Since smartphones were invented, more and more people have been addicted to them. The addiction to phones has spread to running. They’re perfectly used during a run outside. Smart phones can provide music for you and track your route. But experts warn that it’s not a good idea to hold your phone in your hand while you go out for a run because it could cause hip (臀部) and shoulder injuries.
Professional UK Athletics running coach, Alexa, asks runners to carry phones in a fanny pack (腰包) instead.“When you hold something in your hands, there are slightly indirect influences on your pace. It influences the balance of muscles (肌肉), affects the weight of some body parts, and makes you run less fast,” she tells Cosmopolitan UK.“This could be happening every time you train, week after week, month after month.” And as mobile phones get bigger and heavier, the more injuries are likely to happen.
People like to always hold their phones in the same hand. It’s a force of habit. With one arm heavier, your body will try to compensate for the imbalance, by working certain muscles harder than others.
The other risk of running with phones in hand, of course, is damaging the screen of your phones if you fall. It’s very expensive to change a screen. Some of the latest phones can close to $300.
【小题1】Why do experts think it is unsuitable to run with a smartphone?
| A．It affects people’s hearing. |
| B．It makes people lose eyesight. |
| C．It does harm to parts of people’s bodies. |
| D．It causes people to fall down and get lost. |
【小题2】What does Alexa advise people to do?
| A．Carry smartphones in a bag. |
| B．Avoid touching smartphones with your hands. |
| C．Watch smartphones when running. |
| D．Carry smartphones in a fanny pack. |
【小题3】What does the underlined phrase “
compensate for” in Paragraph 4 mean?
| A．Meet up with. | B．Make up for. |
| C．Face up to. | D．Come up with. |
【小题4】If you fall while running with you phones, you will risk _______.
| A．changing a phone number | B．changing a screen |
| C．changing shoes | D．changing direction |
【小题5】Holding phones while running influences the balance of
_______, and makes you run less fast.
| A．muscles | B．weight |
| C．feet | D．brain |
