我们为什么热衷于八卦_BEC初级作文

我们为什么热衷于八卦

Fear is hardly a pleasant sensation, of course, but it can be a motivating one. As Martinescu and her colleagues put it: "Gossip conveniently provides individuals with indirect social-comparison information about relevant others."

当然，恐惧不是一种舒服的感觉，但它可以成为一种前进的动力。正如马丁纳斯库和她的同事所提到的，八卦会适时地给人们带来一种间接同某人作社会性比较的信息。

In other words, if you don't want to be viewed as a goof-off like Charley, you'd better get your act together.

换句话说，如果不想被别人看作像查理（Charley）那样游手好闲的人，你最好改正你的缺点。

It's worth noting that this study did not look at who-is-sleeping-with-who gossip, which presumably has a somewhat different function — although news that an illicit couple has gotten caught could certainly serve as a cautionary tale.

值得一提的是，虽然有不正当关系的两个人被抓可以看做是一个引以为戒的故事，但这项研究并未将“谁和谁有不正当关系”这样的八卦消息放到研究内容中。如果列入调查范围这也许会产生不同的结果。

But it does show that beyond providing "emotional catharsis and social control," confidentially treaded information about the competence, or lack thereof, of a co-worker can be "an essential resource for self-evaluation."