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【题目】Read the following passage and answer the questions.

In South Korea, smart-phone cases come with rings fixed firmly on the back to prevent clumsy owners from dropping them. This makes people look like they are literally married to their phones. In many of Seoul’s most Instagrammable（网红）coffee shops, couples on dates spend vastly more time looking at their screens than at each other. The outcomes go beyond the potentially serious consequences for romance.

Walk around the streets of Seoul or any other South Korean city, and there is a real risk of bumping into people whose eyes are glued to their smart-phone screens. Insurers estimate that around 370 traffic accidents annually are caused by pedestrians using smart-phones. That figure does not include those who bump into lamp posts and the like while perusing the latest cat videos.

The government initially tried to fight the “smornbie”(a combination of “smart-phone and “zombie”) epidemic by distributing hundreds of stickers around cities imploring people to “be safe” and look up. This seems to have had little effect even though, in Seoul at least, it recently replaced the stickers with sturdier plastic boards.

Instead of appealing to people’s good sense, the authorities have therefore resorted to trying to save them from being run over. Early last year, they began to trial floor-level traffic lights in smomibe hot-spots in central Seoul. Since then, the experiment has been extended around and beyond the capital. For the moment, the government is retaining old-fashioned eye-level pedestrian lights as well. But in future, the way to look at a South Korean crossroads may be down.

Answer the following questions in COMPLETE sentences:

【1】According to the passage, why do people look like they are married to their phone in South Korea.?

【2】How many accidents annually are caused by pedestrian using smart-phones?

【3】In many coffee shops, what do couples on dates usually do?

【4】Distributing hundreds of stickers around cities had little effect on “smombie” epidemic, did it?

【5】What measures did the authorities take early last year?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】In South Korea, smart-phone cases come with rings fixed firmly on the back to prevent clumsy owners from dropping them.

【2】There are around 370 traffic accidents annually caused by pedestrians using smart-phones.

【3】Couples on dates spend vastly more time looking at their screens than at each other.

【4】Yes, it did.

【5】They began to trial floor-level traffic lights in smomibe hot-spots in central Seoul.

【解析】

本文讲述了在韩国，很多人都离不开手机，视线一直盯着手机屏幕。当地政府想出了很多办法，其中有政府最初试图通过在城市周围分发数百个贴纸来呼吁人们“安全”并向上看。这种做法似乎收效甚微，去年初还试验了地面交通灯。

【1】句意：根据这篇文章，为什么在韩国人们看起来像嫁给了他们的手机。

根据In South Korea, smart-phone cases come with rings fixed firmly on the back to prevent clumsy owners from dropping them. 在韩国，智能手机套的背面都有牢固的戒指，以防笨拙的用户把手机掉下来。故答案为In South Korea, smart-phone cases come with rings fixed firmly on the back to prevent clumsy owners from dropping them.

【2】句意：每年有多少事故是由行人使用智能手机引起的?

根据Insurers estimate that around 370 traffic accidents annually are caused by pedestrians using smart-phones.保险公司估计，每年大约有370起交通事故是由行人使用智能手机引起的。故答案为There are around 370 traffic accidents annually caused by pedestrians using smart-phones.

【3】句意：在许多咖啡店里，情侣们在约会时通常会做什么?

In many of Seoul’s most Instagrammable（网红）coffee shops, couples on dates spend vastly more time looking at their screens than at each other. 在首尔的许多网红咖啡店，情侣约会更花时间看屏幕。故答案为Couples on dates spend vastly more time looking at their screens than at each other.

【4】句意：在城市周围分发几百张贴纸对“smombie”几乎没有影响，是吗?

根据This seems to have had little effect even though, in Seoul at least, it recently replaced the stickers with sturdier plastic boards. 这种做法似乎收效甚微，尽管最近用更结实的塑料板取代了贴纸，至少在首尔是这样。故答案为Yes, it did.

【5】句意：去年年初当局采取了什么措施?

根据Early last year, they began to trial floor-level traffic lights in smomibe hot-spots in central Seoul去年年初，他们开始在首尔市中心的smomibe热点地区试用地面交通灯。故答案为They began to trial floor-level traffic lights in smomibe hot-spots in central Seoul.