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课件网) B3U3Extended Reading Smartphone: a smart choice 智能手机：明智的选择？ request (vt.)要求,请求 (n.)要求,请求;要求的事 e.g.: ①They made ___ request for further aid. ② You are requested not _____ (smoke) in the restaurant. ③She requested that no one _____ (be)told of her decision. ④我乐意帮助你并根据你的要求提供一些切实可行的建议。 (1)request sb (not) to do sth 请求某人(不)做某事 request that…(should) do sth 要求…做… (2)make a request for sth/that… 请求/要求… at one’s request＝at the request of 应某人的要求/请求 by request 按照要求 I’m willing to give you a hand and offer some practical suggestions at your request. to smoke (should) be a I was a smartphone addict. My eyes were glued to the little screen whenever I walked down the street, had dinner with friends or lay in bed at night. The firstthing I did when I woke up in the morning was reach for my phone. I always asked for Wi-Fi connections when I went to a new restaurant or coffee shop. A dead battery in my smartphone would make me feel stressed. 我是个“智能手机控”。无论是走在大街上，还是同朋友吃饭，或者晚上躺在床上，我都目不转睛地盯着这块小小的屏幕。早晨醒来，我做的第一件事就是伸手拿手机。每当我到一家新餐厅或者咖啡厅时，我都会要求连上它们的无线网。如果手机电量耗尽，会让我感到焦虑。 Sometimes I had the uncomfortable feeling that this little machine had taken up too much of my time, and that I could have done something more meaningful than just looking at a tiny screen all day. Sliding into the habit was easy, but it was difficult to quit the habit. 有时候，我有种不安的感觉，这台小小的机器已经占用了我太多的时间，我本该做一些更有意义的事，而不是整天都盯着一块小小的屏幕。陷入这种习惯很容易，戒掉它却很难。 Then the day came when I finally realized I had to make a change. Head down, eyes on my smartphone, I stepped into the road and a car shot past, nearly knocking me off my feet! At that very moment, I made up my mind to spend a whole week without my smartphone. 终于我意识到自己必须做出改变的那天到来了。（那天）我低着头，眼睛紧盯手机走到马路上，一辆车疾驰而过，差一点把我撞翻！就在那一瞬间，我下定决心，过一周不碰手机的日子。 The first day was the hardest. I was used to checking the news and my friends’ social media updates every few minutes, but now I did not know what to do with myself. I kept reaching for my pocket, for my smartphone that was not there. I felt lost and anxious, as if I had missed something of value. Very soon, time slowed down. The empty hours stretched out in front of me, and I felt disconnected from everyone and everything. 第一天是最艰难的。我已经习惯了隔几分钟就翻翻新闻，浏览一下朋友们社交媒体的更新情况，可是现在，我有些无所适从。我不停地把手伸进口袋，去掏那只并不在里面的手机。我感到迷惘、紧张，仿佛我丢失了什么宝贵的东西。很快，时间就慢了下来。空虚的时光在我面前拉长，我感觉和所有人、所有事都断了联系。 It was scary at first. Then somehow I began to feel free. The things that I had time for! I fin ... ...
