一、逐段精讲
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The goal of this book is to make the case for digital minimalism, including a detailed exploration of what it asks and why it works, and then to teach you how to adopt this philosophy if you decide it's right for you.
📖 词汇
1.make the case for sth.【高频熟词含义】 论证……的合理性；支持、为……辩护
2.digital minimalism 数字极简主义（社科类阅读主题词）
3.detailed exploration 详尽探究、深入阐释
4.adopt /əˈdɒpt/ v. 采纳；践行（理念、方法）
5.philosophy /fəˈlɒsəfi/ n. 哲学；（生活）理念、处世原则
📝 段落大意
•这一段说的是这本书的目标
•从本段能看出这篇文章介绍的是一本书，这本书是关于数字极简主义的
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To do so, I divided the book into two parts. In part one, I describe the philosophical foundations of digital minimalism, starting with an examination of the forces that are making so many people's digital lives increasingly intolerable, before moving on to a detailed discussion of the digital minimalism philosophy.
📖 词汇
1.philosophical foundations 理论基础；哲学根基
2.examination n. 研究，分析（熟词含义，不单指“考试”）
3.force n. 力量；影响因素
4.increasingly adv. 越来越，不断地
5.intolerable /ɪnˈtɒlərəbl/ adj. 无法忍受的
6.move on to 转而继续探讨；进入（下一话题）
📝 句式分析
In part one, I describe the philosophical foundations of digital minimalism, starting with an examination of the forces that are making so many people's digital lives increasingly intolerable, before moving on to a detailed discussion of the digital minimalism philosophy.
这么长，但是只是一句话。这种长难句需要抓住句子主干：
•主干：I describe the philosophical foundations of digital minimalism
•伴随状语（先描述）：starting with an examination of the forces that are making so many people's digital lives increasingly intolerable
•再描述：before moving on to a detailed discussion of the digital minimalism philosophy
段落大意：这一部分写的是作者介绍这本书的第一部分
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Part one concludes by introducing my suggested method for adopting this philosophy: the digital declutter. This process requires you to step away from optional online activities for thirty days. At the end of the thirty days, you will then add back a small number of carefully chosen online activities that you believe will provide massive benefits to the things you value.
📖 词汇
1.conclude by doing 以……作为结尾
2.suggested method 建议采用的方法
3.digital declutter 数字清理（本书核心专有名词）declutter /ˌdiːˈklʌtə(r)/ v. 清理，去除繁杂
4.step away from 远离；暂停使用
5.optional adj. 可选择的，非必需的
6.add back 重新恢复、加回
7.massive benefits 巨大益处
8.value v. 重视，珍视
9.philosophy 理念
📝 句子分析
you will then add back a small number of carefully chosen online activities that you believe will provide massive benefits to the things you value.
•that 引导定语从句you value也是定语从句，少了引导词
•you believe 是定语从句里的一个插入语
段落大意：这一段讲的是 Part one 里面的一个理念
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In the final chapter of part one, I'll guide you through carrying out your own digital declutter. In doing so, I'll draw on an experiment I ran in 2018 in which over 1,600 people agreed to perform a digital declutter. You'll hear these participants' stories and learn what strategies worked well for them, and what traps they encountered that you should avoid.
📖 词汇
1.guide sb. through 引导某人完成（某事）
2.carry out 执行，实施
3.draw on 借鉴；利用（熟词哗义，阅读高频）
4.run an experiment 开展实验（run 表示“开展、进行”）
5.perform /pəˈfɔːm/ v. 执行，实施
6.participant n. 参与者
7.strategy /ˈstrætədʒi/ n. 策略，方法
8.trap /træp/ n. 陷阱；隐患
9.encounter /ɪnˈkaʊntə(r)/ v. 遭遇，遇到
📝 句式分析
1.I'll draw on an experiment I ran in 2018 in which over 1,600 people agreed to perform a digital declutter
I ran in 2018 是定语从句修饰 experiment
in which = where 是定语从句修饰 2018
2.You'll hear these participants' stories and learn what strategies worked well for them, and what traps they encountered that you should avoid
两个 what 引导的宾语从句, that 引导定语从句
段落大意：这一段说的是在第一部分的最后一章，作者将会引导大家如何去实施这个理念
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The second part of this book takes a closer look at some ideas that will help you cultivate (培养) a sustainable digital minimalism lifestyle. In these chapters, I examine issues such as the importance of solitude (独处) and the necessity of cultivating high-quality leisure to replace the time most now spend on mindless device use. Each chapter concludes with a collection of practices, which are designed to help you act on the big ideas of the chapter. You can view these practices as a toolbox meant to aid your efforts to build a minimalist lifestyle that works for your particular circumstances.
