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Many of us have found ourselves trying to explain to friends and colleagues that, no, business travel isn’t as fun and glamorous

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问题     Many of us have found ourselves trying to explain to friends and colleagues that, no, business travel isn’t as fun and glamorous as it seems. Finally, there could be proof to back this up. Researchers at the University of Surrey, in Britain, and Linnaeus University, in Sweden, have published a new study highlighting what they call "a darker side of hypermobility. " The researchers warn, "whilst aspects of glamorisation in regard to mobility are omnipresent in our lives, there exists a worrying silence with regard to its darker side.
    The study, which synthesises existing research on the effects of frequent travel, finds three types of consequence: physiological, psychological and emotional, and social. The physiological ones are the most obvious. Jet lag is the suffering travellers know best, although they may not anticipate some of its more terrible, if rarer, potential effects, like speeding ageing or increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke. Then there’s the danger of exposure to germs and radiation -people who fly more than 85,000 miles a year exceed the regulatory limit for exposure to radiation. And finally, of course, business travellers tend to get less exercise and eat less healthily than people who stay in place.
    The psychological and emotional toll of business travel is more abstract, but just as real. Frequent flyers experience "travel disorientation" from changing places and time zones so often. They also suffer mounting stress, given that "time spent travelling will rarely be offset through a reduced workload, and that there may be anxieties associated with work continuing to accumulate whilst away. " Due to the absence from family and friends, "hypermobility is frequently an isolating and lonely experience," the authors write. The accumulated impact can be substantial.
    Finally, there are the social effects. Marriages suffer from the time apart, as does children’s behaviour. What is more, relationships tend to become more unequal, as the partner who stays at home is forced to take on more domestic duties. There’s a gender disparity here, since most business travellers are men. Friendships also fray, as business travellers often " sacrifice local collective activities and instead prioritise their immediate families when returning from trips. "
    Of course, these impacts are comforted by the fact that they fall disproportionately on a segment of the population that is already doing rather well. The "mobile elite" tend to have higher incomes and access to better health care than the population at large.
    These may be problems of the very few people, though, they’re real enough regardless. By all means feel jealous of acquaintances’ Instagram photos of exotic meals and faraway attractions. But harbour a small amount of concern as well.
According to the first paragraph, what might most people think of business travel?
选项 A、It isn’t as pleasant as it seems.
B、It is harmful though admiring.
C、Its darker side is worryingly hidden.
D、It has many glamorous aspects.
答案D
解析 本题是细节题。根据题干定位至首段。该段首句指出，我们许多人都曾努力向朋友和同事们解释：“不，商务旅行并不像表面看上去那么有趣和光鲜。”可知，大多数人可能都误认为商务旅行非常有趣和光鲜；且随后还提到了，研究人员警告说：“在我们生活中到处都是对旅行的各种光鲜面的宣传，但对于它的黑暗面却无人提及，这令人担忧。”故答案选D。 A项“它不像表面看上去那么令人愉快”与人们的想法相反，故排除；B项“它尽管令人羡慕，但却有很大危害”是首段结尾处，研究人员指出的现状，并非大多数人对商务旅行的认识，故排除；由首段结尾处可知，人们忽视了商务旅行的黑暗面，可排除C项“它的黑暗面被掩盖了，这令人担忧”。
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