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1以假亂真？英國多家超市貨架空空，用照片替代實物

Supermarketsusingcardboardcutoutstohidegapsleftby

supplyissues

Tescohasbegunusingpicturesofasparagus(蘆筍),

carrots,orangesandgrapesinitsfreshproduceaisles(通道),

1(prompt)ridicule(嘲諷)onsocialmedia.

“Mmmm,deliciousphotosofasparagus/*onecommenter

wroteonTwitter.

"Look2(careful),"anotherTwitteruserwrote

alongsideapictureofanaisleoflaundrydetergents."The

middlethreerowsarephotographs."

Shoppers3(spot)fakecarrotsinFakenham,

cardboardasparagusinLondon,picturesoforangesandgrapes

inMiltonKeynes,and2DwashingliquidbottlesinCambridgeso

far.

Thetactic（對策）comesasshortagesofHGV（大卡車）

driversandpickersandpackersonfarmsandfoodprocessing

plantslead4lowavailabilityofsomeitemsin

supermarkets.Problemsatports（港口）,5handlersare

strugglingtocopewithasurgeindeliveriesforthefestive

season,arealsoleadingtoshortages.

BryanRoberts,aretailanalystatShopfloorInsights,said

hehadonlybeguntoseethecardboardcutoutsoffresh

produceinthepastyear,butsaidsimilartacticshadbeenin

placeelsewhereinsupermarketsforsometime.''Ithasbecome

quitecommonplace.Itisnotonlybecauseofshortages,6

becausealotofthelargerstoresarenowsimplytoobig.”

Hesaidthecutoutswereoneofanarrayoftacticsbeing

used7（fill）space,includingfillingmeatfridgeswith

bottlesoftomatosauceormayonnaise（蛋黃醬），spreadingpacks

ofbeeroutacrosswholeaisles,anderectinglargepostersor

othermarketingmaterial.

Somebulky（體積大）andnotvery8（profit）items,

suchasbottledfizzydrinksandwater,havealsobeenpushed

downthedeliveryprioritylistbecauseofdrivershortages,

meaningtheremaybe9（large）gapsonshelvesthanusual.

Theriseofonlineshopping,hasmeanwhileledtomany

supermarketsnolonger10（stock）non-fooditemssuchas

televisions,CDsorkettleswhichtheyoncedid,leavingareasof

emptyspacewhichmanyhavebeenunabletofillwith

alternativeproducts.

Ofcourse,picturesoftheitemsareputonshelvesto

indicateavailability,andshoppersmustpickuptheactual

productatthetill（收銀臺）.

keys；

1prompting2carefully3havespotted4to5where

6but7tofill8profitable9larger10stocking

2社交媒體讓人情緒低落？科學家告訴你如何變開心

Howtomakeyoursocialmediahappier,accordingtoscientists

Picturethis：you'rebetweenZoommeetin9s（視頻會］義）,

andscrolling（翻閱）throughyoursocialmedianewsfeed.

Headlineslike"Deathtollcontinuestorise","COVID-19may

causelong-termhealthimplications(危害)"and"Health-care

systemsoverwhelmed(不堪重負)"flashacrossyourscreen.Your

moodtakesadive,butyoucan'tstop1(scroll).

Ifthisscenario(場景)ringstrueforyou,you'renotalone.

Researchshowspeoplehaveatendency2(seek)out

informationduringuncertaintimes-it'sanaturalcoping

mechanism.Butispersistentinformation-seekingonsocial

media,sometimescalleddoomscrolling,3(help)duringa

pandemic,oranytime?

Researchontheeffectsofbadnewsonmoodsuggest

4(expose)tonegativeCOVIbnewsislikelytobeharmful

toouremotionalwellbeing.

Forinstance,onestudy5(conduct)inMarch2020

involvingmorethan6,000Americansfoundthatthemoretime

participantsspentconsumingCOVIbnewsinaday,the

6(unhappy)theyfelt.

Thesefindingsare7(amaze)butleaveafewkey

questionsunanswered.Doesdoomscrollingmakepeopleunhappy,

orareunhappypeoplejustmorelikelytodoomscroll?Howmuch

timespentdoomscrollingisaproblem?Andwhatwouldhappen

if,insteadofdoomscrolling,wewere"kindnessscrolling"-

readingabouthumanity'spositiveresponsestoaglobalcrisis?

Tofindout,researchersconductedastudywherethey

showedhundredsofpeoplereal-worldcontentoneitherTwitter

orYouTubefortwotofourminutes.TheTwitterfeedsand

YouTubevideosfeaturedeithergeneralnewsaboutCOVIb,or

newsaboutkindnessduringCOVIb.Researchersthenmeasured

theseparticipants'moodsusingaquestionnaire,andcompared

theirmoodswithparticipants7didnotengagewithany

contentatall.

PeoplewhowereshowngeneralCOVID-relatednews

experiencedlowermoodsthanpeoplewhowereshownnothing

atall.Meanwhile,peoplewhowereshownCOVIDnewsstories

involvingactsofkindnessdidn'texperiencethesamedeclinein

mood,butalsodidn'tgaintheboostinmoodthey

8(predict).

Thesefindingssuggestthatspendingaslittleastwoto

fourminutesconsumingnegativenewsaboutCOVID-19canhave

adetrimentalimpactonourmood.

Sowhatcanwedotolookafter9(we),andmake

ourtimeonsocialmediamorepleasurable?

Oneoptionistodeleteoursocialmediaaccounts

altogether.FiguresshowalmosthalfofFacebookusersinthe

UKandtheUSconsideredleavingtheplatformin2020.

Buthowrealisticisittodistanceourselvesfromplatforms

thatconnectnearlyhalfoftheworld'spopulation,particularly

whentheseplatformsoffersocialinteractionsatatimewhen

face-to-faceinteractionscanberisky,orimpossible?

Herearesomeotherwaystomakeyourexperienceon

socialmediamorepositive.

First,bemindfulofwhatyouconsumeonsocialmedia.

Focusonthepersonalnewsandphotossharedinsteadofthe

latestheadlines.

Second,seekoutcontentthatmakesyouhappytobalance

outyournewsfeed.

Third,usesocialmediatopromotepositivityandkindness.

Sharinggoodthingsthatarehappeninginyourlifecanimprove

yourmood,andyourpositivemoodcanspreadtoothers.

Asthepandemiccontinuestoalterourlivesandnewsfeeds,

thestudyhighlightthe10(important)ofbeingawareof

theemotionaltollnegativenewstakesonus.Buttherearesteps

wecantaketomitigatethistollandmakeoursocialmediaa

happierplace.

Keys：

1scrolling2toseek3helpful4exposure

5conducted6unhappier7who

8hadpredicted9ourselves10importance

3日本酒店推出"燈籠聚餐"，降低新冠病毒傳播風險

Tokyorestaurant'sbrightidea：Lanternpodsforyoutositin

whileyoueat

It'scalledthelanternpartition(隔板)，andwhenyousit

downatthetable,youslideunderneathit.Whilethetopsection

isa1(traditional)styledchochin(Japanesepaper

lantern),part-waydownittransitionstoclearplastic,

2(allow)youandyourdiningcompanionstoremoveyour

maskswhileyoueatbutstillhavea3(protect)barrier

thatallowsyou4(see)oneanother,allwithouttakingup

anyextraspaceonthetable.

Recentlythepartitions5(install)intherestaurant

ofHoshinoyaTokyo,6luxuryhotelinTokyo'sOtemachi

neighborhood7ispartoftheHoshinoResortsgroup.

They'renotjustcalledlanternpartitionsbecauseofhowthey

look,either,astheHoshi