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Technology Making Us Ugly

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ID: 2814 Upper Intermediate
Is your smartphone making you ugly? Learn how using a cell phone can lead to pimples, double chins, and forward head posture. Photo by dkeats
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
微信群 wéixìnqún WeChat group
发言 fāyán to make a speech; to send a message on social messaging apps
戒 jiè to kick (a habit)
好好的 hǎohāo de good
咦最近在微信群里都很少看见你发言啊
yí 咦zuìjìn 最近zài 在wēixìn 微信qún 群lǐ 里dōu 都hěn 很shǎo 少kànjiàn 看见nǐ 你fāyán 发言ā 啊
Huh, recently in the WeChat group I seldom see you write anything!
是的最近我打算戒手机了
shì de 是的zuìjìn 最近wǒ 我dǎsuàn 打算jiè 戒shǒujī 手机le 了
Yes, recently I've been trying to "wean" myself off my cell phone.
真的吗好好的为什么要戒手机呢
zhēn de ma 真的吗hǎohāo de 好好的wèishénme 为什么yào 要jiè 戒shǒujī 手机ne 呢
Really? Why would you want to give up something great like a cell phone?
最近看了一个日本综艺节目他们发明了一个新词叫手机丑女
zuìjìn 最近kàn 看le 了yī 一gè 个Rìběn 日本zōngyìjiémù 综艺节目tāmen 他们fāmíng 发明le 了yī 一gè 个xīncí 新词jiào 叫shǒujī 手机chǒu 丑nǚ 女
Recently I watched a Japanese variety show, and they invented a new word called "cell phone ugly women".
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