手机的利与弊英语作文【合集20篇】

Wherever you are, you can see many people equipped with mobile phones. It seems that the world becomes smaller nowadays. You could be found wherever you are so long as you take the mobile phone with you. Some people wonsider the mobile phone necessary and useful to them, while others may dislike it.

People who like the mobile phone are much more concerned about its advantages. It is convenient, for you can connect others easily and quickly. You don t have to wait for an important call at home all day long. The youth of today send messages, surf on the net, listen to music and even take photos by using the mobile phone. People find it advanced for its attractive functions. In some countries, it even stands for a person s status.

However, some people don t like it. Imagine that you go to spend your holiday with your family after days of busy and tiresome work. When you lay on the beach comfortably, your phone rings. Then you have to go back to your office only to find an unimportant customer waiting for you. At that moment, you may even want to throw your phone away, for you just want to relax and get rid of your work.

However, whether you like the mobile phone or not, it has alresdy affected our lives and played an important role in the history of human beings.

Mother bought me a receiver, I loved him very small small, he is lovely, the phone shell is black, waterproof, prevent fall off, the key is white, press the lock button, the button will emit blue light, in the dark of opaque, can also use a mobile phone.

This phone 12 cm long, 4 cm wide, cell phone with 2 cm behind the dragonfly pattern, was hanging over phone a 4 cm long pig doll, very cute, he is my learned electronic organ for one semester to get small gifts.

Mother said: you have this phone, even distracted and I also can find as soon as possible, the one we are always inseparable. but you dont want to do with your mobile phone is no meaning, have to do is to do useful. Phone also quietly said to me: yes, now you want to study well.

Whenever I go to bed ten, mobile phones to do better on the head of a bed in the morning, I sleep late is that mobile phone will be a "ding ding ding ding ding" cries, when I was almost late for school, he will find the "ding ding ding ding ding" voice call I go to school.

I am very huan mother gave me the phone, like the small, like the lovely. I will take care of it, to protect the my favorite mobile phone

妈妈给我买了一个收机，我十分喜爱他他既小起小巧，又可爱，这部手机的外壳是黑色的，防水，防摔，按键是白色的，按了开锁键，按键会发出蓝色的光，在伸手不见五指的黑夜，也能用手机。

这步手机长12厘米，宽4厘米，手机后面贴有2厘米的蜻蜓图案，手机上方挂着一个长4厘米的小猪布娃娃，十分可爱，他是我学了1学期的电子琴才换来的的小礼物。

妈妈说：‘你呀有了这部手机，哪怕是和我分散了也能尽快找到，所一我们是永远分不开的。’但是你可不要用手机做没有意义的是，要做就要做有用的是。手机也悄悄的对我说：‘对，你现在要好好学习。’

每当我睡觉十，手机会乖乖的靠床头，早上，我睡懒觉是，手机会发出‘叮叮叮叮叮’的叫声，每当我上学快迟到时，他又会发出‘叮叮叮叮叮’的声音叫我快去上学。

我非常系欢妈妈送给我的这个手机，喜欢它的小巧，喜欢它的可爱。我一定会好好爱惜它，好好保护这个我最喜欢的手机

As we know, with the development of society, more and more students are having cellphone. They are given as presents from parents, friends or relatives. In my opinion, the disadvantages are much more obvious than advantages of using cellphone. Here are my reasons.

First, cellphone will distract us from listening to the teachers in class. For example, while we are having class, and the cellphone rings, no doubt, it will distrub all of us, including teachers and students. So it will have an negative effect on our study.

Second, it is clear to us that using cellphone will do harm to our health and brain, according to the scientific survey. From the point of health,lets stop using the cellphone.

Last but not the least, many of us use cellphone to communicate with our friend. But the question is whether they are all good to you. It may easily lead to us have bad friends.

We now phone really is also very useful, very convenient, no matter the

ends of the earth, can be reached, the letters can be more convenient than

before. It may be said "near", the world we live in on the mobile phone signal

under siege. It has the function of strong, is not a tool and a...

But mobile phones bring us, all is not good, sometimes is bad. Mobile phone

has changed many peoples ideas, it is also restricted the people,

Imagine what the poet tao yuanming described vividly in his "tori picking",

will have a cell phone rings? Li bai in exclamation "bowed their heads and

remembering home", someone will make a phone call for he will be home to have a

look? Must not! And they have lots of classical poems, we are now living in an

age of han han and guo jingming, no one to appreciate those celebrities yake

excellent poems.

