Social notworking refers to the practice of spending timeunproductively on social-networking websites, especially whenone should be working.

　　Social notworking(暂译为“社交不工作”)指在工作时间上社交网站闲逛的行为。

　　With today's social media -- especially sites with lots ofinteractivity and immediate feedback such as Twitter -- you caneasily get caught up in chatting and surfing. It's a constant mental interruption. Before you knowit, you've squandered a couple of perfectly good hours of prime workday.

　　现在的社交网站，尤其是像Twitter那样互动和即时反馈很频繁的网站，很容易让你流连其中，要么聊天、要么浏览网站内容。这样就会不停打断工作思路。不知不觉，你已经把好几个小时的黄金工作时间耗费在那里了。

　　For example:

　　Amanda spent day in the office social notworking instead of helping patients.

　　阿曼达整天泡在社交网站上无所事事，也不好好照看病人。

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（编辑：何莹莹）