📖 高考重点词汇 & 短语
1.take a closer look at 进一步审视；深入探讨
2.cultivate /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/ v. 培养；养成
3.sustainable adj. 可持续的
4.solitude n. 独处
5.necessity n. 必要性
6.mindless adj. 漫无目的的；不动脑子的
7.device use 使用电子设备
8.a collection of 一系列；一套
9.act on 按照……行动；将……付诸实践
10.view … as … 把……看作……
11.toolbox n. 工具箱，工具库
12.aid v. 帮助，助力
13.particular circumstances 个人实际情况，特定处境
📝 句式分析
1.In these chapters, I examine issues such as the importance of solitude and the necessity of cultivating high-quality leisure to replace the time most now spend on mindless device use.
红色字体部分为定语从句修饰 time
段落大意：这一段讲的是书的第二部分的内容
二、题目解析
第8题
What is the book aimed at?
A. Teaching critical thinking skills.
B. Advocating a simple digital lifestyle.✔
C. Solving philosophical problems.
D. Promoting the use of a digital device.
解析：细节理解题。根据关键字 aimed at，锁定文章第一段 "The goal of this book is to make the case for digital minimalism"，即倡导一种简单的数字生活方式。答案为 B。
第9题
What does the underlined word "declutter" in paragraph 3 mean?
A. Clear-up.✔
B. Add-on.
C. Check-in.
D. Take-over.
解析：根据它后面的文字 "This process requires you to step away from optional online activities for thirty days"，根据 step away from（远离）可以确定答案 A。
第10题
What is presented in the final chapter of part one?
A. Theoretical models.
B. Statistical methods.
C. Practical examples.✔
D. Historical analyses.
解析：根据关键字 in the final chapter of part one 锁定第四段的关键句 "I'll draw on an experiment I ran in 2018 in which over 1,600 people agreed to perform a digital declutter"，可以锁定答案 C。
第11题
What does the author suggest readers do with the practices offered in part two?
A. Use them as needed.✔
B. Recommend them to friends.
C. Evaluate their effects.
D. Identify the ideas behind them.
解析：根据关键字 with the practices offered in part two，锁定最后一段的最后一句 "You can view these practices as a toolbox meant to aid your efforts to build a minimalist lifestyle that works for your particular circumstances"，得到答案 A。
三、说明文文体知识
高考的说明文，按照文体可以分为以下四种：
1. 事物介绍型（介绍一本书，一件发明，一座建筑等......）
逻辑：总-分、并列维度（外形，功能，构成）告诉读者，这是什么，它有哪些方面
2. 现象解释型 （解释某个社会现象，自然现象为什么会发生....）
逻辑：现象陈述——原因（1,2）——影响
核心：回答为什么会出现这个现象，重在因果解释，不一定给出解决方案
3. 研究报告型（介绍科学家实验，调查，新研究发现......）
逻辑：研究背景——实验设计——数据结果——结论
核心：讲一项科研做了什么，得到什么发现
4. 问题解决型（提出社会/生活问题+分析+给出对策）
逻辑：问题——分析——解决办法
核心：发现问题，落脚点要给办法来解决它
本文分类
这篇文章是一篇事物介绍性说明文
结构：总分结构
•第一段：引入说明对象，说明本书写作目的
•第二、三、四段：介绍本书的第一板块
•第五段：介绍本书的第二板块
