【BBC 听力】Real Easy English：聊聊手机使用习惯
来源: BBC Learning English
等级: B1 (Intermediate)
学习目标: Listening & Vocabulary
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核心介绍
在这期 Real Easy English 节目中，Neil 和 Becca 进行了一场真实的英语对话，主题是我们每天都在经历的——手机使用习惯。他们聊到了：
- 每天在手机上花费多少时间（screen time）
- 关闭通知以减少干扰（notifications）
- 刷负面新闻停不下来（doomscrolling）
- 手机成瘾的普遍现象（addiction）
这期节目语速适中，用词生活化，非常适合 B1 级别 学习者练习听力并积累高频词汇。
重点词汇与短语
| 单词/短语 | 释义 | 词性 | 例句 |
|---|---|---|---|
| screen time | 屏幕使用时间；看屏幕的时间 | noun | I need to reduce my screen time before bed. |
| doomscrolling | 绝望式刷屏；不断浏览负面新闻 | noun/verb | Stop doomscrolling — it’s bad for your mental health. |
| notification | 通知；推送消息 | noun | I turned off all notifications to focus on work. |
| addiction | 瘾；上瘾；无法自拔的习惯 | noun | Phone addiction is a growing problem among teenagers. |
| handy | 方便的；实用的 | adj | My phone is really handy for checking maps. |
| waste of time | 浪费时间 | phrase | Scrolling social media for hours feels like a waste of time. |
| keep scrolling | 继续往下刷/滑 | phrase | You just keep scrolling and scrolling without realizing it. |
| miss out on | 错过；失去机会 | phrase | Don’t miss out on real life because of your phone. |
精彩选段与解析
1. 关于屏幕时间的自我反思
Neil: “I spend probably a lot of time on my phone every day, and I’m not really happy about that because I think it’s a waste of time.” 解析：Neil 用 “I’m not really happy about that” 表达对自己行为的不满，“waste of time” 是非常地道的表达"浪费时间"。注意 “probably” 在这里起到了语气缓和的作用。
2. 关闭通知的实用建议
Neil: “Because I don’t like spending too much time on my phone, I turned off my notifications.” 解析：“turned off” 是关闭电子设备功能的标准搭配。Neil 解释 notifications 为 “the little messages that you get from apps” —— 这是给学习者的完美定义。
3. Doomscrolling 的深度剖析
Becca: “When you doomscroll, you look at negative news stories or things that make you feel maybe a bit upset, a bit sad. And you just keep scrolling and scrolling and scrolling and it really doesn’t make you feel good.” 解析：“doomscrolling” = doom (厄运/毁灭) + scrolling (滑动)。Becca 用重复的 “scrolling and scrolling and scrolling” 形象地刻画了这种强迫性行为的无限循环感。
4. 成瘾的定义与共鸣
Neil: “An addiction is something that you can’t stop doing. So, for example, an obvious example is smoking. People who smoke — they have an addiction.” 解析：Neil 先给定义，再举吸烟这个具体例子，最后引申到手机成瘾。这种 “定义+例子+类比” 的结构非常清晰。
Becca: “Even though I know doomscrolling is very bad for me and it doesn’t make me feel good, I can’t stop doing it.” 解析：“Even though” 引导让步状语从句，表达"明知故犯"的心理状态 —— 这是成瘾的核心特征。
批判性思考
自我诊断：你每天的 screen time 大概是多少？如果像 Neil 一样关闭所有 notifications，你认为能减少多少使用时间？为什么？
行为分析：Becca 说 “I can’t stop doing it” 明知 doomscrolling 有害却停不下来。你认为这是纯粹的意志力问题，还是 App 设计机制（算法推荐、无限滚动）在起作用？
代际观察：Becca 认为 “it doesn’t matter how old you are”，各年龄段都有手机成瘾。你观察到的不同年龄段人群，手机使用模式有什么不同？
解决方案设计：如果你要设计一个"反手机成瘾"功能，除了关闭通知，你还会加什么功能？如何平衡"便利性"和"自控力"？
完整听力原文
Neil
Hello and welcome to Real Easy English. In this podcast, we have real conversations in easy English to help you learn. I’m Neil.
