小编寄语：英语四级六级考试，阅读是不可或缺的一大部分，生词多，理解难，时间少，是不少考生抱怨的问题。要想在考场上做好阅读理解，必须在平常多阅读，掌握新词汇，提高阅读速度。而沪江小编就为大家准备了阅读材料系列，供大家练习。
我们的这个阅读系列旨在为大家提供一些阅读材料，不一定跟四六级考试的难度、篇幅、内容完全一样。对于很多童鞋纠结这是四级还是六级范围的阅读，其实没有必要。如果大家觉得比较简单，就当作泛读材料了解了解，认识几个新单词或新表达方式也不错。如果大家觉得这些材料理解上有难度，不妨当做挑战自己的拔高训练，希望大家都有进步^^
【今日推荐阅读】
Being plugged into an iPod is a hallmark of adolescence, but a new study suggests that teens who spend too much time listening to music may be at higher risk of depression.
The study, led by Brian, an assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, found that teens who reported listening to music more often were at higher risk of having major depressive disorder (MDD)， compared with teens who listened to music less frequently. And they had an 80 percent higher risk of depression, the study found.
The study didn't measure total listening times, but based on previous data, the study authors estimated that teens in the highest-use group were likely listening to music for at least four or five hours a day.
"At this point, it is not clear whether depressed people begin to listen to more music to escape, or whether listening to large amounts of music can lead to depression, or both," said Brian in a statement. By contrast, researchers found that reading books had the opposite association: with increase in time spent reading, teens' risk of depression dropped 50 percent.
For the study, the researchers surveyed 106 participants aged seven to 17 for two months; 46 participants had been previously diagnosed with depression. Of all the media reported, only music showed significant associations with increased depression risk, after researchers controlled for factors like age, sex and ethnicity. But that doesn't necessarily mean that music causes depression - for some depressed teens, music may even help.
【内容简介】
文章首先介绍青少年整日与iPod为伴这一事实，并指出听音乐太久更易陷入忧郁。
接着文章阐述了这一结果的研究过程，即实践观测。
【词汇短语讲解】
①plug into 收听，收看，接通，把（电器）插头插入
②at risk of 有……的危险， at higher/lower risk of 某某的风险更高/更低
③by contrast 相反，相比之下
【快速阅读支招】
在平常空余时间里我们要有意识地多阅读英文读物，比如英文报刊，英文小说等，由浅入深，由易到难，逐渐培养对英语阅读的兴趣和技巧。同时，多阅读可以增加自己的词汇量、文化背景知识，提高阅读速度，和培养良好的阅读习惯等。