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你每天看多少次手机？你觉得你看手机上瘾了吗？本期 “随身英语” 讨论我们对这个无处不在的小玩意的痴迷，以及它对我们的身体健康可能带来的损害smartphone addiction.mp32:53来自Learningdragon。

词汇：addiction 上瘾How would you survive without your smartphone? For many of us, it’s the gadget we’re most

hooked on – looking at it hundreds of times a day. We depend on it to perform a multitude of tasks and to connect with our friends and family. But have we become

addicted to our phones?没有智能手机你怎么活?对我们许多人来说，它是我们最上瘾的电子产品——每天看它几百次我们依靠它来完成大量的任务，与我们的朋友和家人联系但我们已经对手机上瘾了吗?。

Certainly, the inventor of the first mobile phone, American engineer Martin Cooper, thinks we might be. In a BBC interview, he suggested people should stop scrolling and “

get a life”. But of course, once we start doom scrolling or watching videos, we just can’t kick the habit

. Psychologist and author Jean Twenge says we’re all guilty of “compulsively checking [our] phone if [we’re] waiting for a text or getting really into social media then kind of, looking up and realising that an hour has passed.” There’s even a word – a

phubber – to describe a person who ignores the real people around them because they are concentrating on their phones.

当然，第一部手机的发明者、美国工程师马丁·库珀(Martin Cooper)认为我们可能是在接受BBC采访时，他建议人们不要再刷手机了，去“享受生活”但当然，一旦我们开始滚动屏幕或看视频，我们就无法改掉这个习惯。

心理学家兼作家简·特文奇说，我们都有这样的负罪感:“当我们在等短信或沉迷于社交媒体时，会不由地查看手机，然后抬起头，发现一个小时已经过去了”甚至还有一个词——低头族——用来形容那些因为专注于手机而忽视身边真实的人。

But does it matter if we make the most of this technology? Possibly, because like a drug, the problem arises when it is

withdrawn. A study from King’s College London found young people they studied couldn’t control the amount of time they spend on their phone. Such

addictive behaviour means that people become ‘panicky’ or ‘upset’ if they are denied constant access, which can cause

anxiety and mental health issues.但我们能否充分利用这项技术又有什么关系呢?有可能，因为就像药物一样，当它被停用时，问题就出现了伦敦国王学院的一项研究发现，他们研究的年轻人无法控制自己花在手机上的时间。

这种成瘾行为意味着，如果不让人们经常接触，他们会变得“恐慌”或“不安”，这可能会导致焦虑和心理健康问题Interestingly, another study by the London School of Economics and Political Science suggests we don’t just look at our phones because we are prompted to by a text or email. The people they studied felt automatically

urged to interact with their phone, just as a smoker would light a cigarette. Prof Saadi Lahlou, co-author of the study, told the BBC: “We must learn tricks to avoid the

temptation when we want to concentrate or have good social relations.”有趣的是，伦敦政治经济学院的另一项研究表明，我们看手机并不是因为有短信或电子邮件的提示。

他们的研究对象会自动地感到被敦促与手机互动，就像吸烟者点燃香烟一样该研究的合著者Saadi Lahlou教授告诉BBC说:“当我们想要集中注意力或保持良好的社交关系时，我们必须学会避免诱惑的技巧”One solution could be an app that rewards students for time spent away from their phones. Another option is converting your smartphone to a dumbphone that has none of the

intoxicating distractions on it. But mainly, perhaps, we just need to look up more and reconnect with the real world!

一种解决方案可能是开发一个应用程序，奖励学生远离手机的时间另一个选择是把你的智能手机换成一个没有任何令人陶醉的干扰的傻瓜手机但最主要的，也许，我们只是需要抬头，重新连接到现实世界!词汇表hooked 入迷的，上瘾的。

depend on 需要，依赖addicted 上瘾的，入迷的get a life 做点有意思的事情doom scrolling 阴暗刷屏kick the habit 戒除恶习compulsively 强迫地

phubber “低头族”，只顾看手机而忽视身边的人withdraw 收回addictive 使人上瘾的，使人入迷的panicky 恐慌的anxiety 焦虑urge 冲动，强烈的欲望temptation 引诱，诱惑

intoxicating 使人兴奋的测验与练习1. 阅读课文并回答问题1. Who thinks we should put our phones down and ‘get a life’?2. In a study on smartphone use, what caused people to panic and get upset?。

3. True or false? We only look at our smartphones when we are prompted to do so.4. How does one app that’s been invented encourage students to use their phone less?

5. According to Prof Saadi Lahlou, what does avoiding the temptation of looking at our smartphones allow us to do?

2. 选择意思恰当的单词或词组来完成下列句子1. Since I’ve broken my arm, I’ve had to _______ my wife to do all the cooking.。

depending on depend in depend on depends on2. Due to cutbacks, the bus service to the shopping centre has been _______.

addicted withdrawn urged hooked3. Because of the heatwave, everyone in the office felt _______ to drink lots of water.

compulsively urged intoxicating phubber4. I’ve tried to quit smoking but I just can’t _______.kicked the habit kick a habit kick habits kick the habit

5. I’m _______ on this new TV series – it’s so good I’ve watched every episode!hooked tempted addictive panicky

答案1. 阅读课文并回答问题1. Who thinks we should put our phones down and ‘get a life’?American engineer Martin Cooper suggested people should stop scrolling and “get a life”.。

2. In a study on smartphone use, what caused people to panic and get upset?People in the study become ‘panicky’ or ‘upset’ if they were denied constant access to their smartphones.

3. True or false? We only look at our smartphones when we are prompted to do so.False. People in one study felt automatically urged to interact with their phone.

4. How does one app that’s been invented encourage students to use their phone less?The app rewards students for time spent away from their phones.

5. According to Prof Saadi Lahlou, what does avoiding the temptation of looking at our smartphones allow us to do?

He says avoiding the temptation allows us to concentrate or have good social relations.2. 选择意思恰当的单词或词组来完成下列句子。

1. Since I’ve broken my arm, I’ve had to dependon my wife to do all the cooking.2. Due to cutbacks, the bus service to the shopping centre has been

withdrawn.3. Because of the heatwave, everyone in the office felt urged to drink lots of water.4. I’ve tried to quit smoking but I just can’t

kick the habit.5. I’m hooked on this new TV series – it’s so good I’ve watched every episode!