Mobile phones has both advantages and disadvantages, we should properly use

cell phone to, can not afford to indulge in a world of mobile phone.

There are some primary schools and secondary schools stipulate that the student bring the cellphone to school is not allowed. There is a lot of discussion about whether the students use the cellphone is good or bad.

有些中小学规定不允许学生把手机带到学校。这引发了很多讨论，学生使用手机是好是坏。

The supporters think the cellphone is widely used today, the students usually keep themselves in touch with their parents or guardians via the cellphone any time. As for the security issue, the cellphone is necessary. On the other hand, the students can use it as a tool of study. They can search the study materials on line by using the cellphone, it will cut down much cost of the time, make the study more efficiently.

支持者认为，手机在当今时代已经广泛运用，学生可以用来与家长和监护人随时保持联系，对于安全问题来说，手机是非常必要的。另外，学生也可以将手机作为一个学习工具。他们可以用手机上网搜索学习资料，这将会大大减少时间成本，让学习变得更加有效率。

And other people think that the juveniles is not matured enough to use the cellphone in the right way. There were some reports said that some students used the cellphone to cheat in the exam. And also, many parents found that their children would attain some inappropriate information from the net service on the cellphone, it is not easy to supervise that. What the worst result is, they become a cellphone addict, stick to the cellphone anywhere anytime.

而另外一些人则认为，青少年们还不够成熟，不能正确的使用手机。有些报道称有些学生用手机在考试时作弊。此外，很多家长们发现他们的小孩通过手机的网络服务会获取一些少儿不宜的信息，这并不好进行监督。而最坏的结果是，他们会变成一个手机上瘾者，不管什么时候、到哪都要粘着手机。

There are the advantages and disadvantages of the cellphone, I think the most important of all is how to use it as the best tool of our life instead of letting it control your life.

手机有利有弊，我想最重要的是怎样将它变成生活里最好的工具，而不是让它控制你的生活。

在社会发展的今天，越来越多的学生拥有手机，你赞成中学生使用手机吗?

赞成意见：1.现在是信息社会，手机是最快的信息交流的工具之一。2.应充分利用好手机。如偶遇突发事故，可立即拨打手机求助。3.可在每天学习之余利用手机游戏放松一下自己。4.只要正确使用好手机，紧跟时间并无过错，追求时尚可以理解，但学习是首要任务。

反对意见：1.学校已提供了公共电话，因此手机并不能带来更多的方便，而且花费较多。2.若课堂接听手机会影响上课。3.学生玩手机游戏或接发短信，将无法集中精力学习。

Nowadays mobile phones are becoming more and more popular among the middle school students. Some think it is good for students to bring a mobile phone. But some people do not think so. They think it is bad for students to bring a mobile phone. Because the students will use mobile phones to play games， sent text messages， watch movies， etc which will do harm to their study. And if a mobile phone ring in the class， the teacher and students would be disturbed.

In my opinion， we can bring mobile phones to school.As we know， the 21st century is a modern age and full of information. A mobile phone is one of the quickest tools for us to exchange information. The mobile phone is a fashionable and useful invention， so we ought to make the best use of it. Suppose there’s a sudden accident， it is more convenient for us to dial for help immediately. There’re also some games in the mobile phone. We can relax ourselves by playing them when we’re tired of our studies. In my opinion， it’s not wrong to follow the fashion， but the most important thing is how to use the mobile phone in a right way and do not disturbed others.

Cell phone is very popular and used widely recent years. With cell phone, people can, any time, contact friends, talk to families and send blessing SMS to the beloved person. However, except enjoying so many convineiences, cell phone also has some negative effects on us. Radiation generated by cell phone is harmful to healthy; Specially, ring bells may disturb others. For example, if you are sleeping at noon break in the office, a sudden ring call may shock you from a dream; when all the students are listening to the teacher, a loud ring bell will interrupt the class and make others annoyed; or during a meeting, a call noices is really impolite to other attendants. So, people should know where and how to use cell phone properly, and just turn off your phone if it maybe disturbs others.

