Average Person Will Spend Almost 9 Years on Their

Phone
2020年11月27日
6 Intermediate Health Science & Technology

Exercise 1
Vocabulary
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waking 形容詞
/ˈweɪkɪŋ/ spent awake

He seems to spend every waking moment of his life thinking about surfing.

link 動詞
/lɪŋk/ to make or show a connection between two or more people, things, ideas, etc.

New evidence has suggested that air pollution may be linked to heart attacks.

depression 名詞
/dɪˈprɛʃən/

a mental health condition in which people often feel very sad, have trouble eating and
sleeping, lack energy, etc.

The doctor is trying to help her overcome her depression.

risk 名詞
/rɪsk/ a person or thing that is likely to cause harm or danger

Smoking is a serious health risk.

obesity 名詞
/oʊˈbiːsɪtiː/ the state of being very overweight

An unhealthy diet can lead to obesity.

diabetes 名詞
/ˌdaɪəˈbitiz/

a medical condition in which the body cannot control how much sugar is in the blood

You are more likely to develop diabetes if one of your family members has the disease.
Exercise 2
Article

Average Person Will Spend Almost 9 Years on Their Phone

The average person spends a little over 76,500 hours — or 8.74 years — on a smartphone
during their life, according to a 2020 survey by tech website WhistleOut.

Millennials (born 1981 to 1996) spend an average of about 3.7 hours per day on their
phones. Not including the average sleep time for adults — around nine hours — this
means they spend almost a quarter of their lives looking at their phones.

Generation Xers (1965 to 1980) spend an average of about three hours per day on their
phones — 16.5% of their waking lives. Baby boomers (1946 to 1965) spend the least
amount of time on their phones, with an average of 2.5 hours per day, or about 9.9% of
their waking lives.

However, members of Generation Z (born after 1996), who weren't included in the survey,
seem to spend even more time on their phones than Millennials. Ninety-five percent of
teenagers aged 13 to 17 say they have a smartphone or access to one, and 45% say they
are online all the time, according to a 2018 Pew Research study.

Another 2018 Pew Research study found that 54% of US teenagers say they spend too
much time on their phones, and 52% have tried to reduce mobile phone use.

Too much screen time has been linked to a number of health risks. In a study of more
than 3,800 teenagers, researchers found a link between social media and television use
with symptoms of depression, according to JAMA Pediatrics .

Increased screen time has also been linked with a higher risk of obesity and diabetes.

Exercise 3
Questions
1. Do Generation Xers spend more time on their phones than Millennials?

2. How many hours per day do baby boomers spend on their phones?

3. Do most US teenagers think they spend too much time on their phones?
Exercise 4
Discussion
1. What are your thoughts on the findings of this survey?

2. How much time do you spend on your phone each day?

3. Have you ever tried to reduce the amount of time you spend on your phone?

4. How do you think you'd cope if you couldn't use your phone for a month?

5. Why do you think so many people find it hard to limit the amount of time they
spend on their phones?

Exercise 5
Further Discussion

1. How old were you when you got your first mobile phone?

2. If you had kids, at what age would you consider buying them a smartphone?
Why?

3. Do you know anyone who doesn't have a smartphone?

4. What do you imagine smartphones will be able to do 20 years from now?

5. Cell phones are so convenient that they're an inconvenience. — Haruki

Murakami. What do you make of this statement?

Parts of this lesson are based on:

An article by Voice of America.

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