What do smartphones bring for people? 智能手機給人們帶來了什么？

刑冬霞

難詞探意

1. inept /nept/ adj. 無能的

2. virtual /vtul/ adj. 虛擬的

3. device /dvas/ n. 裝置;設(shè)備

Human beings are smart. However， it seems that people are gradually losing their smartness as smartphones become more and more important assistants in their lives， reported news website Record Japan. As many people rely too much on technology instead of their brains， they have lost three basic abilities， said the website.

The first skill many people have lost is remembering phone numbers. Because phone numbers are stored in smartphone contacts， there is no need to dial a number or look at it again. And people may also have lost their sense of direction because navigation apps can guide people anywhere they want to go. These apps can even find the shortest routes for you and avoid traffic jams. But the worst lost skills may be social ones， meaning that some people are becoming socially inept. People often bury themselves in their smartphones. As we are too addicted to whats happening in the virtual world， some of us have lost conversational skills and sometimes cant even tell whether a person is happy or not.

In August， researchers at the University of California， Los Angeles， studied 51 students aged 11 and 12 who had over five hours screen time every day. Their task was to tell the emotions of 48 pictures of faces that were happy， sad， angry， or scared. The children made an average of 14.02 mistakes at the beginning. But after a fiveday camp without electronic devices， they made only 9.41 mistakes on average. “If youre not practicing facetoface communication， you could be losing important social skills，” concluded professor Yalda Uhls from the research.

Luckily， people still have a chance to get these abilities back. You should try to keep your parents phone numbers in mind for emergencies. You should also pay more attention to street signs and stores， which will help you to draw a mind map and prevent you from getting lost. And the easiest solution to social skill loss is to take a break from electronic devices because we are social creatures. We need devicefree time.

Useful expressions

rely too much on technology 對科技過分依賴

there is no need to... 沒有必要去……

lose sense of direction 失去方向感

bury oneself in smartphones 沉迷于智能手機

navigation apps 導航軟件

be addicted to... 對……上癮;沉迷于……

on average 平均

lose important social skills 喪失重要的社交技能

keep your parents phone numbers in mind for emergencies 記住你父母的電話號碼，以防萬一

take a break from electronic devices 遠離電子設(shè)備，休息一會

pay more attention to street signs and stores 多注意街道標志和商店

prevent you from getting lost 防止你迷路

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1. As many people rely too much on technology instead of their brains， they have lost three basic abilities， said the website.（轉(zhuǎn)換前）

With smartphones becoming increasingly important in peoples lives， human beings are gradually losing three basic abilities.（轉(zhuǎn)換后）

2. The first skill many people have lost is remembering phone numbers. And people may also have lost their sense of direction because... But the worst lost skills may be social ones， meaning that...（轉(zhuǎn)換前）

The abilities include remembering phone numbers， the sense of direction and the social skills.（轉(zhuǎn)換后）

3. “If youre not practicing facetoface communication， you could be losing important social

skills，” concluded professor Yalda Uhls from the research.（轉(zhuǎn)換前）

The research on students confirms that lacking facetoface communication results in the loss of important social skills.（轉(zhuǎn)換后）

4. Luckily， people still have a chance to get these abilities back...（轉(zhuǎn)換前）

Luckily， people can regain these abilities with some effective solutions like keeping a certain distance from electronic devices.（轉(zhuǎn)換后）

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