【英语阅读】纽约时报 | 边走路边看手机有多危险，以及你该如何控制自己

边走路边看手机有多危险，以及你该如何控制自己
Texting While Walking Is Dangerous. Here’s How to Stop.

You’re walking around and a thought occurs: “I should check my phone.” The phone comes out of your pocket. You type a message. Then your eyes remain glued to the screen, even when you walk across the street.
当你正在走路的时候，一个念头跳出来：“我应该看一下手机。”你从口袋里把它拿出来。输入一条短信。然后，你一直在看手机，甚至在过马路的时候也不放下。

• occurs v.重现
• glued adj.胶合的 v.粘;用胶水粘住

We all do this kind of distracted walking, or “twalking.” （Yes, this term is really a thing.）
我们都会做这种走路不专心的事情，英文里因此出现了一个词“twalking”（由英文“发短信”和“走路”两个词结合而成。——译注）。（是的，真的有这么个说法。）

• distracted adj.心烦意乱的,慌张失措的,错乱的

The behavior has spawned debates among lawmakers about whether walking and texting should be illegal. Some cities, such as Honolulu and Rexburg, Idaho, have gone beyond talk and banned distracted walking altogether.
这种行为在立法者当中引发了争论：边走路边发短信，究竟是否属于违法行为。在有些城市，比如火奴鲁鲁和爱达荷州的雷克斯堡，对这种行为已有定论，全面禁止走路时一心二用。

• spawned v.引出;孵化
• debates n.辩论;讨论 v.辩论;讨论
• lawmakers n.立法者
• illegal adj.非法的;违法的;违反规定的 n.非法移民;间谍
• altogether adv.全部地,完全地 总共 总而言之

But we shouldn’t let that reassure us. Last year, pedestrian deaths in the United States were at their highest point since 1990, with distracted drivers and bigger vehicles the chief culprits. So being fixated on a screen while walking can’t be safe.
但我们不能因此而掉以轻心。去年，美国行人死于交通事故的人数达到1990年以来的最高，司机走神和汽车体积增大是主要的罪魁祸首。所以，走路看手机是很危险的事情。

• reassure vt.消除恐惧;恢复信心
• pedestrian n.步行者
• vehicles n.交通工具;车辆
• culprits n.犯人,罪犯
• fixated adj.念念不忘的;稳固关系的v.使固定下来;注视

“We know research-wise it’s not a good idea, and common-sense-wise it can’t be a good idea,” said Ken Kolosh, a manager of statistics at the National Safety Council, a nonprofit that focuses on eliminating preventable deaths. “We don’t ever want to blame the victim, but there’s personal responsibility all of us have.”
“我们知道，根据研究，这不是一个好习惯；从常理角度来说，这也不是一个好习惯。”国家安全委员会（National Safety Council）的统计经理肯·科洛什（Ken Kolosh）说，这是一个致力消除可预防死亡的非盈利机构。“我们无意责怪受害者，但我们每个人都有责任。”

• Council n.理事会;会议;委员会
• nonprofit adj.非盈利的
• eliminating vt.消除,排除 忽略 淘汰