手机很受欢迎,近年来得到广泛应用。任何时候,有了手机,人们可以联系朋友,跟家人和心爱的人发送祝福短信。然而,除了享受很多convineiences,手机对我们也有一些负面影响。手机产生的辐射对健康有害;特别是,摇响铃铛可能打扰别人。举个例子,如果你是睡在办公室午休,突然环调用可能会冲击你的梦,所有的学生都听老师的时候,一声环铃会中断类和让别人生气;或在开会,电话响其他服务员是不礼貌的。所以,人们应该知道在哪里及如何正确使用手机,就关掉你的手机如果它可能扰乱他人。

Today, many people, especially young people, are phone freaks. They are addicted to their mobile phones. They always spend too much time chatting or watching movies on their mobile phones. They have less time to communicate with their friends and family members. They often feel anxious without mobile phones.

Depending on mobile phones too much is a kind of illness. Its bad for health. Looking at the mobile phones too often is bad for our eyes. Playing with mobile phones is a waste of time and gets in the way of study.

Phones can help us communicate more easily and know more about whats happening around the world. If we can use them at proper time and proper situations, they can help us have a better, happier life.

With the improving of our living standard, nowadays ,almost everyone can afford a cell phone. Every cion has two sides. When we are enjoying the benefits that cell phones have brought us ,we are now faced many problems.

To start with , mobiles phones have brought us many conveniences. With a using of a phone ,we can surfing on the Internet whenever we like without opening a computer.Whats more, we are imformed of everything important when we carry our cell phone all the time. Futermore, it can also help us with some learning,beacuse we can look up the word in the digital dictionary.

Secondly, our cell phones still causes many serious problems. On one hand,the most problem is electric wave radiation ,which is bad for our health. On the other hand, it will affect our learning and working. For example,When we are at an important meeting with an important partner ,if your cell phone rings, it will interrupt the whole environment and the partner will think you dont respcet him. Another example is when you are having a boring class or meeting,then you will take out your phone reading novels,surfing on the Internet ,playing games ,all thest will distract you from good working.

导语：现如今，几乎男女老少人手一支手机，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

As is known to all, the cellphone is very widely used, especially by teenagers who live the life “on the go”. They think it a useful tool for daily life, so they want to have one.

Many students think if they have a cellphone, they can keep in touch with their families and friends. They think owing a cellphone is good for their life. Some parents also share the same idea.

However, some people don’t agree that students should bring cellphones to school. First, they think it is bad for the students’ health to use cellphones. Second, it will add burden to parents because students usually depend on their parents. Third, if students use cellphones in school, they may not keep their minds on their studies. They may spend most of their time sending text messages or playing games.

In my opinion, I think owing a cellphone is not a bad thing. However, we should use the cellphones at the right moment. In class, we should make full use of our time to study. Do not use cellphones in class to interrupt others. If in emergency, it is not a bad choice to use cellphones.

【参考译文】

众所周知，手机被广泛使用，尤其是那些过着“忙碌生活”的青少年。他们认为它是日常生活的有用工具，所以他们想要一个。

许多学生认为，如果他们有手机，他们可以与家人和朋友保持联系。他们认为拥有手机对他们的生活有好处。有些家长也有同样的想法。

然而，有些人不同意学生带手机去学校。首先，他们认为使用手机对学生的健康有害。第二，它会给父母增加负担，因为学生通常依赖父母。第三，如果学生在学校里使用手机，他们就不会把心思放在学习上。他们可能大部分时间都在发短信或玩游戏。

在我看来，我认为手机并不是一件坏事。然而，我们应该在适当的时候使用手机。在课堂上，我们应该充分利用我们的时间学习。不要在课堂上使用手机打断别人。如果在紧急情况下，使用手机不是一个糟糕的选择。

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导语：众所周知，手机在我们的生活中扮演了一个重要的组成部分之一。下面是yuwenmi小编为还在备考的同学整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

As every body knows, mobiles are playing a important part in our daily life nowadays.But they have bot advantages and disadvtanges in my opinion.

众所周知，手机在我们的生活中扮演了一个重要的组成部分之一。但在我看来机器人的优点和不利之处。

First, mobiles make it convinent for people to keep in touch with each other whevere they are.Especially when they have something important.It reduces the cost for people dont have to travel a long way to get to know the things in person

首先，手机使人们互相保持无论哪里他们联系方便。尤其是当他们有重要的事情。它降低了成本的人不必长途跋涉去的人知道的东西

Second,we can send messages by mobiles with little money,just 0.01 yuan for each short message.

