在朋友面前用手机?真粗鲁!
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：2015年VOA慢速英语(九)月
Cell Phone Use Among Friends? How Rude! 在朋友面前用手机?真粗鲁!
Here's the situation. You're sitting at the table listening to the conversation when your cell phone buzzes. There is something VERY IMPORTANT that wants your attention.
Maybe your phone buzzed 2 for an email, text message, Facebook post or tweet. You don't know unless you check your phone.
You may be feeling a strong case of #FOMO: Fear of Missing Out.
What can it hurt to check your phone?
​You may think that a quick check of your phone isn't rude. Your companions probably disagree.
A recent study of cell phone use by the Pew Research Center found that most US adults think checking your phone is rude in social situations.
The study found that only 5 percent of Americans felt that checking your cell phone during a meeting is acceptable 3. Only 12 percent approve of checking your cell phone during a family dinner.
The study said, "Americans think that when people focus on their phones instead of their companions, it hurts the group in which they are participating."
People can be offended when they feel ignored. They also don't like others who talk too loudly or share private information in public when using their phones.
Antisocial or Social?
Using your phone can have both a social and antisocial effect.
You are being social when you are using your phone to connect with others and plan social events. You may be antisocial when you use your phone in front of other people.
Most people do not realize they are being antisocial when they are using their phone around others.
According to the study, "antisocial behavior itself is rarely a primary motivator. At the same time, those around the cellphone user may still experience that other person's phone use as anti-social, even if that was not the explicit 4 intention of the user."
About three-fourths of US adults view using cell phones in public as acceptable when using public transit 5, waiting in line, and walking down the street. But most US adults disapprove 6 of cell phone use at the dinner table, in movie theaters, meetings, and places of worship.
It's Different for Me
Most people use cell phones in social situations even though they believe it is rude: 89 percent surveyed said they had used their cell phones during a recent social event.
But Everyone's Doing It
People might use their cell phones in social situations because they see others doing it: 86 percent of people surveyed said that someone else used a phone at the most recent social event they attended.
People may use their phones at social events to share something from the event. That might be a photo, information, or to disengage from the group.
The study found that "82 percent of all adults (not just cell owners) say that when people use their cellphones at social gatherings 8, it ... occasionally hurts the conversation and atmosphere of the gathering 7."
You can read the entire study: Americans' Views on Mobile Etiquette 9, by the Pew Research Center in Washington, DC, published August 26.
US and the Rest of the World
Pew Research studied Americans' use of cell phones. What about the rest of the world?
What is cell phone etiquette in your country? Do you use your cell phone when you're around others? Did you use your cell phone at your last social event? Were other people using their phones, too? Have people ever been rude to you when they used their cell phones?
This infographic explains cell phone etiquette around the world:
Your Thoughts
Do you use your cell phone when you're around others? Did you use your cell phone at your last social event? Were other people using their phones too? Have people ever been rude to you when they used their cell phones?
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Words in This Story
buzz 1 - v. to make the low, continuous sound of a flying insect (such as a bee)
adult - n. a fully 10 grown person or animal
focus - v. to direct your attention or effort at something specific
participate - v. to be involved with others in doing something : to take part in an activity or event with others
ignore - v. to do nothing about or in response to
antisocial - adj. not friendly to other people
motivate - v. to give (someone) a reason for doing something
explicit - adj. very clear and complete: leaving no doubt about the meaning
transit - n. the act of moving people or things from one place to another
survey - n. an activity in which many people are asked a question or a series of questions in order to gather information about what most people do or think about something
disengage - v. to stop being involved with a person or group
atmosphere - n. the particular way a place or situation makes you feel
etiquette - n. the rules indicating the proper and polite way to behave
infographic - n. a visual image such as a chart or diagram used to represent information or data.
- My brain was in buzz.我的脑袋嗡嗡响。
- A buzz went through the crowded courtroom.拥挤的法庭里响起了一片乱哄哄的说话声。
- Bees buzzed lazily among the flowers. 蜜蜂在花丛中懒洋洋地嗡嗡叫着。
- He buzzed the rumour everywhere. 他到处散播谣言。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The terms of the contract are acceptable to us.我们认为这个合同的条件可以接受。
- Air pollution in the city had reached four times the acceptable levels.这座城市的空气污染程度曾高达可接受标准的四倍。
- She was quite explicit about why she left.她对自己离去的原因直言不讳。
- He avoids the explicit answer to us.他避免给我们明确的回答。
- His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
- The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。
- I quite disapprove of his behaviour.我很不赞同他的行为。
- She wants to train for the theatre but her parents disapprove.她想训练自己做戏剧演员，但她的父母不赞成。
- He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
- He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
- His conduct at social gatherings created a lot of comment. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。
- During one of these gatherings a pupil caught stealing. 有一次，其中一名弟子偷窃被抓住。