不做低头族英语.ppt

When youre too busy looking down, you won’t see the chances you miss. Don’t be phubber! 不做低头族！ 2014-11-17 Human’s evolution ？！ Contents What’s phubbing and phubber? Reasons Harm Some cases of phubbing Propose Look up What’s phubbing and phubber? ? Phubbing is a newly coined term (新造词) which comes from the words phone and snub（冷落）. It describes the habit of snubbing someone in favor of a mobile phone. The word phubbing was included in the Australian National Dictionary in 2012. Phubber?refer ?to?people? who?hold?electronic?products? such?as?mobile?phone,?panel? computer?at?any?given?time? and?places.?These?people?chat,?play?games?and?watch?movies?and?so?on?all?the?time,?and?they?even?cut?themselves?off?from?other?people.?The?phubber? don’t?like?communicating?with?others?and?lose?themselves? in the?virtual?world.? We may see the same scene everywhere in the life: in subway, restaurants, elevators, roads, people are watching their mobile phones. From family reunion to date with a friend, people couldnt stop checking their twitter, WeChat, facebook on the mobile phone and snubbing the people in front completely. Phubbing trends not only to involve the young people, but also the elderly and kids, which does harm to our society. The reasons of being phubber. Because of the fast-paced life, we don’t have much free time to entertain ourselves, so, to some extent, we have no alternative but to use digital terminal to relax ourselves. Digital terminal like smart phones provide us with affluent application programs, which bring much convenience and various ways of entertainment to our lives. What’s more, smart phones play an important role in killing time for phubber, such as playing games, watching videos and so on. Addicted to the phone on the street will lead to unexpected situations. 马路上低头看手机极易发生意外情况。 The communication with friends and family become fewer and fewer, so the feelings between people fades. 与朋友和家人的交流变少，使得人与人之间的感情变淡。 Ha