其次，我们可以用手机发送信息，每个短消息只需0.01元。

third, we can also play games or take photoes or listen to music on the mobiles,late we do many things on them with the development of technology.

第三，我们也可以玩游戏或拍照或听音乐的手机，我们做他们的技术与发展的许多事情。

But they also have many disadvatages.we have to pay for the wrong numbers which are not for us.The radioactivites may do harm to our health.Sometimes the rings may affect others in public or at meetings

但他们也有很多不利之处.我们要为这对我们没有错号码。该自动录音可能损害我们的健康。有时铃声会影响他人在公共场合或在会议

As the drawing presents, there is a man walking across the street absorbedly focusing on his cell phone without noticing the surroundings. This sort of phenomenon is not uncommon and rare in some metropolis, especially among the youngsters.

What the picture illustrates is the prevailing situation that has long existed in todays China. That is the mobile phone obsession. With the advent of information age, people are becoming increasingly fascinated on the electronic products, especially the cell phones. Not surprisingly, you could easily notice that most of us are obsessed in sending messages, playing online games with their mobile phones. It cannot be denied that this phenomenon may negatively impact the relationship among people, and therefore they will become estranged and isolated.

Personally, in view of the overuse of mobile phones, I hold that we individuals should raise the necessary awareness that good relationship are reinforced by sincere and face-to-face communication.

Nowadays，with the rapid development of IT and information industry， cell phones play a dominant role in towns peoples life. But， like everything else， they have both favorable and mffavorahle aspects.First， its useful. As a wireless mobile telephone， its easy and handy to early to wherever one goes and call the callee however far away he is. Therefore， it greatly facilitates peoples life. Second， its convenient. Whenever one meets trouble or something urgent， one can nmke a call immediately. Most important of all， its a very helpful companion. With a multirfunction cell phone in hand， one can easily get on the Net， browsing the useful information， conducting e-commerce and doing whatever one can do via Internet.

However， just as everything has two sides， the cell phone also has many disadvantages. To begin with， its expensive to buy and costly to pay the hills， esp. that of global service. To make matters worse， its also easy to lose and costly to get it repaired. Worst of all，its not as clear as a family telephone and sometimes the number dialed is often not available. Last but not least， its alleged the microwaves in it might do harm to peoples health. In my opinion，with its expenses greatly reduced after Chinas entry into the WTO， it will face an ever brighter future in its development. Someday most of them will be developed into new Intemet-enabled mobile phones， which will be as useful as pocket computers. And I believe its advantages will not only offset its disadvantages， but also far outweigh them.

导语：高科技带给人们带来了隔离。有些人不经常看望他们的父母和朋友,因为他们相信一个电话能解决所有的事情。放下你的手机去陪伴你的家人吧，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的相关优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

With the development of technology, today we live in the world with high technology. People seem to cant live without computer and smart phone, once they dont have smart phone at hand for a while, the seem to be lost and feel something miss in their life. When I talk to my friends at table, I find them always play smart phones or check on the text all the time. Though we sit face to face, the distance between us is so far. The high technology brings isolation between people. Some people dont often visit their parents and friends, for they believe that a call can solve all the things. Communication in face to face is far more important than a call. It is time for some people to put down their smart phones for a while when they are communicating to others.

【参考译文】

随着技术的发展,今天我们生活在一个高技术的时代。似乎人们的生活离不开电脑和智能手机,一旦智能手机不在手上,他们似乎感到失落,感觉到有东西缺失在他们的生活中。当我和朋友们吃饭时 ,我发现他们总是在玩智能手机，或者在检查信息。虽然我们面对面坐着,但是我们之间的距离是如此的遥远。高科技带给人们带来了隔离。有些人不经常看望他们的父母和朋友,因为他们相信一个电话能解决所有的事情。面对面的交流比电话更重要。是时候对一些人来说去放下手中的智能手机一会，当他们在和别人交流的时候。

Today, with the development of high-technology, we can get access to all

kinds of high-tech products, such as computer, digital cameras and so on. These

products make our life more convenient, we can keep in touch with family and

friends any time any where. Our life has been changed by the high-tech, we live

in a fast-pace world. Cell phone influences our life deeply, everyone owns it.

