外刊精读Smartphone addiction 手机成瘾学案+教案-2024届高三英语二轮复习

2024届高考备考 外刊精读 Day 60 Smartphone addiction 手机成瘾 学案 文本导读： 你每天看多少次手机？你觉得你看手机上瘾了吗？本文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。 Step 1:词汇温习 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 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 Step 2: 原文精听+精读 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? 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. 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 Possibly, because like a drug, the problem arises when it is withdrawn.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. 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