觉得你很擅长边走边聊天?那你可能大错特错了!_BEC初级作文

觉得你很擅长边走边聊天?那你可能大错特错了!

It's not uncommon to see pedestrians using their smartphones. It's actually uncommon to see pedestrians not using their phones. Whether they're hailing an Uber, figuring out which corner they should be on with a map app, or just scrolling through Instagram while waiting for the brunch squad to arrive, it seems walking and finger-typing are the peanut butter and jelly of, well, life.

现在人们边走路边玩手机的现象已经十分普遍了。看到人们走路不玩手机才是稀罕事儿呢。不管人们是在叫优步，看着导航思考自己所在的角落，还是边等早午餐小伙伴边刷Instagram，边走路边打字好像都已经成为了生活中的好基友。

People may think that they're multitasking maestros, but a new study shows that they're wrong. Mental Floss reports that texting while walking slows down both activities.

也许，大家都以为自己是多任务处理大师，但一项新研究表明他们都错了。《心理牙线》杂志报道：边走路边发短信会同时降低这两个行为的效率。

觉得你很擅长边走边聊天?那你可能大错特错了!1

The study, conducted by scientists at Anglia Ruskin University in the U.K. and published in PLOS One, challenged a small sample of people (21, to be exact) to use their phones while traversing a short obstacle course. No, this was not some Spartan Race-style mix of fire pits and barbed wire, it was just an "18-foot-long walkway that contained a fibreboard a few inches high and a step-up box." The subjects braved the course while talking on their phones, reading a message, composing a message, and, finally, phone-free. Each test subject travelled the entire thing 12 times.