Are you a Smartphone Addict?
你對智慧型手機上癮了嗎？
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Smartphones have added a lot of convenience to our lives, but how much usage is too much? Smartphone addiction can have some serious negative effects. It is bad for relationships and bad for your health. The following are signs that you are a smartphone addict.

智慧型手機對我們 的生活加入許多便利性，但使用多少才會太多？智慧型手機上癮症可能有一些嚴重的負面影響。這可對你的感情關係不好，對健康也不好。以下徵兆顯示你是智慧型手機上癮症患者。

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1. You take your phone to the toilet with you.
你帶著手機去上廁所。

2. Looking at your smartphone is the first thing you do in the morning, and the last thing you do before you go to sleep at night.
一大早第一件事就是查看手機，晚上睡覺前最後一件事也是查看手機。

3. When you feel uncomfortable in a new place, you take out your smartphone.
當你在新地方覺得不自在時，你會拿出手機。

4. You feel anxious when you don’t have your smartphone in your hand or right beside you.
你的手機不在手上或在身旁，你覺得很憂慮。

5. You need to fully charge your smartphone more than once per day.
你一天需要充電超過一次。

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6. Your wrists hurt or you have trouble focusing your eyes.
你的手腕痠疼，或你的眼睛無法專注。

7. You sometimes wake up in the middle of the night and check your phone.
有時候你會在半夜醒來然後查看手機。

8. You regularly look at your phone even when you are hanging out with your friends.
當你和朋友出去時，你經常查看手機。

9. You talk to people without even looking up from your phone.
你和人談話時眼睛也盯著手機看。

10. Your loved ones complain that you seem to like your smartphone more than them.
你的伴侶抱怨你似乎比較喜歡手機，不是他們。

Vocabulary 好字精選

1. addict (n) a person who can’t stop doing something. 對…上癮
Both my parents are coffee addicts. 
我父母都對咖啡上癮。

2. usage (n) the action of using something 使用，用法；處理、對待
The usage of calculators is not allowed during the math exam.  
數學考試中使用計算機是不被允許的。

3. anxious (adj) nervous, worried  焦慮的
Many people get anxious before taking a flight. 
許多人在搭飛機前覺得焦慮。   

4. charge (v) to add power to an electronic device  充電，索價
The battery power on my laptop is down to 6%. I need to charge it.    
我的手提電腦的電池降到百分之六。我需要充電。

5. wrist (n) the part connecting your hands and arms  手腕
Jamie’s wrists hurt after carrying the heavy bag of groceries. 
Jamie抬著裝著生活雜物的塑膠袋後，她感覺手腕疼痛。

Phrases and Sentence Patterns 句型解析

1. hang out (phr) to spend time together  和…在一起
Would you like to hang out after work?  
你想要下班後一起出去嗎？

2. to v without v-ing (sentence pattern) do something and not do something else at the same time  做…而沒有…
Marcus was looking at his notes without actually reading them. 
Marcus正在看他的筆記但沒有讀進去。

3. S + seem to + v (sentence pattern) somebody appears to V  似乎、好像
My sister seems to be happy all the time, even though I know she’s not.
我的姐姐似乎隨時都很開心，即便我知道她不是。

Exercise 課後練習題

1. Smartphone ____________ are encouraged to set limits for how much time they spend on their phone every day.
手機上癮患者被鼓勵設立每天使用手機的限度。
2. If your smartphone _______________ is more than one hour per day, you might need to reduce it.
假如你每天使用手機超過一小時，你可能會需要降低使用時數。
3. He always feels _______________ when many people are looking at him.
有許多人看著他時，他總是覺得焦慮。
4. There is a new station at the airport where you can ______________ your electronic devices.
機場有個新工作站，你可以在那裡將電子產品充電。
5. Becca’s mother fell down and broke her ______________.
Becca的母親跌倒，摔斷了她的手腕。
6. You should marry somebody that you really like to _______________ with.
你應該嫁給你真正喜歡在一起的人。
7. To win the game, racers need to run across the field _____________ dropping the ball.
為了贏得這場比賽，跑者需要帶球跑過球場。
8. Her parents were happy because Jessica really _______________ love her new English class.
她的父母很高興，因為Jessica看起來很喜歡她新的英文課。

解答：
1.addicts
2.usage
3.anxious
4.charge
5.wrist
6.hang out
7.without
8.seemed to

Comprehension Questions 閱讀理解

1. Which of the following is a synonym of signs as used in the article?  
a. labels
b. features
c. gestures
d. indications   

2. Which of the following is not mentioned in the article?
a. Smartphone usage can impact social relationships.
b. Smartphone usage can physically injure you.
c. Smartphones can steal your attention from people you love.
d. Smartphones continue to have more and more functions.

解答：
1.  以下選項何者和文章內文中的字詞「signs」同義？
a. 標籤
b. 特徵、特性
c. 手勢
d. 徵兆 

2. 以下選項何者在文中提到？
a. 使用手機會影響社交關係。
b. 使用手機會傷害身體。
c. 手機會將你的注意力從親愛的人身邊移走。
d. 手機的功能持續的增加。

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