While cell phone brings many dangers. First, cell hone contains radiation which

hurts people’s body. Today, more and more people die of cancer, the main reason

is that the high-tech products radiate their bodies, in the long run, the bodies

get sick. Cell phone is one of such products, it hurts our bodies as long we use

it. Second, cell phone distracts our attention about discovering the beauty of

life. People pay their attention on cell phone, they count on it by reading news

and making friends, being less going out. We should use cell phone properly.

Nowadays more and more middle school students take their mobile phone to school.It disturb the teachers very much,But should middle school students take their their mobile phone to school?Some people agree to it, they think mobile phone is very useful,they can use it to call their friends and parents .Sometimes they listen music from their mobile phone and sometimes they play games . But there are also many people disagree with it . they dont agree beacuse the mobile phone usually disturb the teachers and other students who like study. It may make the students being lazy ,they may do bad in their study.In my opinion ,we shouldnt take mobile phone to school,beacause it may make us play more and study .thats my opinion.

翻译：现在越来越多的中学生带手机上学，这严重影响了老师，到底中学生该不该带手机上课呢?一些人同意这个观点，他们认为手机很有用，他们可以打电话给他们的朋友和父母，有时他们用手机听音乐和玩游戏。但是也有很多人不同意，因为手机经常打搅到老师和一些爱学习的人，它让学生懒惰，不好好学习。我的观点是：我们不应该带手机到学校，因为它让我们玩的多了，学的少了。这就是我的观点。

Recently, my father changed a new mobile phone, which is Samsung svmvng.

Silver gray shell, is flip, very beautiful. As soon as I turn over the lid, I

emit seven colors of light.

It has a lot of functions. Open the game, there is a my "pet", open a look,

wow! A kitten. I cant play, just press, the kitten disappeared, I see, broken!

Hurry to ask Dad, dad looked and said: "Oh, Lin Lin, how did you buy the kitten!

I managed to raise the kitten so much that its time to take part in the

competition. Why did you buy the kitten? " I said, "Dad, Im sorry, I cant play,

you teach me." My father bought a kitten with 8 yuan and taught me how to feed

it.

Dads cell phone also has the function of taking pictures. At noon, the

whole family gathered around the dining table to have a meal. I took a picture

of everyone, so that my grandfather, grandmother, father and mother looked at

their appearance. They all laughed, and I also laughed.

When I grow up, I want to buy a better cell phone than dads.

Does Mobile Phone Distract Study?

Today, with the development of technology, people own all kinds of electronic products, mobile phone is very popular, almost everyone has a mobile phone at hand, we even can say that we can’t live without mobile phone. As the phone has become so popular, students are also obsessed about it, high school students use cell phone without letting teachers know it, the reason that the teachers ban them to use mobile phone is that the phone will distract students from study. I agree with teachers, as a student, I know exactly how the phone affects me in the class. I always want to check my phone, seeing if there is message. I can’t focus on my study, all my mind thinking is to check on the phone. I am not saying we should not use mobile phone, I advise that it is better use it when we are not studying.

今天，随着科技的发展，人们拥有各种各样的电子产品，手机很流行，几乎每个人手头上都有一部手机，我们甚至可以说我们不能没有手机。手机如此的流行，学生 自然也为此着迷，高中生瞒着老师使用手机，老师禁止他们使用手机的原因在于手机会让学生学习上分心。我同意老师的看法，作为一名学生，我很清楚地知道手机 如何在课上影响我。我总是想要看看手机上是否有信息。我不能集中学习，脑子想的都是检查手机。我不是说我们不应该使用手机，我建议我们最好在不学习的时候 用。

I have a small mobile phone, is my dad gave me in the Internet, why call it a small mobile phone? Listen to me explain to you slowly.

This phone is The Times of childrens mobile phone, is my favorite cat form of appearance, but also pink! I can like it, though it is not a smartphone, function is very simple, can not play games on QQ, but its dad specially selected for me, I asked dad why people use smart phones, bought so original mobile phone back to me. Dad told me that the phone has a unique model of parents, can through the global satellite positioning, so dad can find me at any time! So that is what it boils down to. I see my dads a piece of my heart, to embrace this original mobile phone.