Becca
And I’m Becca. You can find a video version of this podcast along with a transcript to help you learn on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
Neil
Hi Becca, how are you?
Becca
I’m well, thanks, Neil. How about you?
Neil
I’m pretty good. Today, we’re talking about phones. Now, Becca, how much time do you spend on your phone every day?
Becca
Ooh, I don’t know the number. I haven’t checked my screen time in a while. So, your screen time is the time in which you spend looking on your phone screen. I probably would guess that I spend quite a few hours looking at my phone. How about you?
Neil
Yeah, I spend probably a lot of time on my phone every day, and I’m not really happy about that because I think it’s a waste of time. But I do it, like millions of other people.
Becca
Mmm, yeah. I mean, phones can be very useful. You can get information very quickly.
Neil
Yes, this is true. So, they are also really handy of course for finding out information quickly, and you can do loads of things that used to be quite hard to do.
Becca
Yeah. One of those things that we can probably do better with phones is to connect with people and to have contact with people. Do you get lots of notifications from your friends and family on your phone?
Neil
Because I don’t like spending too much time on my phone, I turned off my notifications. Now, notifications are the little messages that you get from apps when people or the app wants to tell you something.
Becca
OK. So, that’s a good tip really, if you want to reduce your screen time, is to turn off your notifications.
Neil
Yeah. I also try not to doomscroll. What’s doomscrolling?
Becca
That’s probably how I spend a lot of time on my phone. So, when you doomscroll, you look at negative news stories or things that make you feel maybe a bit upset, a bit sad. And you just keep scrolling and scrolling and scrolling and it really doesn’t make you feel good.
Neil
And so if you do, like you Becca, a lot of doomscrolling, that could be a sign of an addiction. Now, an addiction is something that you can’t stop doing. So, for example, an obvious example is smoking. People who smoke — they have an addiction. It’s something they have to do. And we hear a lot about phone addiction.
Becca
And it’s really hard to stop an addiction. Even though I know doomscrolling is very bad for me and it doesn’t make me feel good, I can’t stop doing it.
Neil
I don’t think you’re alone, Becca, but do you think most people look at their phone too much?
Becca
I do, and I think that it doesn’t matter how old you are. I see phone addictions with people my age, people younger and people older. I think that a lot of people are addicted to their phones.
Neil
Yeah. If you just look around anywhere. Most people have their head down at that angle, looking at their phone, missing what’s going on in the real world.
Becca
OK. Let’s recap the vocabulary we learnt in this episode. First screen time, and that’s the time that you spend looking at an electronic screen. We usually use it to talk about looking at our phones.
Neil
We heard doomscrolling. Doomscrolling is when you look at one story after another, after another, after another, and they’re usually bad news stories.
Becca
Notifications are the messages that apps will send you to make you check your phone.
Neil
If something is an addiction, it means that you can’t stop doing it.
Becca
That’s it for this week’s episode of Real Easy English. You can head to our website for a free worksheet to test what you’ve learnt. That’s at bbclearningenglish.com.
Neil
And we’ll be back next week with another conversation in easy English. Goodbye for now.
Becca
Bye!
Teacher’s Tip
- 词汇分组记忆：把这 4 个核心词按"现象→原因→结果"串联记忆：screen time (现象) → notifications (诱因) → doomscrolling (行为) → addiction (后果)
- 语音语调模仿：注意 Becca 说 “scrolling and scrolling and scrolling” 时的语速加快、语调上扬，体现焦虑感；Neil 定义 addiction 时语速放慢、清晰有力，适合跟读练习
- 生活化应用：下次想表达"别再刷手机了"，试着说：“Stop doomscrolling, it’s not good for you!” 比 “Don’t use your phone” 地道得多
- 扩展练习：尝试用今天学的词汇，用英语记录一天的手机使用情况（几点开始、用了多久、做了什么、有什么感受）