你是不是玩手機上癮了？（addicted to your phone）丨BBC聽英語

你每天會查看幾次手機？是三次，二十次，還是八十次？本期《隨身英語》和你探討手機是如何改變人與人之間的交流方式。

辭彙:mobile phone 手機

How often do you check your phone? According to a study led by Nottingham Trent University in Britain, the average person looks at theirdevice85 times a day,browsingthe internet or usingapps.Updating their statusonsocial media platformsalso made people reach for their electronic companion frequently.

Even the study"s participants thought that was a lot: this figure is twice as often as they thought they did. Our phones might beshapingour behaviour more than we realise, and changing the way weinteractwith people right next to us. Do you actually look at yoursurroundingsmore than at your phone? Is it rude to check your phone when someone is talking to you?

Sherry Turkle interviewed hundreds of college students about this. She"s aclinical psychologistand a professor ofsocial studiesat the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology. They talked about something they called "the rule of three".

The rule has to do with beingconsiderateto others in spite of theallureof the little flat box. Turkle explains: "If you go to dinner with friends, you don"t want to look down at your phone until you see that three people are looking up in the conversation. So there"s a newetiquettewhere you don"t look down unless three people are looking up in order to keep a little conversation alive."

Actually, if you are clever enough you might use your phone as a tool toconnectwith people next to you. How about showing them pictures stored in itsmemory? Sharing a bit of your life with them can bring you closer together. And you can also invite everyone to take aselfiewith you.

But the best thing to deal with mobile phone addiction isto go cold turkeyand leave the machine behind occasionally or just switch it off and keep it firmly in your pocket for a while. Who knows... "life" might be what happens when you are too busy staring at a small screen.

device 設備to browse （通過網路）瀏覽app (application) 手機應用程序to update (their) status 更新（個人網站上的）狀態social media platform 社交媒體平台to shape 塑造，形成to interact 互動，交流surroundings 周圍的事物，環境clinical psychologist 臨床心理學家social studies 社會科學課程technology 工業技術considerate 體貼的allure 誘惑力，吸引力etiquette 規矩；禮節to connect （融洽地）溝通memory (phone"s) （手機）內存selfie 自拍照to go cold turkey 快速、徹底地戒掉（壞習慣）

1. 閱讀課文並回答問題。

1. How often do people check their phone, according to the survey?2. True or false?Those who took part in the study were aware of their own phone habits.3. What"s the so called "rule of three" for?4. How does the author suggest you use your phone in a way that doesn"t alienate people next to you?5.Which word in the text is used to indicate unpleasant behaviour?

2. 請你在不參考課文的情況下完成下列練習。選擇一個意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。

1. My mobile phone is running out of __________. I"ve been storing too many videos on it.

internet electronic companion memory etiquette

2. I"m too busy to do my homework now. I have to go online and update _________ on Weibo.

a cold turkey the internet the rule of three my status

3. If you want people to be nice to you, you should be __________ when dealing with them.

rude considerate looking up clever

4. If you want to understand how people interact in a group you should take a course in __________.

social studies clinical psychology etiquette technology

5. These new portable devices are __________ the world we live in.

browsing shaping sharing closing

1. 閱讀課文並回答問題。

1. How often do people check their phone, according to the survey?According to the study led by Nottingham Trent University in Britain, the average person checks their phone 85 times a day.

2. True or false?Those who took part in the study were aware of their own phone habits.False. They were surprised as they thought the number of times they checked their phones was half of what the study revealed.

3. What"s the so called "rule of three" for?To keep a conversation going.

4. How does the author suggest you use your phone in a way that doesn"t alienate people next to you?The author suggests people to show others pictures stored in their phone and invite them to take a selfie.

5.Which word in the text is used to indicate unpleasant behaviour?Rude.

2.請你在不參考課文的情況下完成下列練習。選擇一個意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。

1. My mobile phone is running out ofmemory. I"ve been storing too many videos in it.

2. I"m too busy to do my homework now. I have to go online and updatemy statuson Weibo.

3. If you want people to be nice to you, you should beconsideratewhen dealing with them.

4. If you want to understand how people interact in a group you should take a course insocial studies.

5. These new portable devices areshapingthe world we live in.