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    Smartphone addiction is a real problem affecting thousands globally. People have become so dependent on their phones that they use them in the shower and while driving. Smartphone addiction is likely to grow due to increased access and advances in technology. Addiction stems from smartphones' ability to constantly connect people and provide entertainment and information. However, overusing smartphones can become an addiction when people feel they cannot function without their phone nearby. Both children and adults are at risk of smartphone addiction, which can negatively impact sleep, human interaction skills, and work performance.

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    Smartphone addiction is a real problem affecting thousands globally. People have become so dependent on their phones that they use them in the shower and while driving. Smartphone addiction is likely to grow due to increased access and advances in technology. Addiction stems from smartphones' ability to constantly connect people and provide entertainment and information. However, overusing smartphones can become an addiction when people feel they cannot function without their phone nearby. Both children and adults are at risk of smartphone addiction, which can negatively impact sleep, human interaction skills, and work performance.

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    Unit 3 Social Concerns

    Task 1 Translate the following text into Vietnamese.

    SMARTPHONE ADDICTION

    We are so dependent on our smartphones that we often joke about being addicted. However,

    what many people still fail to realise is that smartphone addiction is actually a very real problem

    affecting thousands across the globe. One in ten smartphones users now admit to using their

    phones in the showers and during meals. The same figures even show that half of people use it

    while driving.

    It’s already an enormous problem, but smartphone addiction is likely to grow even more

    common due to the rising demand for and access to the handsets. That is not to mention the rapid

    advances in the technology that allow them to perform more duties at even faster speeds.

    So what do you need to know about the causes of smartphone addiction and how to fight

    it? Smartphones give us the ability to connect with our friends and family, to news and

    entertainment, to websites from CNN to Number Direct, with just a tap of touch screen. In short,

    they have become a crucial part of everyday life.

    However, overusing a product in such a fashion is the main reason people are becoming

    addicted. Some find it difficult to function without their phones by their side. Approximately

    72% of people they are rarely more than five feet away from their handset at any time. This is

    what is known as nomophobia (an abbreviation of no mobile phobia); the fear that being away

    from your phone somehow disconnects you from the world.


    As many forms of addiction, smartphone addiction is something that often stems from

    other underlying emotional and psychological issues. It can be a side of depression or obsessive-

    compulsive disorder. Overuse of a handset can be a crutch that people with post-traumatic stress,

    attention deficit and social anxiety lean on too.

    Smartphone addiction, particularly among children, is altering the way we interact with

    one another. A member of Kwon Civic group in South Korea, Kim Nam-Hee, asked a class room

    of 10-year-old students compare the hour they spend their smartphones with the time they spend

    interacting with relatives. She found a disturbing gap between the amount of digital and human

    interaction they were engaging in.

    The consequences of this are very serious. Human interaction helps a child to develop

    emotionally and behaviorally in a way that communicating over smartphone cannot. It allows

    children to see a person’s emotional reaction and distinguish between what are good actions and

    bad actions. Texting, talking or social networking over a smartphone cannot accomplish this.

    Adults are no less likely to become addicted to their smartphone though, and the costs are

    no less destructive. Staring at a screen, for instance, prevents the brain from releasing something

    that is called melatonin, our natural sleep chemical. As a result, our bodies don’t register that we

    are tired. Overuse of smartphone therefore leads to interrupted sleeping patterns and means that

    we do not function as well throughout the day, affecting our abilities to work.

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