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Unit 1 Mobile Culture on Campus 校园里的手机文化 近年来，手机从时尚的奢侈品已经演变成不可或缺的必需品。由于短信服务和游戏的丰富，手机更是备受大学生的青睐，他们用手机联络感情的身影可谓遍及整个校园，连教室里也不例外。课堂上“铃声大作”，这让教授们甚感头疼…… Mobile phones are becoming commonplace in college classrooms. The hush-hush chitchat between backbenchers (坐在后排的人)is gradually being replaced by whispered phone conversations and SMS(短信服务)chats. Hip and convenient, they are used for everything from playing games to planning a sudden outing. Most teachers and students agree that cell phones interfere with the teaching process. Professors find it difficult to command attention and encourage participation if students receive calls during class. It upsets the rhythm of the class. Colleges have responded in different ways. Some have banned mobile phones on the campus. Others request the students to switch off their mobiles on entering the teaching premises(教学楼). Students can use their cell phone in the canteen or the common room. But if professors find them using cell phones during lectures, they can confiscate(没收) the phone and demand a fine. Most students agree that cells can be very distracting during a lecture. Some students claim that cells are almost a necessity. This holds good for colleges that do not have a good telephone network. In such a situation, it 手机正成为大学课堂上司空见惯的事物。坐在教室后排的学生不再窃窃私语。而是改为低声接电话或发送短消息聊天。通过手机联络既时尚又方便，从玩游戏到临时相约外出都用得到。 大部分教师和学生一致认为手机干扰教学进程。教授们发现如果学生在课上接听电话的话，就很难要求学生集中注意力，也很难鼓励他们参与课堂活动。这扰乱了授课的节奏。各个大学对此做出的反应不尽相同。有的学校禁止学生在校园里使用手机。也有的学校要求学生一进入教学楼就把手机关掉。学生可以在食堂或学生休息室内使用手机。如果教授发现学生在课上使用手机，就可以将其没收并处以罚款。多数学生认为，上课的时候手机会让人分心。 有学生称手机几乎是一种必需品。在电话通讯网络不完善的学校。这种说法自然是有道理的。这 would be difficult for parents to contact their children and a mobile is very useful, almost necessary. Anxious parents can monitor their activities and remind them not to stay out too late. Students, expectedly, aren’t happy about this “constant nagging”. They think some parents are just panicky. Besides calls and SMS, cell phones help relieve boredom. If they are bored,