought us so much convenience that we are allowed to get plenty of information just with a simple click sitting in front of the computers. Unfortunately, we are also distracted, confused and annoyed by an incredibly large quantity of information. A case in point is that there are so many advertisements on the Internet that we are easily distracted by the irrelevant information of the target website. Again, when searching for something online, people are easily misguided by irrelevant information and forget their original plan.
   Briefly speaking, it is imperative for us to use Internet in a reasonable way and restrain from overindulgence. After all, the Internet is invented to connect you and me, to bring conveniences to our life rather than set a barrier to keep people misguided and distracted.

新的信息时代确实给我们带来了很多方便，以至于我们只是坐在电脑前轻轻点击一下，就可以获得大量信息。不幸的是，我们也被难以置信的大量信息所分散注意力，变得困惑烦恼。一个恰当的例子就是互联网上有这么多广告，以至于我们很容易就被目标网站上的无关信息分散了注意力。又如，当我们在线搜索时，人们总是很容易地被无关信息误导，忘记了原来的计划。

简单地说，我们必须以合理的方式使用互联网，避免过度沉迷。毕竟，人们发明互联网是为了联系你和我，给我们的生活带来方便而非设置障碍使人门被误导并分散注意力。

an era of information explosion 信息爆炸的时代

a wealth of 大量的

a poverty of attention注意力缺失

people in mounting numbers 越来越多的人

complain 抱怨

bring convenience 带来方便

be allowed to 允许

click 点击

unfortunately 不幸的是

distract 分散注意力

confuse 困惑

annoy 烦恼

incredibly 难以置信地

large quantity of 大量的

a case in point 一个恰当的例子

irrelevant 不相关的

target website 目标网站

misguide 误导

briefly speaking 总之

in a reasonable way 以合理的方式

restrain from 避免

overindulgence 过度沉迷

after all毕竟

be invented to 被发明来

rather than 而不是

set a barrier 设置障碍

1. A good many people admit that they are too much addicted to Internet to maintain wholesome and regular lifestyle.

   许多人承认他们太沉迷于网络而无法保持健康和有规律的生活方式。

2. Once indulged in the fictitious world, people feel reluctant to approach others and to concentrate on real life.

   一旦沉迷于这种虚幻世界，人们不愿接近他人并关注现实生活。

3. That’s why some people have lost the skill of direct contact and get alienated from others.

   这就是一些人丧失了直接沟通技能并与他人疏远的原因。