My cell phone is my little assistant, it when I need help, always help me, such as one time, I was in cram school, the teacher in advance the class was over, but dad still dont know, how to do? My cell phone is like my best friend reminded me that call dad, tell him ahead of the class was over, hurry up to pick me up. At another time, I have a cold, what what to eat to vomit, but I decided to go to cram school insists on that day, the class to the half of the time, I was really sick, sick, for the sake of my health teacher approval I returned home early, so I picked up my little assistant called to tell my dad, my dad arrived immediately, took me to see the doctor, go home for a rest, the second day I am all good!

Small mobile phone with me, can play a lot in my study and life indelible role, so I love my small mobile phone!

我有一部小手机，是爸爸给我在网上淘的，为什么叫它小手机呢?听我慢慢解释给你们听吧!

这款手机是贝倍安的儿童专用手机，外形是我最爱的猫咪形的，而且还是粉色的呢!我可喜欢它了，虽然它不是智能手机，功能十分简单，不能玩游戏不能上QQ，但是它是爸爸特意给我挑选的，我曾问爸爸为什么在别人都用智能手机了，还给我买了这么原始的手机。爸爸告诉我，这款手机它有个独特的家长模式，可以通过全球卫星定位，这样爸爸就可以随时找到我啊!原来是这样啊!我明白了爸爸的一片良苦用心，就欣然接受了这原始的手机。

我的手机是我的小助手，它在我需要求助的时候，总是帮助我，比如有一次，我上补习班，老师提前下课了，但是爸爸还不知道啊，怎么办?我的手机就好像我最好的朋友提醒我，打个电话给爸爸，告诉他提前下课了，快点来接我。还有一次，我感冒了，吃什么吐什么，但是那天我还是决定坚持去上补习班，结果课上到一半的时候，我实在不舒服了，吐了一地，为了我身体着想，老师批准我提前回家，于是我拿起我的小助手打电话把情况告诉爸爸，爸爸马上赶到，接了我去看了医生，回家吃了药好好休息，第二天我就全好了!

小手机伴随着我，在我学习和生活中发挥了许多不可磨灭的作用，所以我爱我的小手机!

Cellular phones have had a major impact on our lives and the way that we

perform every day tasks. Many of these changes are apparent, while others we may

not even be aware of.

Cell phones have brought a whole new meaning to the term multitasking.

Twenty years ago, it was not possible to talk to the office while you were at

the grocery store picking up some necessary items. You could never have had a

three-way business conference while you were fixing dinner or been able to deal

with a business client from home while caring for a sick child. Cell phones have

enabled us to do various tasks all at the same time.

Cell phones have also enabled families to keep in closer touch with each

other. Children can contact you if they have missed their ride form soccer

practice and your spouse can call while he is stuck in traffic to let you know

that he is going to be late for supper. Teenagers are able to call to ask

permission to go somewhere, and with GPS features that are now available on some

cell phones, you are able to check to make sure that they are where they are

suppose to be.

Many of these advantages we do not even notice. Have you ever arrived at

the grocery store and realized that you have forgotten your grocery list? The

first thing you would probably do is to call home and have one of your children

read the list off to you. In the same situation in past years, you may have

forgotten things or have had to drive all the way back home to get it. If your

car breaks down, you automatically call for help instead of having to walk to

find a pay phone. Cell phones have certainly made our lives much more

convenient.

Cell phones have also changed the way that people interact with each other.

When we call someone, we are actually calling the person and not a place. This

enables us to be more spontaneous when making plans as you rarely get a busy

signal and unlike a land line telephone, someone is always home. Cell phones

also enable us to call if we are going to be late for an appointment, although

this has led to cell phone users running late more often than those who do not

have cell phones. These users seem to have adopted the attitude that appointment

times are not concrete and use their cell phones to renegotiate their arrival

time.

One of the greatest disadvantages of the cellular phone is the fact that we

do not talk to strangers when traveling anymore. In the past, several people

waiting for a bus would engage in a conversation while they were waiting. People

who traveled the same routes every day might develop friendships along the way.

This situation does not happen anymore. Today when people are waiting for a bus,

they just pull out their cell phones and speak with old friends, missing out on

the opportunity to make new ones. In large cities, many people do not know their

neighbors, even though they may have lived in the same neighborhood for years.

As a society, we are beginning to lose the face-to-face contact that was such an

important part of our lives in the past.

Cell phones are a great asset in aiding in our every day lives. You should

remember, however, to hang up every once in a while and pay attention to the

world around you.